Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says it works to lower costs for consumers
Tbh Amazon always had outrageous pricing for me, raging from 1.5-4x the price on other platforms. I don’t think I’d ever seen a competitive deal on the site.
I wonder if it’s their algorithm taking a distaste for me in particular or a local glitch, but no one in my area uses it either.
In any case, locally marketed price aggregators never even showed me an Amazon listing in the first place, so it’s probably an issue on their end, as most people aren’t willing to pay $76.5 + $115 shipping fees for a product worth at most €50.
depends where it is shipped, some items charged by an obscure as much S&H as the same product by another selling to match the price with little to no shipping or handling.
For me there are some items that are amazing deals, and other times its at par with local store pricing and sometimes they know you will be reordering and pricing spikes.
For example.
I had an old obscure printer, so ink was $8 to clear stock, but once I ordered one the next time they wanted $40 because the algorithm knows they have a buyer. So I’d skip a print cycle with them and order local, and in a few months the ink price would drop below $20, but when I’d order again it would shoot back up to $35.
For a Honda Fit the Starter Motor at the dealer was $1000 (while civic was $400) for the Mitsubishi one. Rock Auto had it around $600. Amazon had one for $160. I figured a cheap knockoff, like most cheap brands. But it arrived looking just like OEM with all the proper machining, and not just a rough casting. Worked amazing.
So you really have to be price aware when using it.
Tbh Amazon always had outrageous pricing for me, raging from 1.5-4x the price on other platforms. I don’t think I’d ever seen a competitive deal on the site.
I wonder if it’s their algorithm taking a distaste for me in particular or a local glitch, but no one in my area uses it either.
In any case, locally marketed price aggregators never even showed me an Amazon listing in the first place, so it’s probably an issue on their end, as most people aren’t willing to pay $76.5 + $115 shipping fees for a product worth at most €50.
depends where it is shipped, some items charged by an obscure as much S&H as the same product by another selling to match the price with little to no shipping or handling.
For me there are some items that are amazing deals, and other times its at par with local store pricing and sometimes they know you will be reordering and pricing spikes.
For example. I had an old obscure printer, so ink was $8 to clear stock, but once I ordered one the next time they wanted $40 because the algorithm knows they have a buyer. So I’d skip a print cycle with them and order local, and in a few months the ink price would drop below $20, but when I’d order again it would shoot back up to $35.
For a Honda Fit the Starter Motor at the dealer was $1000 (while civic was $400) for the Mitsubishi one. Rock Auto had it around $600. Amazon had one for $160. I figured a cheap knockoff, like most cheap brands. But it arrived looking just like OEM with all the proper machining, and not just a rough casting. Worked amazing.
So you really have to be price aware when using it.
i see that to, especially around special days they would do deals.