• mipadaitu@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    In case you haven’t seen it.

    camelcamelcamel.com tracks prices on Amazon, and you can see the price history, to get a good idea if it’s a product that jumps around at all.

    You can also set price alerts, so if it’s something that goes on sale a lot, you can take advantage.

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      8 months ago

      Does anyone else have problems with the alerts?

      I put in for them, and then nothing happens. I’ll check back in 2 months and see the price dropped myself but I never get any ‘alerts’.

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      8 months ago

      Scamazon uses the coupons “click to save $5.00 applied in your cart” to hinder the accuracy of price tracking websites now. Don’t trust scamazon.

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        8 months ago

        Why would Amazon want to hinder the accuracy of the price tracking in that way? I would imagine Amazon wants their 30% cut (Depending on Category) and they want it as fast as possible. Their entire business is predicated on Churn, and Logistics.

        In that way - I would imagine CamelCamelCamel increases conversion.

        I wonder if the Coupons were shown to increase conversion for the ‘Coupon’ ladies that everyone sees in their local grocer. They only buy when they get a ‘Good Deal’. They’re willing to spend 9 hours to save $0.76 and they never “pay sticker price.”

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          8 months ago

          They want tracking sites to show higher prices than people actually pay as the “lowest price” so people think they are getting a deal. Scamazon does not want their prices tracked, it is disadvantagous for them for customers to be informed about their price adjustment trickery. Scamazon uses more dark patterns on their website than anyone.