Price mistake Hero Nutritionals - Yummi Bears Fiber Amazon

Quote from laphroaigh : Except third party price mistakes NEVER ship...so it is a waste of time

well sir, you are WRONG...I have scored several off third part sellers.

Quote from myamex : ya whatever, you kept telling me what is in the description like I didn't see it. That means nothing. Obviously someone doesn't know how to list Amazon properly and it happens all the time. Price Mistake or description mistake, I don't want to rip off small business anyway. You may need some NSAIDs for your issues.

Every post you have refereed to something about your waste products.. If something is bugging you www.Amazon.com Sells it and there is no need for the embarrassment of buying it at the store and having the cashier price check it on the intercom.

I didn't realize your the first SD'r that has morals when shopping. It must of been someone else who set the Deal alert for Price mistake, Not you OBVIOUSLY! You have morals and don't rip off people.

4400 comments, on this "small busieness" Since were going off make believe fairy tales in your world, I can only OBVIOUSLY Assume that maybe 1/10th of the people comment on what they buy from them. Seems pretty small busieness to me, 40,000 customers is pretty teeny. Anything else you want to talk about, Maybe more pills or by-products, I assume you know more about that then what it on topic here.

Quote from coolblues : well sir, you are WRONG...I have scored several off third part sellers.

Yes, that is true (very, very rare)..but true...just as people get all schoolgirl giddy over the HP coupon fiasco.


In this case...this is the only seller, selling the product. People can try if they want.....but the chances are extremely low at getting the product ordered...even by PM standards.

Tone down the sarcasm people.

I would buy this but no where in the checkout it mentions its a 20 pack of 60 gummies.

Quote from Wyndhamscams : Every post you have refereed to something about your waste products.. If something is bugging you www.Amazon.com Sells it and there is no need for the embarrassment of buying it at the store and having the cashier price check it on the intercom. I didn't realize your the first SD'r that has morals when shopping. It must of been someone else who set the Deal alert for Price mistake, Not you OBVIOUSLY! You have morals and don't rip off people. 4400 comments, on this "small busieness" Since were going off make believe fairy tales in your world, I can only OBVIOUSLY Assume that maybe 1/10th of the people comment on what they buy from them. Seems pretty small busieness to me, 40,000 customers is pretty teeny. Anything else you want to talk about, Maybe more pills or by-products, I assume you know more about that then what it on topic here.

Actually, even if I take you numbers (and you'll see I talk about the statisical usefulness of Newegg reviews, so I'm not just running off my mouth) then yes indeed these people may be a small business. Choose a figure for the average profit per customer. Please understand this is AFTER Amazon takes it's cut, and they are most definitely not a charity. Many of these items are low margin due to the larger box and drugstores. If they make a $1 profit per customer per year, at $40,000 they make enough essentially to support the owner, or two full-time employees at under $10/hour, with NOTHING left over for the owners.

If they are making $10 profit per customer, then you are looking at $400,000 per year, assuming your 40,000 customers produce that level of sales every year. That could very well mean a family business, with each owner making let's say $100,000 - depending on where they live, this is either comfortable or can only be a marginal living - plus 8 or so employees at $20,000 a year plus benefits (social security, unemployment insurance, etc. and my estimate is probably low) so a total of ten employees. I believe the federal government also considers that a "small business".

Now "making good" on a price mistake publicized via a deal site could easily wipe out the jobs of half their employees. the money has to come from somewhere. There are people with morals who shop SD, and they don't typically jump through a whole bunch of justifications for their behavior. BTW - I came upon this when I saw Gummi Bears as my child has made a request since they normally are very good about low sugar snacks, and this is a once a month reward. I don't have a "price mistake" deal alert, and won't be trying to play "gotcha" with what is more than likely a small business. There are people who attempt to live the golden rule - you can get "slick deals" and still deal ethically, it's just when the word "steals" comes into play, i.e. that's a "steal" that one would hope a people would have their moral compass come into play. Very few people who play the "You made a price mistake, it's your problem" want that done to them when they make a mistake. Social Darwinism is harsh, and few people are as "fit" as they believe themselves to be.

