That freakin burns me up. I literally had it in my cart at 41.99 and was shopping for other items (took about an hour while I was reading reviews, etc.) . Once I checked out, I noticed that the price had jumped up to $46.99 while it was still in my cart!
I've sent an email to Newegg requesting either a refund of the $5 or the cancellation of my entire order ($180 worth of equipment). It may seem petty to quibble over $5, but I think that's an extremely deceptive business tactic to raise the price of an item in a customer's cart (I can see if it's a cart that you've had stored for a day or so, but an HOUR???). I used to use Newegg for my purchasing, but if they won't honor their own price, I guess I'll have to find a better site.
***Here's the resolution***
Here's a snippet of the response.
From: "cs.service.wh1(ne).us" <service@newegg.com>
Date: July 30, 2005 1:31:24 AM CDT
We apologize for the inconvenience this might has caused you.
All prices are per the website and are final at checkout. However if an items' price changes while the item is in the shopping cart an exception can be made, as long as we are able to verify that the price did change within those few minutes. Due to this inconvenience, I have offer you a credit in amount of $5 to your MasterCard. Please allow your card issuer 3-5 business days to process it and make the fund become available.
While I'm glad they'll refund me the $5, anyone else think it's funny that their "From" name looks like it spells "whine"? Extreme coincidence, or subtle message from their network admins, I wonder. Makes me think of the ID-10-T error that can happen with certain people. Oh well, deal is back to being warm as of now.