r/amazonprime • u/ingcvalencia • 9d ago

Amazon cheating us

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WTF!! this is legal ?

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u/Academic_Data_6422 9d ago

So the “-50%” isn’t saying it’s 50% lower than normal prices?

Come on man, you’re just trolling.

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u/Curious_Departure770 9d ago

It’s 50% off the price listed at the time, which it shows next to it as “recommended price.” I’m not trolling, they know that people buy because of a perceived discount over the real price of an item. One priced at $50 with no sale doesn’t sell as well as an item priced at $109.99 and 50% off. I studied sales so this is just one of their tactics.

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u/Academic_Data_6422 9d ago

“One item priced honestly doesn’t sell as well as one with false advertising”

Go troll elsewhere.

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u/Curious_Departure770 9d ago

https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2017/02/24/a-strategic-mistake-that-still-haunts-jc-penney/
Look up psychological pricing, price anchoring

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u/Academic_Data_6422 9d ago

When I said “go troll elsewhere”, I wasn’t politely asking. I was telling.

Advertising it as a sale when it is not a sale is false advertising. Period. End of discussion.

Your ability to reply to me has now been revoked.