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Amazon refusing to show me the price of something if I do not add it to cart (lemmy.today)

submitted 8 months ago by LodeMike to c/assholedesign@lemmy.world

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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

~~It means that there is a MAP (minimum advertised price) from the manufacturer. It is not an Amazon thing.~~ Never mind, i see changing browsing mode allows it to appear.

[–] qupada@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

Without giving Amazon too much of the benefit of the doubt here, I've noticed they love to offer you "coupons", generally with a midnight expiry.

I expect it's 100% a tactic to get you to commit to something you've looked at a couple of times but might be on the fence about buying.

I get the same as OP's logged-out price (nothing hidden) while logged in, perhaps if they are offering a coupon it would take it below the minimum advertised price.

Definitely stupid, but it's the only way I can see of arriving at this situation.