The whole thing is an invention by retailers so that they can benefit how they want to.
tony220jdm on
Prices go up in November to bring them back down for the black Friday event
Cutemudskipper on
I didn’t know we were calling Amazon online criminals now, but I’m not opposed to that. I don’t know if it’s amazon as a whole or just individual sellers, but it’s ridiculous how they get away with scamming people every sale.
NuggetKing9001 on
Every year I put a load of stuff I’d want to buy in my Amazon basket. When the price changes, it tells you the whole “information but items in your basket” message.
Everything I put in there dropped by pennies, but the advertised price was as though it had been cut by a substantial amount. The items had never been advertised at the “old” price, which had now been slashed through.
It’s fraud, a scam, whatever you want to call it, but you aren’t saving anything.
Turbantastic on
I saw an old lady get shoulder charged into the shadow realm all for a shite Polaroid TV a few years back in Asda. Mental what people do to “save” a few quid.
ChefExcellence on
Did any of the commenters here read the article? It’s not about retailers like Amazon fiddling with prices to make discounts look more substantial than they actually are, it’s about fraudsters who are not legitimate retailers at all.
FaceMace87 on
Black Friday in this country is usually just an opportunity for retailers to clear out the shit they can’t sell
Enough_Ad6462 on
There are websites that survive a few months during sale times that only exist to take people’s money. Watch yourselves when buying from an unfamiliar website. They are getting more sophisticated and faking a decent website isn’t hard. Even Amazon gets many temporary listings but at least they have good record to protecting customers who get scammed.
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The whole thing is an invention by retailers so that they can benefit how they want to.
Prices go up in November to bring them back down for the black Friday event
I didn’t know we were calling Amazon online criminals now, but I’m not opposed to that. I don’t know if it’s amazon as a whole or just individual sellers, but it’s ridiculous how they get away with scamming people every sale.
Every year I put a load of stuff I’d want to buy in my Amazon basket. When the price changes, it tells you the whole “information but items in your basket” message.
Everything I put in there dropped by pennies, but the advertised price was as though it had been cut by a substantial amount. The items had never been advertised at the “old” price, which had now been slashed through.
It’s fraud, a scam, whatever you want to call it, but you aren’t saving anything.
I saw an old lady get shoulder charged into the shadow realm all for a shite Polaroid TV a few years back in Asda. Mental what people do to “save” a few quid.
Did any of the commenters here read the article? It’s not about retailers like Amazon fiddling with prices to make discounts look more substantial than they actually are, it’s about fraudsters who are not legitimate retailers at all.
Black Friday in this country is usually just an opportunity for retailers to clear out the shit they can’t sell
There are websites that survive a few months during sale times that only exist to take people’s money. Watch yourselves when buying from an unfamiliar website. They are getting more sophisticated and faking a decent website isn’t hard. Even Amazon gets many temporary listings but at least they have good record to protecting customers who get scammed.