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I forget what its called, but many online vendors have a thing where they'll adjust prices based on where you came from, or even what browser you use.
I just tripped over this again on Amazon. I'd been eyeballing a Samsung Frontier smartwatch for awhile, and i'd been watching the price go up and down on my wishlist. Today it jumped from $242 back to $299. I laughed and figured they were prepping for black friday (they did it during prime day too).
For giggles, I went to check the price of the updated version of the watch, the Galaxy. Lo and Behold, it's the exact same price as the Gear 3. Seriously?? But...wait, right next to it is the Gear 3 for only 250. Okay, so two different sellers, then. No biggy, I'll just swap wishlist links. But I notice they're both sold by Samsung. Checking the ASIN...yeah, same watch.
Thats fifty bucks. Thats ridiculous.
Whatever that crap is after the ASIN (from "ref" onward) is bullshit and telling amazon it needs to charge me more. You don't need it, so you can delete and figure out what the item is supposed to be.
A lot of places do it. I remember an article from several years ago discussing how one of those travel search sites (expedia, etc) would give you higher prices if you were on a Mac.
It's utter bullcrap.
TLDR: Delete everything after the ASIN on an amazon product links.
November 11, 2018 at 09:48AM
