Amazon Admits Prime Day Deals Not Necessarily the Cheapest (bbc.co.uk)

Shoppers taking part in internet giant Amazon's Prime Day are being told that the deals on offer may not be the cheapest available. From a report: Amazon said it has never claimed that Prime Day is necessarily the cheapest time to shop on its site. It comes after consumer group Which? warned customers that apparent bargains are not always as good as they seem. It said some goods can actually be cheaper at other times of the year, and advised shoppers to do their research. The 36 hour sale -- aimed at subscribers to the Prime shopping service -- offers discounts on a range of goods. The deals are time-limited, with shoppers being told that some items are only available while stocks last.

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Yeah, no shit.

[Anonymous Coward]

Some of Amazon's prices are just nuts. A cooler that I bought for $10.99 at my local supermarket goes for $24.99 on Amazon.

And most of the other seller's that use Amazon market place have ridiculous prices. A box of Oat Bran cereal is $6.00 plus S&H whereas that exact same thing is $1.99 at my local Kroger with no S&H. And the prices change all the time too; which royally pisses me off.

Prime is just psychological - to get people to impulse buy without shopping. And at $119/year, it is definitely NOT a good deal.

I'm starting to go out of my way NOT to buy from Amazon these days. Even books - I have a B&N near by and I can order from them and in 3 days have the book at no extra cost. Look at some of the books on Amazon and even though they may be discounted, with S&H they are more than buying locally.

Re:Yeah, no shit.

[Anonymous Coward]

A box of 10 Oat Bran are $34 on Amazon. That is $3.40 per box which is in line with grocery stores. The same box is $3.68 at Kroger. Why do people lie when you can look it up on the Internet.

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[AmiMoJo]

Beware of camelcamelcamel scams though.

The way they make money is to tell your price alerts to the sellers. They can see that X people are willing to pay âY for this product, and use that to set their selling price.

Unfortunately scammers can buy this information too and do fake sales where they offer the product at exactly the price you want it. Then they just run off with the cash and you eventually get a refund from Amazon. They sometimes take over existing Amazon shops, other times they set up a new one and usually phrase it something like "display product used in my shop, selling cheap..."