Why YSK: Online platforms, particularly some very prominent offenders, may artificially spike prices before creating “discounts”. Whether this is intentional or the result of third party sellers fighting amongst themselves, I cannot say. Either way, don’t blindly purchase something because of a deal (camelcamelcamel is great to see price history if you just care about Amazon). Besides, if your sole motivation to purchase something is based on a discount, you might be better off cutting consumption instead.

Source: I run fetchnotifs. While checking the logs this morning, I was scared to death I deployed a bug to production—Nope, it’s just that day of the year.

  • Sir_Kevin@discuss.online
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    1 year ago

    This has happened to me the last two years on Amazon with Prime Day and Cyber Monday.

    I’ll have a few expensive items on my wishlist that I’m monitoring and holding out on for a sale, only to see the price go up right before the sale.

    I used to spend hundreds during those sales but after getting shat on for two years I no longer participate. All their marketing hype is wasted on me because I simply don’t believe them anymore. Amazon has lost my trust.