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Amazon Instant Price Hike

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I was signed up to my account and had set of cans in my cart @ $109.99 from Amazon itself.

I've added new Amex card as payment method, I click on the cart and the price is $139.99 instantly for the same item.

WTF is this? Anyone?
 
Amazon prices are constantly changing. I have had those changes work in my favor at times and work against me at other times. From what I gather, the price you are going to pay isn't set until you actually place the order.
 
DaveStall said:
Amazon prices are constantly changing. I have had those changes work in my favor at times and work against me at other times. From what I gather, the price you are going to pay isn't set until you actually place the order.
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I know, but not in this case.

It happened instantly only after adding new Amex card.
 
Amazon, and many other online retailers' prices fluctuate a great deal based on complex monitoring of trends. It must have happened as you were checking out. I keep items on my wishlist, and try to check it every so often for price drops.
 
I use CamelCamelCamel to view pricing trends before I buy anything. If it has been sold for significantly lower recently, I wishlist it and set up an alert on CCC and then buy it eventually. If its within 5% or I need it immediately then I just suck it up.

Also, different sellers can price stuff differently (obviously) so check to make sure its the cheapest seller for the item too - I mainly do FBA now versus directly from Amazon.
 
Wonderful Pork said:
I use CamelCamelCamel to view pricing trends before I buy anything. If it has been sold for significantly lower recently, I wishlist it and set up an alert on CCC and then buy it eventually. If its within 5% or I need it immediately then I just suck it up.

Also, different sellers can price stuff differently (obviously) so check to make sure its the cheapest seller for the item too - I mainly do FBA now versus directly from Amazon.
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never heard of that, thanks!
 
Wonderful Pork said:
I use CamelCamelCamel to view pricing trends before I buy anything. If it has been sold for significantly lower recently, I wishlist it and set up an alert on CCC and then buy it eventually. If its within 5% or I need it immediately then I just suck it up.

Also, different sellers can price stuff differently (obviously) so check to make sure its the cheapest seller for the item too - I mainly do FBA now versus directly from Amazon.
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Yep I do the same.
I check that and if its on a high point I add to my cart and let it sit till it comes down or I find it else where.
 
It could also be that Amazon ran out of the item, and now it's from a different seller? Seems more likely given the magnitude of the jump.

Although would think in that case that they would notify you of that situation.
 
yuchai said:
It could also be that Amazon ran out of the item, and now it's from a different seller? Seems more likely given the magnitude of the jump.

Although would think in that case that they would notify you of that situation.
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That's what I was thinking.

- Amazon had one left in stock
- OP and another buyer put it in their cart at the same time
- OP took a little longer to hit the submit button because he changed his payment type
- other buyer got the item
- Amazon auto-switched to a new seller that had a higher price
 
they definitely also monitor walmart and toysrus. 2 companies that posts lower prices a great deal online (but not necessarily in store)

Prices are quick to rise and drop once stock runs out/prices change on other sites
 
I doubt adding the amex card was the cause. More likely you were just unlucky enough to choose the exact moment the price changed to add your card. When you came back to your cart and updated the page the new price showed up because that's how web pages work.

Post a link to the item in question. I don't have an amex card associated with my amazon account, so according to your theory I should see the old price when I click the link.
 
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Amazon is constantly advertising its own credit card by showing the credit you would get for signing up (which seems to vary per person) when you check out.

Is it possible you weren't looking at the actual price of the product but rather the price after the credit you would get if you signed up for their card? That credit would vanish after you added your own card.

-KeithP
 
This place is starting to sound like a group of geriatric folks being abused in a home,... issues with gift cards (they took my money!!), issues with Amazon (they took my money!!),...
 
KeithP said:
Amazon is constantly advertising its own credit card by showing the credit you would get for signing up (which seems to vary per person) when you check out.

Is it possible you weren't looking at the actual price of the product but rather the price after the credit you would get if you signed up for their card? That credit would vanish after you added your own card.

-KeithP
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This seems possible. The discount for the Amazon CC signup is $30.
 
yeah look on the camel site and plug in the url for the item. It will show price change history and current price. It may not be accurate for 3rd party vendors though.
 
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