• mipadaitu@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    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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      5 months ago

      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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        5 months ago

        Why would Amazon want to hinder the accuracy of the price tracking in that way? I would imagine Amazon wants their 30% cut (Depending on Category) and they want it as fast as possible. Their entire business is predicated on Churn, and Logistics.

        In that way - I would imagine CamelCamelCamel increases conversion.

        I wonder if the Coupons were shown to increase conversion for the ‘Coupon’ ladies that everyone sees in their local grocer. They only buy when they get a ‘Good Deal’. They’re willing to spend 9 hours to save $0.76 and they never “pay sticker price.”

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      5 months ago

      Does anyone else have problems with the alerts?

      I put in for them, and then nothing happens. I’ll check back in 2 months and see the price dropped myself but I never get any ‘alerts’.