Amazons prices are wrong!
Mountain_Runner
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I just saw a good book on Amazon and it said used from 0.01p so I clicked on it and the cheapest one they had available was £3.55. Plus postage.
Why are they saying the cheapest is 1 p plus postage?
Why are they saying the cheapest is 1 p plus postage?
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Read it several times and definitely says in the middle used from 1p
Because the book only costs 0.01p but the cost of postage is £3.54.
I visited OP's link and the book was £3.54 with £2.80 postage I think.
No it says 1p plus £2.80 postage which is normal then I click on it and there is no option for this it only gives £3.55 plus £2.80 postage.
Like the time I noticed they had charged me £79 for Prime when I had never ordered it or trialled it, and they had no record of any such transaction. Sometimes they just have bugs in the system they aren't aware of.
Was it "Veronica decides to die" by Paulo Cuelo?
I bought that book on amazon for a penny but the postage was £2.50
For people who don't understand, the price is mentioned as being £X in a search. But when you click to the actual item it's a different price entirely.
And it's not the elevated postage that's the issue.
I have clicked on search items that were, say, £64.99 (free postage) then when I click to it it's a much higher price.
What did they say when you complained? I'd have thought it was fairly standard business practice to have flexible pricing.
I can't remember exactly but think it was some excuse about prices going up and down because of different sellers.
At least if you preorder something the price you preordered it at is the price you pay. Supernatural season 9 blu ray was something like eight pounds cheaper and now its gone back up again but it is the only supernatural blu ray I've bought at full price so I don't mind
(Oh yes, I went there )
I find that when I find out who much the item will actually cost me, I either buy it if it's still affordable or I don't and either source it from elsewhere or wait until it's affordable.
What I don't do is piss and moan about it on an internet forum.
That said, Amazon sometime has some great price glitches, where you end up buying something whether you want it or not.:D
Well prices will go up and down, that's what happens in a free market economy.
The copy would still be available to buy as putting it in one's cart/basket does not cause it to disappear. Only when one has paid will it vanish.
Ducky
Amazon Marketplace Seller
they did the same to me, what a "coincidence".
Duck with orange, duck with cherries, duck surprise..
What's duck surprise??
Quack orff missie.:o
Wow, same "coincidence" here
I bet they have never accidentally paid £79 into your bank account though, i wonder why that sort of glitch never happens.;-)
I checked my bank statements and the £79 was indeed listed and I had missed it.
I thought I would complain, but it turned out I didn't have to. Cancelling gave me an automatic refund