Amazon price increase

mippy

I#ve had a camera (Canon 450D) in my basket for a couple of months now - I've been saving up to get one, and worked out that I could get myself one next month as it was only £369 plus £70 for the lens. I happened to log on last week and had a look at my basket, and now it's £425 and £85 for the lens, and lots of other items seemed to have gone up. Grrrrrr!

Hotspur

I was looking to get an external hard drive and that has increased in price by about 20% recently. I guess it has something to do with the exchange rate and increasing costs of transporting products from the US and Far East to the UK

zenseeker

If it was a sale item then it's probably just gone back up to pre-sale prices. But even if it wasn't, prices go up, it happens.

cruella_de_vile

Keep your eye on it Mippy, I've got stuff in my basket on Amazon that I've had there for ages and it's like a yoyo sometimes, it's so up and down.

I would think it's safe to assume it will come down again.

mippy

Well, I'm not buying it for another month but the £369 price was in place for a while, so perhaps it is to do with imports. Jessops looks about the same price too. I need a hard drive too, so I might have to either wait or just buy the body for now.

keith99_2

zenseeker wrote: »

If it was a sale item then it's probably just gone back up to pre-sale prices. But even if it wasn't, prices go up, it happens.

Another helpful answer from zenseeker who cant grasp the concept of this site and just goes around stating that prices go up.:rolleyes:

JAG

They also use "demand" for their prices.

I was watching the price of a DVD that stated only 6 copies left in stock. The price was £6.99, which went to £7.99 when only 5 copies left, £8.99 for 4 copies left and £9.99 when only 3 copies were left.

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JAG wrote: »

They also use "demand" for their prices.

I was watching the price of a DVD that stated only 6 copies left in stock. The price was £6.99, which went to £7.99 when only 5 copies left, £8.99 for 4 copies left and £9.99 when only 3 copies were left.

JAG is correct prices are increased/decreased in line with demand.

The best thing to do is create a wish list add item and just purchase when the price meets your level/cashflow, not forgetting to cross check with other suppliers!

I know probably preaching to the converted already but its the way I do it:D

emweaver

amazon prices are always up and down lile a yoyo, theyre prices are so unreliable compared to other online retailers

emweaver

Im a bit worried now as I had a card off them recently also and followed the same steps as you! My billing date shows as 10th March and my status says im on a free trial though so surely they wont take any money?

cruella_de_vile

emweaver wrote: »

Im a bit worried now as I had a card off them recently also and followed the same steps as you! My billing date shows as 10th March and my status says im on a free trial though so surely they wont take any money?

Think you are in the wrong thread hun!