Shiftyness on amazon.com!!

[mleejr]

I was eyeing that solar charging kit. It said 289$ when it was counting down as the max price and said 'wait for price' or something like that while it counted down. I was exciting figuring it would probably be like 50% off or so and I would snag it.

Well, when it came due, it said 245$ for the cyber monday price...ok, not much of a discount but whatever....but the top price shot to 599$!!!! What should have been a 15% discount suddenly becomes 59%?! What?! Shifty!

Hot Deals is for posting deals you have found. Off Topic is for supposed shiftiness.
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[manimal]

welcome to capitalism, enjoy the ride. BTW hot deals is for hot deals.

 

[hulkhelton]

everyone changes the price to MSRP when they tell you how much of a discount you are getting...
this is nothing new.

 

[DaveSimmons]

If you mouse over the [v] more info box it shows list price, normal amazon price ($290), deal price. That's an extra $45 off the normal discounted price.

Shiftyness not found.

 

[mleejr]

If you mouse over the [v] more info box it shows list price, normal amazon price ($290), deal price. That's an extra $45 off the normal discounted price.

Shiftyness not found.

No, it was not a mouse over. It was 289 as the top price, then WHOLA, 599 was the top price when the deal came so the % of deal could be higher. This is just meant as a hot deal warning that the % of discount indicated for amazon is off from the lead up. Very shifty.