YSK: Many price drops aren't what they seem...
YSK: Many price drops aren't what they seem...
<p>Online sellers claim to offer a discount while actually raising the price. Shoppers think they have found a bargain. </p>
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.
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I disagree.
While I have seen prices rise right before a sale, the discounted prices are almost always slightly less than what they usually go for.(In the case of Amazon, dunno about other sites)The prices rise right before a sale. Then they drop. Maybe to "slightly less" than original. (Maybe.)
It's still dishonest. They're making a "slightly less" price look like "a lot less" to people who weren't privy to the original price.
Slightly, rather than the significantly people expect.