Amazon refusing to show me the price of something if I do not add it to cart
Amazon refusing to show me the price of something if I do not add it to cart
Non private mode on left. I am not logged in but have cookies enabled. Right is private mode.
Sometimes there are vendors or distribution rules that require that they don't post discounts publicly so people can't price match or other retailers can't demand a discount to match.
That's a weird logic. If I cannot find it on price comparison sites, the offer doesn't exist.
Well you'd be in the minority so they don't care.
That's an odd definition of non-public if the information is available to everyone. More like annoyingly public.
I reloaded the page and it showed up.
This is super common with niche hobby products I buy. Doesn’t make any fucking sense. Vendors will send out an email saying “hey we have a sale but we can’t tell you the dollar amount just the percentage until you put it into your cart.” I think it’s also common with some lines of luxury goods. You’ll find a few different reasons online if you Google “luxury brands hide price.”
Don't get that card. I used to have it but it would randomly output max volume static... Not a fun experience.
Had the same thing with a Xonar DX, probably got some permanent hearing damage from that.
MM yes. Thanks.
I’ll offer that I’ve had the DX for probably a decade and had zero trouble, but of course YMMV.
WHAT DID YOU SAY? I COULDN'T HEAR YOU, IT'S SO LOUD HERE!
I had a Xonar about 15 years ago. Can't remember the model. Its surround sound has a delay on the rear speakers, made playing games in 5.1 impossible, horrible reverb effect. The official drivers didn't fix it, I had to get a non-official driver pack to fix the issue.
Dude it’s $3 an ounce. Totally worth it.
lol I didn't notice that.
Amazon is a big POS
Yes, that is the purpose of s shopping website. One big Point of Sale
Go to bed Dad
No. The manufacturer has a minimum advertised pricing policy in place. Amazon has the item priced below this point. So they can only display the price after it's been added to the cart.
The neat part is - amazon is still a POS
That is just to condition you to get accustomed to eventually having to buy it first before they let you know the price.
Which again is just to condition you to accept the fact that next they will be able to increase the price on your existing completed purchase each month for rest of your life.
It's only in the best interest of the consumer, it's not an evil tactic.
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On the right it has a rough shipping location (LA with zipcode), are you sure that's not the change?
Perhaps. It's coming from the same IP.
I would straight up rather not have most things than give money to Amazon at this point. They're only going to get worse.
Im proud I still never bought anything from Amazon (except indirectly their stock ... which just as bad, but super hard/expensive to avoid - at last until they dont give it a dogshit ESG score).
This has been common for ages. In lots of stores.
Yeah, like, decades. It basically means whatever agreement they have with the supplier says that they can't advertise for under MSRP. This is not a thing that's unique to Amazon.
That's because of restrictions/contracts with the manufacturer. Sometimes there is a clause about the minimum advertised price. If it's being sold below that price, that's what you'll see.
However, that clearly isn't what's happening- or if it is, then Amazon is violating those terms. They are showing the price in some circumstances, but not others. That leads me to think it's a smokescreen, using the above as an excuse.
This is actually a common thing and has been around for awhile. I see it on amazon mostly. Seen it on Microcenter's website a number of times as well. Newegg was big on doing it when they were more PC focused and not a chinese website. Was more prominent in the early 2000s as there were more competing online stores back then.
I've never seen it either. Might be a regional thing, as in better/worse consumer protection...? I'm from the EU.
I can't actually visualize what Amazon looks like at the moment I don't currently have a way to check, but I'm positive if it shows me prices.
I know it does because I use it to filter out the cheap crap that infests Amazon. If something is too cheap it's not worth buying. So I always order cheapest to most expensive and then scroll down a little bit but I definitely can see the actual prices.
I wonder if the a/b testing this if they are then anybody who doesn't see prices should point blank refuse to actually buy anything. We don't want this becoming common
These agreements are specific to certain products. Amazon continues to show prices under normal circumstances.
I had it worse. I needed to book a hotel for a business trip, and they offered me two prices: Either take them cheaper, but you cannot cancel or get a refund, or you can spend a bit more, and cancel it up to one day before arrival for a "cancellation fee", which amount was not disclosed at that moment.
I booked the latter one, and in the booking confirmation it said that the cancellation fee is exactly the same as the cost for the room!
