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Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor

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Re: Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor

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Post by gcb0 »

jumpkickhit wrote: post #99
SwellJoe wrote: post #46

I've become more and more disillusioned by Amazon over the years. Prices are now almost never the best; I only buy from them when I need something quickly (and can't get it locally). NewEgg (nearly) always has better tech prices. Walmart often has better prices on everyday items and I can have it immediately. I just bought a pair of tweezers at my local grocery store for two bucks that was $6 on Amazon for the same m…

I've fallen for Newegg's slightly lower prices a few times, last two new items i ordered, both were opened up. 2nd one missing crucial parts that someone poked all of them out through the bag inside of the device's box. 2nd item was through a reseller though. I don't use Amazon too often these days, but Newegg's lost me from these last few experiences. Their support basically said "meh" about both cases.

you missed the item condition?

on Amazon it's the same if you buy from anything that doesn't say "sold and shipped by amazon". quality and return policy is a crapfest.

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Post by taurath »

teach wrote: post #53
taurath wrote: post #9

It's clear to any layperson willing to do research that they did so - I looked up several items on a few price history websites, and found that while they did have lower than normal prices, it was more like a 4% discount off the bottom instead of the 40% they claimed. The Yeti microphones seemed to be the absolute worst - they have never ever been $150, more like $90, and they were on sale for $85 or so.

Although your larger point may be right you're incorrect about the Yeti microphones. They are usually $129. https://camelcamelcamel.com/Blue-Yeti-USB-Microphone-Silver/... I bought one on sale for $100 last summer, and according to CamelCamelCamel, it was a good deal at the time.

It looks like the average price from 2011-2013 was at around $100 - maybe they've improved the model, but it seems like they've pegged it at $130 in mid-2014 but it appears it still regularly dips below $100. Add in 3rd party, it USED to be $100, but is now $129.

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Post by guelo »

johnm1019 wrote: post #81
SwellJoe wrote: post #46

I've become more and more disillusioned by Amazon over the years. Prices are now almost never the best; I only buy from them when I need something quickly (and can't get it locally). NewEgg (nearly) always has better tech prices. Walmart often has better prices on everyday items and I can have it immediately. I just bought a pair of tweezers at my local grocery store for two bucks that was $6 on Amazon for the same m…

If you really want to save money on household type items, go shopping in the 'market' area at your local IKEA store. Compare that with Amazon prices for pretty much everything and you'll be blown away by how cheap IKEA is.

Depends how much you value your time. At least at my local Ikea it is very difficult to get in and out in less than an hour even when I know exactly what I want.

Re: Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor

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Post by sidlls »

em3rgent0rdr wrote: post #43
cakedoggie wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is newsworthy and should be called out every time, especially when it is such a trusted seller as Amazon.

"trusted seller"? What does that mean? What makes Amazon a "trusted seller", and why should we expect them to be different than any other seller?

Marketing and great PR buy a lot of things.

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Post by lorenzhs »

guelo wrote: post #103
johnm1019 wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you really want to save money on household type items, go shopping in the 'market' area at your local IKEA store. Compare that with Amazon prices for pretty much everything and you'll be blown away by how cheap IKEA is.

Depends how much you value your time. At least at my local Ikea it is very difficult to get in and out in less than an hour even when I know exactly what I want.

Don't know about the US but here in Germany Ikea has an online store, too. Shipping for non-giant non-superheavy things is 3.90€ so pretty okay. They're not as fast as Amazon, though.

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#107

Post by fusiongyro »

ReverseCold wrote: post #68
janesvilleseo wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have saved thousands of dollars thanks to Amazon. Not because I bought from them. No, but because I use their app to compare items and get a price match. Nearly every major store (Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Best Buy, Staples, Office Max/Depot) match or beat Amazon. With Amazons app I can instantly scan all my products at a store. I may only save 2-5 dollars per item, but I do it every time I shop. The other day I…

So Amazon gets a list of everything you're interested in offline as well, even if you don't buy from them. Sounds like win/win for them!

Not really. He bought the product from someone else. If Amazon didn't need the money and just wanted the analytics, it would have undercut the physical store. The value of the analytics would be in the sale to another company to market to this person, but they fulfilled their need for the product when Amazon acquired the information. So it didn't benefit Amazon and by the time they could have sold it to a third-party, it was useless.

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Post by mtgx »

cavisne wrote: post #71

Wirecutter found an improvement over last year (0.54% of deals good value vs 0.008%). https://twitter.com/wirecutter/status/884900863218769920 Will have to wait for their full write up but there genuinely were a lot of quality items for the lowest price ever.

0.008%? Wow. I almost wonder if they went through the legal department and asked them "how small can we make our discounts before it becomes illegal to claim they are discounts?" Apparently, that small.

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Post by adrianpike »

PascLeRasc wrote: post #47
anilshanbhag wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Off-topic, but that's a truly terrible bike. I know a few people who've gotten it or similar GMC's as "the first result on Amazon for road bike" and they've all had problems with chains breaking or very poor fit of components. I'd recommend http://www.bikesdirect.com/ for cheap bikes online if you're comfortable with assembly and tuning.

Another happy bikesdirect customer here - a bunch of coworkers over the years have gone that route and been pleased as well. They're cheap, but definitely usable, safe, and a good value.
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