I saw a fax machine for $53 on June 14, 1:43 am for sale. I told my friend about it when I was visiting him next day. He gave me a check for it asking me to buy it for him since he did not have a computer. When I came home th price was up $40. Amazon.com price seems to change rapidly, why? Now, I can not buy the item for him. I was pissed, he was like that is OK. But why Amazon does this?
2007-06-17 04:23:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Was the fax on sale when you first saw it? Otherwise that's a pretty major price change.
Stores, online or otherwise, do have the right to change prices though, and if you don't buy it while the lower price is shown, then you're out of luck.
2007-06-17 04:45:24 · answer #1 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You now the list of most popular items? This is how Amazon puts items in that list. First they list what you want at a low enough price for it to become real popular. Than they up the price and profit. Seems to be a good (for the seller) way to sell a larger lot of stuff. The lower price puts the item on the most popular list. The seller moves all her merchandise.
Amazon does not really own the stuff you see for sale. Others are using Amazon to sell their stuff.
If the price is lowered once, it may be again.
2007-06-17 04:58:27 · answer #2 · answered by david m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