does anyone understand Amazon's sale strategies?

[Motorboatin]

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I thought of that and it didn't do anything. When I log in under my account I get screwed out of $9

The other day we ordered painting masks from Amazon which I have never searched for on any device. My computer was $86 and the paint line foreman showed $80

 

[Diggin It]

These filters have been in our saved cart for years. You can see that we last bought them in 2016 and I constantly get emails saying that the price has dropped. Today I can buy them for $89.99 but if I check the same product with my office managers computer look what happens

The first (89.99) is sold by etailz, the second (80.99) is sold by Amazon. This is what I tried to explain a few posts above.

 

[BlackOps]

for me they are all over and can change in a heartbeat. 95% of the ime they get me and i feel ripped off. i also have seen some of the vendors selling damaged cans of olive oil for example. and they complain when you say - hey this is all banged up. the can was bubble wrapped and peanuted and whatever else and the box came in perfect shape so how can the can be so damaged - even leaky. same with honey too. i am very careful.

boots are another one the rice is all over and mostly up. sucks. that's the computer sales/peruse algorithm....

 

[oosik]

No question - something tracks products that I will talk about here on TBN. Next time I open my browser ( Opera ) there will be links for products mentioned in a previous post.

 

[3930dave]

Was researching products lately (PRC, know thy enemy), and came across a long write up about selling on Amazon. Informative, and one of the key points was about Paid Reviews (blogger has had 1 star Negative reviews show up, before his first product has shipped).

I don't know the details of Amzon's Verified Purchase mechanism well enough to decide how easy it is to beat.

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Rgds, D.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Yeaaa, I understand Amazons sale strategies, it's to make money hand over fist, and they are doing it!!

SR

 

[caver]

I had an experience today where amazon had the highest price along with ebay. Some small vendors and one well established company I've dealt with before had a decent price. I thought surely the manufacturers price will be higher....they had the best price !!!. That doesn't happens very often. The previous night I was almost ready to buy something on A and found a better price on E As mentioned in the old part of this thread Camel Camel or my favorite Honey browser extension. I got a 15$ pizza for $5.xx using Honey's coupon search. That was ordering online at Pizza Hut but often get discounted pizzas from Papa Johns.
I've been using Duck Duck Go and when I use Google to get a second opinion the bias is very obvious.

 

[Doofy]

I've noticed that Amazon's "Prime" offerings have really diminished and that there are more items requiring extra shipping costs. Prices have increased quite a bit also.

 

[3930dave]

I've noticed that Amazon's "Prime" offerings have really diminished and that there are more items requiring extra shipping costs. Prices have increased quite a bit also.

I've never paid for it, so I thought Prime = Free Shipping.

If you're now paying for Prime and extra shipping on common items, that's notable.

Ordering something large/heavy/bulky...... extra shipping wouldn't surprise me.

Rgds, D.

 

[Jstpssng]

I don't have Prime, yet still don't pay (directly) for shipping. As near as I can tell all that Prime does is move you to the top of the list when it comes to fulfilling orders.
I just ordered a cordless Dewalt router with free shipping which is supposed to show up sometime the week after next... we'll see how that works out.