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03-24-2012
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Thanks, Amazon, for mind-boggling price increase
I know I'm not the only one to track items by keeping them in my Amazon cart. I know prices can change drastically, especially with third party sellers, but . . . really?
"Please note that the price of Julia Butterfly Hill (Gateway Greens) has increased from $21.62 to $999.00 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages." Whoa. Good thing I have a pending request through our library system for that book for DD.
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03-25-2012
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Like the seller thinks someone is going to buy at that ridiculous price? I see that all the time, esp for used books. Prices ranging from 3.99 to 999 (with free shipping at that price of course). Really?
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03-25-2012
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I bought a small chair with ottoman for dd from Amazon and I went back to see how much it was after I ordered it. For the ottoman it went from $35.00 that I paid to $98.00 within 24 hours. The chair was $75.00 when I bought it to $298.00!
Crazy pricing. ~Melissa
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03-25-2012
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It's the third party sellers who set their prices. Some of them are completely delusional and hoping they will stumble upon a sucker.
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03-25-2012
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I try to only buy from Amazon since I have prime but even then the prices are all over the place. Not as crazy as the 3rd party sellers thankfully.
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03-25-2012
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A lot of third party seller prices are set without human input. Some sellers have thousands of items. Their price-comparison trolling software bots get bad info somewhere and boom, weirdness. I'm pretty sure that seller doesn't think they'll get $21 for one copy of that book and $999 for their other copy.
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03-25-2012
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It does sound like some weird computer bot pricing error, but it sure made me do a double-take to see the change in price. Just for fun, I went to my Amazon cart just now to see if the price had changed, and wouldn't you know it:
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