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three rows with a barbecue on the left and William Wallace in Braveheart on the right.
In the first row, captioned Wednesday, the barbecue is labelled “$899.99” and Wallace says “hold”.
The second row, captioned Thursday, depicts the same.
In the third row, captioned Black Friday, the there is a label with $1099.99 struck through with “$899.99” written underneath, and Wallace charges.
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in slovenia we just passed a law that requires shops to state the price change of an item in the last 30 days :)
One of the benefits of being part of the EU :)
I think its a thing here in norway as well. Thats why they just increase the price in early october, just a month ahead of black week bullcrap. Have seen plenty of electronics “super discounted” to the same price they had in september/october
I think its a thing here in norway as well. Thats why they just increase the price in early october, just a month ahead of black week bullcrap. Have seen plenty of electronics “super discounted” to the same price they had in september/october
It might actually work if the requirement was a year instead of 30 days.
Also mandate minimum font size for it and that it must be displayed along with the current price anywhere the current price appears.
I honestly think 1 year would be too far back to be actually relevant to the current price, but I can see a 3 month period being a good middle ground.
Big items I usually start watching a few months out. If I see a store or brand that pulls tthis garbage, I simply go elsewhere. If I can’t find it on offer, I buy it regular price at the smaller retail store.
Oh wow that’s cool! I’m from Slovenia too and I didn’t know that.
How did you figure out your citizenship then?
We have a comedian among us
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I know nothing about your country, is it common to speak English and what’s the native language?
It’s quite common for people to speak English. The native language is Slovene. It’s a really small country in central Europe (much larger than Liechtenstein tho).
Nice, very cool, thanks for informing me!
Also in Poland
Brazil’s consumers rights department listed itens prices so stores can’t fake advertise them. Countries with regulations: ok, we can do Black Friday, but…
Wrong, Black Friday not $899, but
$1099$999three words: camel, camel, camel
For anyone who is unaware of what this refers to, it is this website:
The website describes it’s services like so:
Our free Amazon price tracker monitors millions of products and alerts you when prices drop, helping you decide when to buy.
Right now the product is showing camel. You can wait for it to be camel and then buy, but if you’re patient you’ll catch it when it’s in the camel and save a lot.
I would rather have something that has not been in a camel.
Not in a camel, but theeeeeeeeee camel
Sure is nice seeing all of those 40% off tags and seeing on CCC it’s actually more expensive than it was a week ago.
For scamazon I vastly prefer keepa
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Camelcamelcamel
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You don’t need to use it as an add-on. You can go to the website and set up a price drop alert for whatever it is you’re interested in.
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There’s maybe 4 things I buy a year on Amazon. I set the price watch, when it hits the price I want I chick the link and buy it.
Not sure why you would need to buy more things to make it worthwhile.
Does the price watch email work for you?
I have 2 Gmail accounts and I don’t know if Camel is broken, or Gmail filters them as spam. I never get any emails.
It’s pretty quick and easy, but that’s more than I’ve ever monitored in a year, so it would be more work for you than it has been for me.
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That’s why I have extensions that track prices so I have an accurate price history.
That’s why I live in the EU, and they have to include the lowest price in the last 30 days with the “discount” price.
That’s a strange reason to live in the EU.
There’s many, many good reasons to live in the EU, fam.
Yeah, I’d rather live there for the healthcare, education and public infrastructure.
I’m in the EU and have never heard of this
It’s a relatively new (became applicable in 2022) thing called price indication directive. The TLDR is what the other guy said, the only addition is that member states can set different rules for certain goods.
Wouldn’t a loophole be to relist something to include some extra trinket with the main product (e.g. lens cleaner with a camera) and argue the “new” listing is something completely different than before?
Yes, have worked in the field, can confirm.
The extensions are nice.
The annoying part is the 10 things on my save list haven’t budged in price for over 1.5 years. 😭😭😭
Oh… Im so sorry to hear that. Second thing I do is check the second hand stores near me. I have one that validates their products and offers a 1 year warranty on the second hand stuff I buy from them, and it’s kind of awesome. They even rate the quality.
But which extensions in particular…
I’m from Romania so I don’t know how relevant they are for you but I use Pricy and Istoric Preturi. And the website Compari.ro
Keepa which gives a chart on every Amazon page or camelcamelcamel
The only way to know if a Black Friday price is good is to know the usual “regular” price of the item. That takes planning to jot the price down a month or more in advance and then wait to see what the Black Friday price is. It’s all a game.
Also using plugins like camelcamelcamel can help with this. Shows you a graph of history for prices
I use Keepa, same type of thing, and I’ll just set it to notify me when it reaches the desired low price again. I rarely buy anything unless it’s on sale prices now.
Why are people giving descriptions of their images
Haven’t seen this in the comments, shouldn’t this shit be illegal? Forgive me if i am being dumb
For companies “illegal” just means “make more money than the fine you’ll pay once you’re caught”.
They’ll sometimes bring in the exact same form with a different SKU/UPC so it’s technically a new product.
Also look out for weasel words like “Compare To”, “X value”, or “Special Buy” where they aren’t actually saying it’s on sale.
New items can’t be “on sale.” It is that simple. The price is the price.
If robbing a bank got you 10 million dollars, and the legal penalty for robbing a bank was a few thousand dollars, why would you choose to refrain from robbing the bank?
Low price Sale does not exist. It’s a myth!
This year especially it feels, prices actually went up for Black Friday. They don’t even care anymore.
there’s a couple decent deals on basic laptops… that aren’t shit-tier specs, either. that’s about all i’ve seen–but then, i haven’t been “looking” either. rent keeps going up, can’t afford anything so i don’t even bother to look at ads and sales on things that aren’t absolutely essential to simply exist.
i do plan on going to wm on friday… but later in the afternoon–for a few groceries.
They care…for the money
It definitely does, I’ve already made out pretty good on a couple things but you have to know the actual price well in advance and shop outside of Amazon
Or you use a price comparison website that shows you the pricing history.
That’s why you don’t buy in a rush but rather track the price of something you’re interested in buying over a couple of months.
Black Friday not $899, but
$1099$999Sometimes it will be
$1099$899 but they may use subpar quality for Black Friday models compared to standard models.Like TVs for example, certain models that are discounted on Black Friday have lower quality displays, fewer HDMI ports, cheaper speakers, etc. when compared to the “standard” model from the same line, and the ads will downplay or obscure the exact model number so you think you’re getting something better than you are when you look it up.
Tbf, it depends. I just bought a pair of converse for 25 bucks. Granted they’re an unpopular color, but hey 25 bucks for a pair of chuck 70s is a good price.
It’s really not as bad as you say these days. The majority of stuff are good deals.
That isn’t actually true :’ )
Nah, it is. It’s the same as folks who scream about how easy it is to be scammed on Amazon. It’s rare and if you are getting tricked into buying fakes every order the problem is you.
Shopping for deals really isn’t as hard as you all make it seem.
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Have you reported the comment?
Yes, and the user. I’ll report them on their home instance as well.
What happened here?
There was a spam account that posted innocent seeming links to gore content.
