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Customers Creating Fake Amazon Pages To Get Cheap Electronics At Walmart
turkeydance writes People are reportedly creating fake Amazon pages to show fake prices on electronics and other items. In the most heavily publicized cases, Walmart was reportedly duped into selling $400 PlayStation 4 consoles for under $100. From the article: "The company announced on Nov. 13 that it would price-match select online retailers, including Amazon.com. However, any Amazon member with a registered selling account can create authentic looking pages and list items 'for sale' online. Consumers need only take a screen capture of the page and show it to a cashier at checkout in order to request the price match."
yes it's okay to take advantage of people. that's how capitalism works.
Even easier, Inspect Element (built in to virtually every web browser these days) and change the live HTML.
If people knew how easy it was to forge screenshots these days they'd stop believing everything that purports to be one.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.