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Is anyone else upset about Amazon using extremely unethical practices to give "discounts" this prime day? This is ridiculous.
July 17, 2018 at
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I have seen this on countless products today. Let's take a look at a limited lightening deal for some hefty storage slider bags:
https://www.amazon.com/Hefty-Slid...B00NMVYP
Strike thru price = $30.86. "WITH DEAL" = $11.54. A savings of $19.32.
This was a front page amazon prime deal, stating 63% off.
This sounds amazing until we look into the price history of these bags.
I've attached the screenshots of Camel3 showing that these bags have hovered between $9.99 and $14.89 since 2015. Last week they put the price to $30.86 and then made it a prime day lightening "deal" down to $11.54.
I'm sorry, but not only is this unethical, but this is flat out manipulation.
https://www.amazon.com/Hefty-Slid...B00NMVYP
Strike thru price = $30.86. "WITH DEAL" = $11.54. A savings of $19.32.
This was a front page amazon prime deal, stating 63% off.
This sounds amazing until we look into the price history of these bags.
I've attached the screenshots of Camel3 showing that these bags have hovered between $9.99 and $14.89 since 2015. Last week they put the price to $30.86 and then made it a prime day lightening "deal" down to $11.54.
I'm sorry, but not only is this unethical, but this is flat out manipulation.
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#1 You have a price tracker. Use it for anything you're not sure of?
#2 Just because something has a massive discount (inflated or otherwise), you realize you're not obligated to buy it right? If someone sells of a box of poo for $1 reduced from $100. You can judge whether the poo itself is worth $1 and whether the RRP seems unrealistic.