Note that producers can't contractually force independent retailers to obey certain prices under antitrust rules. Hence MSRPs being merely "suggested".
Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor
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Re: Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor
#12Go to a brick and mortar jewelry store, everything is 100% off.
Re: Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor
#13There were real deals on Amazon hardware devices (Echo, Fire, etc). Most everything else was "meh". camelcamelcamel.com is your friend to research how good of a deal it really is. (no affiliation, just a happy user)
I second the recommendation for 3camels, and not just for Prime Day. I bought quite a bit on Prime Day - all of which I'd had in my cart / wish list for months and all of which were well below their actual price (per 3camels).
I also saw quite a few products that were well above their normal prices, while showing as "80% off" because the prices were raised a week before. I didn't see anything that drastic from Sold-By-Amazon products. They were generally 3rd-party vendors.
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#14That's pretty standard for what I call the "scam economy" that is the US for the past 20 years. Watch any commercial.
Only the last 20 years? Only the US?
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#15Not only is this not new for traditional vendors, it's not even new for the internet. Scummy sellers on Steam do the same thing right before sales every single year. Oh well. At least some quite nice Anker stuff was actually on sale. You can never have enough USB chargers these days. Just like in the case of Steam, I'm more apt to believe it's sellers that are doing this than Amazon. While both stand to benefit, sell…
Their prices are not the lowest, just experienced this recently. Here is a bike i wanted to buy
https://www.amazon.com/GMC-Denali-Large-63-5cm-Frame/dp/B00F... ($220)
Ended up buying on walmart ($170) https://www.walmart.com/ip/25-700c-GMC-Denali-Men-s-Bike-Whi...
So much for paying $99 to get prime. I have noticed of late that lot of items are cheaper on Walmart and they offer free 2 day shipping.
Re: Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor
#16Not really newsworthy. This is one of the oldest tricks in the book. "Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it." -Publilius Syrus (1st century BC)
Re: Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor
#17Udemy does this as well for all of their products.
Indeed. They pretty have an eternal "sale" for $10.
Quick check: yep. $10. "Set Yourself Apart - Keep your competitive edge with courses for $10—ends 7/31!"
Pretty sure by 8/3, there will be another sale for $10.
Re: Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor
#18Go to a brick and mortar jewelry store, everything is 100% off.
100% off is free, no matter what the base price is, so that's clearly not true. (Though, oddly, it's not uncommon online, with a “just pay (inflated) shipping and handling charge” proviso.)
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#19I saw a lot of comments saying "Prime Day" was really "Prime Marketing Day". Seems that was the case.
Prime Day is essentially a farce at this point, giving customers really great prices on only their own products like the Fire Tablet and Echo, which allow the customer to easily spend more on Amazon. I bet they would love it to be like Singles Day on Alibaba but all the marketing in the world can only help it along so fast.
Re: Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor
#20That's pretty standard for what I call the "scam economy" that is the US for the past 20 years. Watch any commercial.
Lest anyone not take you seriously, I noticed this when I first immigrated to the US, and every time I've returned from a multi-week trip: the first time I see a TV again I'm just flabbergasted at how nasty the advertizing is. When you're not used to it, it just seems especially manipulative and very negative towards the competition compared to other the other countries I've spent time in (which primarily other count…
It's pretty shocking even if you are used to it. I can't believe people pay for cable given how terrible of an experience it is.