That’s dumb. I used to work in hotels. We hated online bookings because of how terrible those sites handle expectations. A tip for the future is: If you find yourself wanting to take that latter option, odds are it’s the same as booking directly, price-wise. If you book directly, you’re more guaranteed and only have to deal with their own policy. Usually it’s no fee if cancelled the day before arrival. If cancelled same day, a one-night fee applies for holding the room. If you cancelled the day before, could’ve saved.
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Amazon's customer experience has been on a very steep decline in the last 5 years or so. I find myself shopping more and more on Temu and AliExpress.
Why on Temu?? That is basically enabling scammers.
Just shop on Ali where you actually have some buyer protection...I had really good purchases on Temu. Scammers are a problem, but no more than Amazon.
same, especially since many products are the exact same thing with 100% stupid tax added on top
What is the most useful and coolest thing you've recently purchased on AliExpress that you're enjoying?
i got a woodworking/marking pen off Ali, $7.00 CAD Saw an identical one at Rona today, $28 CAD
Not Alibaba, but I got a bunch of smart lights from Temu for my house: https://www.temu.com/nl-en/rechargeable-wireless-motion-sensor-wall-light-automatic-night-switch-decorative-lighting-for-kitchen-bedroom-g-601099525673733.html
Sidenote are sound cards making a comeback?
So much that we're buying them by weight now
Just buy an external DAC
As a hobbyist musician, the more you externalise these sorts of things, the more latency you create. A discreet, internal, soundcard is probably going to trump external DACs for a long time to come.
External DACs totally have their place, music playback, movies/shows. But for doing audio work, internal is the way to go.
My motherboard has a shitty sound card so I need a replacement.
An external audio interface or DAC will be 100x better. That audio card won't be any better than the on-board audio.
Some of them have poor stability. I gave up on a Sound Blaster Audigy RX after it caused random crashes on two different Socket AM4 mainboards. I just got a 10 metre optical cable and a cheap DAC next to my reciever.
I suspect the industry is in a tailspin; the last players standing really don't have to give a **** because the alternatives are onboard sudio or $$$$ pro cards.
Wtf is a gaming sound card!
A sound card is a device you add to your motherboard if for some strange reason your motherboard doesn't have the ability to play sound already. I have literally never heard of anyone needing one since about 1995.
Maybe it's for a retro system? It's not exactly expensive.
A lot of motherboards cheap out on their audio. I had one that had a lot of EMI in the line in and swapped it out for a 30$ card like this and it cleared it up so people would stop telling me my mic sounded like shit lol.
I actually had to add a dedicated sound card to my PC because the onboard one shat itself and died somehow, and it was way cheaper than a new motherboard.
I had a board that the onboard audio was causing crashes. I disabled it and installed a PCI sound card and everything was fine.
I literally have a modern system that does not have any audio onboard.
I put in a USB connected mixer that also functions as an audio interface for my PC.... But I could have easily gone this way too.
Sometimes there is a minimum advertised price that manufacturers will allow vendors to sell at publicly, and the price in cart is a way that vendors get around it. If that's what's happening here, OP might be getting a really good price. I don't think this is a sinister plot by AMZN.
If you assume everything's a sinister plot by Amazon, you'll be right most of the time.
I'm so glad amazon is useless in my country due to high delivery times and fees. Local stores never vanished and their online stores are so much better.
It means that there is a MAP (minimum advertised price) from the manufacturer. It is not an Amazon thing.Never mind, i see changing browsing mode allows it to appear.Without giving Amazon too much of the benefit of the doubt here, I've noticed they love to offer you "coupons", generally with a midnight expiry.
I expect it's 100% a tactic to get you to commit to something you've looked at a couple of times but might be on the fence about buying.
I get the same as OP's logged-out price (nothing hidden) while logged in, perhaps if they are offering a coupon it would take it below the minimum advertised price.
Definitely stupid, but it's the only way I can see of arriving at this situation.
What's the price when you add it to your cart? Websites do this when they are selling something for "less than what ASUS allows us to advertise". If it's less than $43.25 when you add it to your cart, that's why.
Still dumb, but at least there's a reason.
No it's identical.
america is winning and winning and winning. so much like damn stop it. u devalue gold by being so great!america is winning and winning and winning. so much like damn stop it. u devalue gold by being so great! turbocapitalism has proven to be soooo resiliant against humanity....cant beat that. make stupid great again!