Amazon. WTF?

[GilpinGuy]

This was interesting. I have a product that I need, so I checked out the manufacturers price - $174.99.

I then go to Amazon and check the price there. The same - $174.99.

Then I go back to the manufacturer and apply a $5.00 discount code. Cool. $5 off. I see that shipping is $14.00. Hmmmmm.

I go back to Amazon to check to see what the shipping is there....and the price jumped $10.00 exactly. This is within 5 minutes. And shipping was a few bucks more than the manufacturer anyway. So Amazon basically fucked themselves twice. (No, I'm not a Prime member btw.)

Kinda pissed me off how THEY are appparently watching every click I make, even though it screwed them in the end. Or am I all tin foil hat here?

And no, I was not mistaken with Amazon's price. I've been considering this purchase for weeks and have been checking prices. Always the same. I thought maybe I'd get a Black Friday deal with Amazon...not so much.

[brutal]

Not too much foil IMHO.

I'm convinced that every time my wife shops for airfare, the price goes up each time she looks...

I always tell her, "If you see a price that's reasonable, take it." I'm not talking over days, I'm talking in the same day, even in the same hour when there are no apparent seat purchases. Go check on a mobile device off our wifi network and under a different user and the price is lower.

If anyone thinks they're not tracking you, you're sadly mistaken.

[Great-Kazoo]

If I'm looking to buy something I've checked prices on other sites, I delete browser history first. When I don't, what I looked at seems to pop up in th weirdest places. Oh yeah EVERYONE knows what one looks at on line.

[ray1970]

Oh yeah EVERYONE knows what one looks at on line.

Pornography?

[SNAFU]

If I'm looking to buy something I've checked prices on other sites, I delete browser history first. When I don't, what I looked at seems to pop up in th weirdest places. Oh yeah EVERYONE knows what one looks at on line.

Only way....,.
Rocker's still rule..,,mods suck.

[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 ...

[Skip]

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.

[snip]

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.

[Bailey Guns]

I've had the same thing happen on Amazon. On the other hand, I've also had the price drop pretty substantially on occasion. I still buy a lot from Amazon just for the convenience, even when they're priced slightly higher than other sites.

[lostcolorado]

Most browsers have a "private" mode. Chrome calls it Incognito. When you close the browser window cookies and history are deleted. I've heard this helps with repeated visits to travel sights, but unfortunately there are other ways to track your activity.



http://privatebrowsingmyths.com