I really miss Amazon Prime Day 2019. Because...

[follower]

Shoppers say Amazon Prime Day glitch sold $13,000 camera equipment for $94, over 99% off

During Amazon Prime Day, several customers said they purchased thousands of dollars worth of camera equipment for under $100 because of a 'glitch'.

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Amazon Prime Day error put high-end camera gear on sale for peanuts

Sometimes during major online sales, too-good-to-be-true deals accidentally make it to storefronts. Often the retailer cancels those orders after realizing the mistake, but sometimes lucky bargain hunters actually receive the goods they found for way below market value. Case in point: some...

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I really miss the day.

 

[RMerlin]

I was half-listening to an LTT Livestream today while working. They were trying to shop for Amazon Prime deals. They were right about one thing: most of the so-called deals these days are actually misleading.

(and yes, Amazon's own search engine is the worst useless piece of junk I have ever seen)

People should check price history with a service like https://camelcamelcamel.com before jumping on a "good Amazon deal". Highly recommended site for frequent Amazon shoppers.

 

[Tech Junky]

I've been doing CCC lookups for histories and only hitting buy on 20% or higher markdowns. It doesn't make sense if it was bumped up in price to show a higher markdown. Only targeting things on my lists for an extended period of time where I've been tracking prices already. My targets are tech so they fluctuate a little and it's easy to spot a true deal. I'm leaving some stuff in the cart though waiting on those free Amazon dollars dto be credited towards them.


For instance https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09N3PRJZK/?tag=snbforums-20
Reg $99.99 / regularly offering $10 off / PD markdown to $79.99 / $5 less than lowest price

 

[follower]

I was half-listening to an LTT Livestream today while working. They were trying to shop for Amazon Prime deals. They were right about one thing: most of the so-called deals these days are actually misleading.

(and yes, Amazon's own search engine is the worst useless piece of junk I have ever seen)

People should check price history with a service like https://camelcamelcamel.com before jumping on a "good Amazon deal". Highly recommended site for frequent Amazon shoppers.

I use camel. But it's not accurate. It doesn't reflect downed price many times these days. So I put a lot of items in my cart like Tech Junky.

 

[follower]

I've been doing CCC lookups for histories and only hitting buy on 20% or higher markdowns. It doesn't make sense if it was bumped up in price to show a higher markdown. Only targeting things on my lists for an extended period of time where I've been tracking prices already. My targets are tech so they fluctuate a little and it's easy to spot a true deal. I'm leaving some stuff in the cart though waiting on those free Amazon dollars dto be credited towards them.


For instance https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09N3PRJZK/?tag=snbforums-20
Reg $99.99 / regularly offering $10 off / PD markdown to $79.99 / $5 less than lowest price

I have hundreds items in my cart. I do like you.

 

[Tech Junky]

I make lists and track them there though most of the time since it's easier than putting them in/out of the cart to make a purchase and also not technical info on the device I'm stalking. I've also taken up a new skill to check lowest price including used aka returns.

For instance this URL syntax works for most items - https://www. amazon.com/dp/B07KY73BNQ/ref=olp-opf-redir?aod=1&ie=UTF8&condition=ALL
Just need to change the ID which also works quick for CCC lookups.

Things that tend to be a PITA like cables with different speeds / charging / etc. Are handy to keep in a list format with the specs / speeds to quickly see what they're going for when you need a replacement or watching new tech like the new 240W cables coming out. Updating specs when vendors change listings to reflect new info for things I've already got / use. Tracking the purchase price to see if a "deal" is actually a deal.

 

[follower]

I make lists and track them there though most of the time since it's easier than putting them in/out of the cart to make a purchase and also not technical info on the device I'm stalking. I've also taken up a new skill to check lowest price including used aka returns.

For instance this URL syntax works for most items - https://www. amazon.com/dp/B07KY73BNQ/ref=olp-opf-redir?aod=1&ie=UTF8&condition=ALL
Just need to change the ID which also works quick for CCC lookups.

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Things that tend to be a PITA like cables with different speeds / charging / etc. Are handy to keep in a list format with the specs / speeds to quickly see what they're going for when you need a replacement or watching new tech like the new 240W cables coming out. Updating specs when vendors change listings to reflect new info for things I've already got / use. Tracking the purchase price to see if a "deal" is actually a deal.

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This Prime day is horrible like last year.