Quote from Mr. Harley : Actually, even if I take you numbers (and you'll see I talk about the statisical usefulness of Newegg reviews, so I'm not just running off my mouth) then yes indeed these people may be a small business. Choose a figure for the average profit per customer. Please understand this is AFTER Amazon takes it's cut, and they are most definitely not a charity. Many of these items are low margin due to the larger box and drugstores. If they make a $1 profit per customer per year, at $40,000 they make enough essentially to support the owner, or two full-time employees at under $10/hour, with NOTHING left over for the owners. If they are making $10 profit per customer, then you are looking at $400,000 per year, assuming your 40,000 customers produce that level of sales every year. That could very well mean a family business, with each owner making let's say $100,000 - depending on where they live, this is either comfortable or can only be a marginal living - plus 8 or so employees at $20,000 a year plus benefits (social security, unemployment insurance, etc. and my estimate is probably low) so a total of ten employees. I believe the federal government also considers that a "small business". Now "making good" on a price mistake publicized via a deal site could easily wipe out the jobs of half their employees. the money has to come from somewhere. There are people with morals who shop SD, and they don't typically jump through a whole bunch of justifications for their behavior. BTW - I came upon this when I saw Gummi Bears as my child has made a request since they normally are very good about low sugar snacks, and this is a once a month reward. I don't have a "price mistake" deal alert, and won't be trying to play "gotcha" with what is more than likely a small business. There are people who attempt to live the golden rule - you can get "slick deals" and still deal ethically, it's just when the word "steals" comes into play, i.e. that's a "steal" that one would hope a people would have their moral compass come into play. Very few people who play the "You made a price mistake, it's your problem" want that done to them when they make a mistake. Social Darwinism is harsh, and few people are as "fit" as they believe themselves to be.

Well said! I couldn't have said that better. Well explained cant even rebuttal that. Repped

OK i can I think $1-$10 profit base is well untrue in this business as its probably bases off a % mark up not a solid number markup They sell items in the $2 range to 1k range. Im sure there based off more a % and making a bit more profit then 400k a year. The rest is pretty much agreed upon how the typical business standards work

Yes small business would crumble apart honoring price mistakes more then so a big corporate business like Target or Walmart might honor it just to keep there customer base happy and hope to keep loyalty and make there money back in the future..
I dont see this price mistake being a "Honey we have to sell our house" type of deal but it would hurt there pockets way more honoring it then helping them out years to come. As this type of forum doesn't have such a high loyalty base when you compare the prices.

Quote from Wyndhamscams : ... OK i can I think $1-$10 profit base is well untrue in this business as its probably bases off a % mark up not a solid number markup They sell items in the $2 range to 1k range. Im sure there based off more a % and making a bit more profit then 400k a year. The rest is pretty much agreed upon how the typical business standards work

You are correct - I just had to guess at some number for practical use. Problem is that the mark up is based off of dual factors - fixed cost per order minus the % profit per average order. For simplicity I just took a $1-10 set of numbers to make the point. Their margins could well be worse after expenses. In fact it's been documented, Amazon has complete access to the majority of their business data, and if Amazon thinks the margin is high enough they will start selling the same items for less. Sadly it's very hard for the "little guy" to do anything but stay little when Amazon is involved.

Quote : Yes small business would crumble apart honoring price mistakes more then so a big corporate business like Target or Walmart might honor it just to keep there customer base happy and hope to keep loyalty and make there money back in the future.. I dont see this price mistake being a "Honey we have to sell our house" type of deal but it would hurt there pockets way more honoring it then helping them out years to come. As this type of forum doesn't have such a high loyalty base when you compare the prices.

That is the problem with deal sites. Most of the people are nice, good people who are interested in a solid deal where both sides of the transaction are satisfied. However, according to a law enforcement official giving a warning about scams after Hurricane Sandy, about 1 in 20 people have no trouble preying on their fellow man. I have a very bad feeling that sites like SD and Fatwallet select for a higher percentage than that, as when you see the number of items on a hot deal drops fro 200 to 0 in less than a minute, and the more brazen dealers then brag about it. I don't know what per cent, but the level of parasitization (i.e. they never post deals, they only wipe out the best deals) will eventually reach a point it kills deal sites. It's a shame, but wishing it away means I would make the mistake many well meaning but fuzzy headed individuals of the more liberal persuasion make about appealing to our "better nature." About 5% of us don't have that better nature, and unless you have meaningful regulation, you get the predatory lending, i.e. de facto legal scams that came out of the banking and mortgage industries that nuked our economy.

Quote from Wyndhamscams : This is definitely a Price mistake, No doubt about it, Many will cry cuz they didnt get there boat or car on a price mistake, I have no need for this but good post OP

No one will cry. Third party Amazon price mistake on a Saturday. Uh, yeah. Good luck with that.

Quote from D1337 : 12 packs of Hero Nutritionals - Yummi Bears Fiber, Each containing 60 gummies for a total of 720 gummies for $17.90 + FS. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/...01_s00_i00

Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces

My order changed to shipping soon. If they ship just one package rather than the bulk 12, then I guess I will get a refund :-/

Quote from bszelda : My order changed to shipping soon.

No, your order didn't "change" to anything. The process is automatic and only means you would have to email the seller to request the order be cancelled.

Happens with every 3rd party order.

Price changed back to 99$. Lets see whether our order will go through!

Cancelled. I'll be leaving negative feedback as well. It's one thing to not fulfill a price mistake (that's entirely reasonable and never should be the cause for upset feelings / retaliatory feedback), but it's always agrivating when they choose to use the reason "customer cancelled" instead of just owning up to their error.