QUESTION FOR AMAZON USERS

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

I'm an eBay seller and also do most of my buying there, as well. I just never found Amazon to be particularly user-friendly, I guess.

Yesterday, I found a couple of things on Amazon I'm considering buying and left them in my shopping cart.

Today, both are a couple of dollars higher .... Is this common?

Texascat66 · ‎01-12-2011

Yes. Prices fluctuate up and down on a regular basis depending upon the stock and other factors.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

Prices on amazon can fluctuate. What I like to do is click on the Price History link found in the item's description to get look at where the prices have been in the recent past. That way I can either wait for the price to come down or just buy it now if the price seems to be stable.

deeva · ‎03-09-2010

@Tinkrbl44

Yes, It's called dynamic pricing.

Very common on Amazon. When I see something that I want to buy but think the price is too high, I add to to my cart and click on save for later. When the price changes, Amazon will notify you the next time you go to your account.

I've seen prices fluctuate as much as $12 on items.

And I always click on the price history link, which is usually next to the price.

Shelbelle · ‎03-09-2010

I find much better prices elsewhere very often, so I dont even have Prime. I think Amz is great for someone like my daughter who works full time and has 2 young kids, very convenient.

SurferWife · ‎12-12-2010

I buy A LOT from Amazon. When purchasing skincare and beauty products, I make sure the seller is the actual product company. I don't buy from third-party sellers.

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Rockycoast · ‎03-02-2016

As a Prime member for more years than I can remember, I can say it does not happen a lot. In all my years purchasing I would say 3 times it has happened. So not a frequent occurrence.

They CallMe MRWILKES · ‎06-29-2016

Amazon was the pioneer in Dynamic Pricing, now used by many, many online retailers.

I find it to be very, very common and part of its normal business model.

My experience is that Amazon prices move on a weekly, daily and I've even seen hourly basis!

Icegoddess · ‎03-19-2010

@Rockycoast wrote:
As a Prime member for more years than I can remember, I can say it does not happen a lot. In all my years purchasing I would say 3 times it has happened. So not a frequent occurrence.

@Rockycoast Amazon does it all the time. You just might not be noticing.

Just recently, some folks were discussing an item and it's price on Amazon, but when I went to Amazon, the item was not that price, it was more. I wasn't interested in buying said item . I just wanted to see what it was. but I checked a few times on the price since 2 different people were quoting me a lower price. Then, one day out of the blue when I had stopped checking on it, I got a notice that the price had dropped.

I also have an app nthe displays the price history on a graph on the product's page and almost everything goes up and down. It's actually pretty rare to see a straight line, at least in my experience.

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

@Tinkrbl44 Between DH and myself we have Amazon packages being delivered almost every day. One of the things about them is that their prices fluctuate a lot!

If you keep the item in your cart or list chances are that it will go back down in price and maybe even lower.