After waiting for weeks to buy an Anker charger, lightning cable, and other items, I am disappointed to find that what Amazon called Black Friday Sale prices are actually the same prices as pre-sale prices. They shouldn't do that.
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Amazon is cheating on Black Friday Sale
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Who is the actual seller, is it Amazon or some third party through Amazon? Also, got any proof?
This is common among many retailers. They raise the price two months before, then for Black Friday they "lower" the price to what it was the entire rest of the year and call it a huge sale!
Well, raise your voice through not buying. Easy as that.
This.
And does it require a code? Following charger requires a promo code to knock $11 off listed price.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D8C6ULO?tag=androheadl04-20 (Code: BFBF2253)
Sure, Amazon advertised that they have a Black Friday sale, but just like every other retailer, does not mean everything is on sale.
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This is the case with most Amazon third party sellers, who often list an arbitrary RRP and offer the product at a "sale" price to make it seem like a bargain.
Amazon rep actually asked me to send her the links to products that I wanted to buy to make sure that they would be on sale. After checking, she confirmed that the prices would be changed at midnight. Yet, they stay the same but with the "Sale" in red word in front.
Welcome to retail, where many retailers raise their prices a little while before BF, so they can show a discount on BF.
I worked for a retail store once who introduced a rewards card that offered a 5% discount. The issue, the weekend before the introduction, the manager and asst. manager went through the store and raised the prices by, you guessed it, 5%
Another funny thing is that I have been monitoring the price of an item for the past two days. In the evenings, the price is the lowest. In the mornings, it goes up by about $20. In the after noon, it drops slightly and repeat.
What kind of strategy is this?
What kind of strategy is this?
Amazon = Cheating. Period.
I am seriously considering a complete boycott. Everything about Amazon rubs me the wrong way. They had unfair advantage from day one.
Billions of investments because they are "tech company."
No income for over a decade but explosive stock growth and zero negative coverage from Wall Street
Founder is the richest person in the world, but workers are mistreated.
Worker hours are structured in a way that allows Amazon to get away with offering insurance.
No pension obligations.
No sales tax collection requirement for most of the time they existed.
The media expose about the working conditions was shocking.
The horror stories of small businesses being destroyed by Amazon's copy & paste approach, where they data mind the sales on their website to identify potential products they can replicate and sell for less.
Retail is not even their largest source of revenue.
They are the Walmart of the internet. Walmart by the way has at least four times the revenue and yet has a much smaller market cap. That tells you everything you need to know about Amazon's unfair market advantage. It's kind of crazy.
I work with retailers. I work with suppliers. Both have been burned by Amazon in many different ways.
I am seriously considering a complete boycott. Everything about Amazon rubs me the wrong way. They had unfair advantage from day one.
Billions of investments because they are "tech company."
No income for over a decade but explosive stock growth and zero negative coverage from Wall Street
Founder is the richest person in the world, but workers are mistreated.
Worker hours are structured in a way that allows Amazon to get away with offering insurance.
No pension obligations.
No sales tax collection requirement for most of the time they existed.
The media expose about the working conditions was shocking.
The horror stories of small businesses being destroyed by Amazon's copy & paste approach, where they data mind the sales on their website to identify potential products they can replicate and sell for less.
Retail is not even their largest source of revenue.
They are the Walmart of the internet. Walmart by the way has at least four times the revenue and yet has a much smaller market cap. That tells you everything you need to know about Amazon's unfair market advantage. It's kind of crazy.
I work with retailers. I work with suppliers. Both have been burned by Amazon in many different ways.
Prices fluctuate all the time. I like that. I get some great offers by waiting.
Anker products on Amazon are sold by their AnkerDirect storefront.
Amazon is not responsible for determining what Anker puts on sale, or setting pricing.
The promotions they run are easily found on Anker's site, or by joining their email list.
If this beef is about not getting a deal on Anker product, you're barking up the wrong tree.
Amazon is not responsible for determining what Anker puts on sale, or setting pricing.
The promotions they run are easily found on Anker's site, or by joining their email list.
If this beef is about not getting a deal on Anker product, you're barking up the wrong tree.
Please provide a source for this "theory."
Something more authoritative than "I read something somewhere on the Internet that..."
While this is currently "hearsay," I'm not doubting it. You see, this has always been the case in retail. Take a look at the price of gas in the rich or "good" part of town and then drive a couple miles to the same gas station (chain) in the other, less-affluent part of town. Price is often 10+ cents more expensive in the nicer neighborhoods. It isn't like delivery of the gasoline has any extra overhead associated with it for one but not the other location within the same town.
The thing is, this is just much easier to do online. Demographics can be whittled down to the individual shopper with very little effort.
Oh, trust me, I know this can be done. Any retailer on the planet can gouge any given individual.
I am asking for some substantiation that it IS being done by Amazon. If hajime is going to talk the talk, he needs to walk the walk.
Anyone can make unsubstantiated claims about pretty much anything on the planet. There's even an old fable -- "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" -- that encapsulates this theme.
Retail gas prices is actually a poor example. Gas stations are typically individually owned and there is no expectation that the price will be consistent from one location to the next. Most times, the gas station owner bases the advertised retail price on the last wholesale gas price.
Moreover, gas companies don't advertise retail pricing online. It's not like some large fast food company offering dollar meals on national television.
What hajime needs to prove is that Amazon.com is selling 12-packs of toilet paper at different prices between online customers in Compton, CA versus Atherton, CA.
I am asking for some substantiation that it IS being done by Amazon. If hajime is going to talk the talk, he needs to walk the walk.
Anyone can make unsubstantiated claims about pretty much anything on the planet. There's even an old fable -- "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" -- that encapsulates this theme.
Retail gas prices is actually a poor example. Gas stations are typically individually owned and there is no expectation that the price will be consistent from one location to the next. Most times, the gas station owner bases the advertised retail price on the last wholesale gas price.
Moreover, gas companies don't advertise retail pricing online. It's not like some large fast food company offering dollar meals on national television.
What hajime needs to prove is that Amazon.com is selling 12-packs of toilet paper at different prices between online customers in Compton, CA versus Atherton, CA.
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One could argue that the land tax, or however they term it, for the more affluent area of town is more, so that has to be factored into the price.