Amazon. WTF?

[GilpinGuy]

Am I insane, or does it seem logical to LOWER your price if someone is shopping around?

[Aloha_Shooter]

Am I insane, or does it seem logical to LOWER your price if someone is shopping around?

It depends. If you know someone is looking at something repeatedly, you know they really want it and are trying to talk themselves into buying it (or not). If you start raising the price, you can make them go ahead and buy it before it rises any more.

Of course, the most likely explanation is that Amazon had a limited amount of product at the lower price then had to raise prices after the stock at the lower price sold out. That shouldn't happen with their price being MSRP to start though ...

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It depends. If you know someone is looking at something repeatedly, you know they really want it and are trying to talk themselves into buying it (or not). If you start raising the price, you can make them go ahead and buy it before it rises any more.

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That works the opposite for me.

I was looking at taking a long weekend trip to Florida this Oct. Checked flights for a few days while I was thinking about it and the prices (per person) shot up to be more than a nice hotel for three nights.

I decided against the trip.