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.
Why would Amazon want to hinder the accuracy of the price tracking in that way?
Accurate price tracking leads to people saying “Oh well it was 50% less a year ago. I’ll wait on a sale, not paying full price on that” and waiting on a sale, leading to less conversions. Amazon has pressured Camelcamelcamel into agreeing to not track specific low prices (i.e., Prime Day, if that actually had any good sales). I’m unsure if they track coupons or not, they were not clear about what the criteria for not tracking a price are.
Camelcamelcamel is unfortunately compromised by Amazon, it’s probably mostly accurate but there are price points they do not accurately log at Amazon’s request.
I’ve had a >$1000 product In my buy later for over a year. I’m actually planning on buying it really soon.
It’s gone from “only 11 left” to “only 15 left” to “only 5 left” to “only 11 left” and like, that isn’t how the word “only” works.
Edit: read no further. You will lose brain cells.
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Saying there are only 3 of something suggest that…there are only 3 of them.
If they are sold, then there is 0.
You’re thinking of having “3 items available” not “only 3 items available.”
Only doesn’t change anything.
You can only buy 3 items when it says “only 3 items available”
Now if no one buys the only 3 items and Amazon gets 3 more in stock. They only have 6 items to sell. You can only buy 6 items at that time.
It does, though.
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They are not the same thing.
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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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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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.
Accurate price tracking leads to people saying “Oh well it was 50% less a year ago. I’ll wait on a sale, not paying full price on that” and waiting on a sale, leading to less conversions. Amazon has pressured Camelcamelcamel into agreeing to not track specific low prices (i.e., Prime Day, if that actually had any good sales). I’m unsure if they track coupons or not, they were not clear about what the criteria for not tracking a price are.
Camelcamelcamel is unfortunately compromised by Amazon, it’s probably mostly accurate but there are price points they do not accurately log at Amazon’s request.