Deos Amazon give you an unbeatable item sometimes to lure you back as a customer?

justaquestion

I was doing a lot of browsing on amazon these past few days for a particular model of a musical instrument, reading review, looking at price etc.


Then all of a sudden last night it came up as £70 cheaper than its usual price, jumped at the chance, have got the receipt printed out showing the model number and price.


But afterwards it reverted back to its original price.


Very strange I thought, is this a lure on Amazons part to get me back as a customer.


If they try to back out of it going to try to hold them to that price if its possible.


Any ideas as to why they seemingly offered me a very favourable price?


Thanks

London50

I may be wrong but it could just be that for the item you wanted came up as a lightning deal and you were in the right place at the right time.
I also believe that as with many companies the contract is not formed until the goods are dispatched so if it was a mistake then the best you will get is a refund.

justaquestion

Well my order is showing on the amazon site "as on its way" whether it actually is or not is a different story. It seems to have gone back to its regular price of £229 now when I click on my order, but my invoice shows the cost to be £149.


If they send me a cheaper model number can I insist that they honour the more expensive that I paid for?


Thanks a lot

teddysmum

Prices on Amazon do sometimes fluctuate quite quickly, as I found when trying to find the cheapest seller of a few items.


If a seller puts in a competitive price, Amazon will beat them sometimes by just a few pence, then inflate the price when the other seller sells or removes stock from the listing.

My last bargain was a TomTom satnav at almost half the price it was the following week, after being dropped from a price between these two extremes.

RavenQueen

Weirdly enough this happened to me a couple of days ago as well. I recieved an email at 3am reminding me of the product, I then went back on later that day and the price had been dropped. You will only pay the price which you brought the product at though, as long as you have the confirmation email with the price on that's what you'll pay

justaquestion

Well guess what!, delivery was due on Wednesday 31 but lo and behold it was done last night Saturday 27 august at 7.25 pm in the evening, of course I was in the house, never got any card through door or anything so not with neighbour. Rang Amazon speaking to a lady who I found hard to understand, sorry Sir would you like a refund.


No I don't, I bought this at a knock down price, Amazon site is showing one left in stock so I would like that one.


To be fair to her she has re ordered it for me. But if I believed in conspiracy theories I would think that Amazon just didn't want to give it to me at the cheaper price.


Managed to do a live web talk with MY Hermes and someday has signed for package name that I never head before.


What are the chances that the local courier who I believe work is contracted out to from Hermes might have just said, its late I will just book it in as delivered and deliver it coming Tuesday or Wednesday?


Who Knows, Hope I get the re-ordered item anyways, will keep you updated.


Ah well,

justaquestion

Well the quick update as promised, not important, but maybe someone will find it interesting and I feel good writing it.


The replacement item came today, I mentioned to the courier My Hermes that the original item was lost, but was said to be delivered last Saturday, and give the name of the person who signed for it (I had got it from My Hermes online chat, as you can't contact them by phone) Oh said the courier I think I recognise that name, its only a few doors up, and went up to that house to enquire and wait for it, came back with the item, now I had two of the order.


I thought to myself what kind of a neighbour would hold on to a package for four days without handing it in to the rightful owner, so went up there.


An older lady who seemed a little not with it, came to door and I politely explained who I was, and the amount of trouble I had getting a replacement etc, and that I f I had a package belonging to a neighbour I would deliver it asap.


Her excuse was that she knew the courier and as she had signed for it, she felt she might get into trouble, so she was going to give it back to courier next time she saw him, as he seemingly delivers a lot of packages to her house. Actually her husband walks miles every day (so I know it would have been easy for him to drop the package in a few doors down) as he was aware of it too she said.


The replacement item was actually damaged because of poor packaging, and if I hadn't had managed to get hold of the first delivery I would have had to request Amazon to do a third delivery, which I am not sure they would have agreed to..


Maybe the lady in question did really believe she could get into trouble, I don't really know, but I have since found out she is not as slow health wise as she looks, able to drive a car in a busy area around here, but a part of me wants to give her the benefit of the doubt.


I booked the damaged item to be sent back to Amazon, other the the terrible packaging for both items, they were fine throughout.

djpailo

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rach_k

Putting the shoe on the other foot, what kind of a person orders a parcel and, as far as the neighbour knows, isn't in to accept it and then, as far as the neighbour knows, ignores a card through the door for 4 days without coming to collect it and then has the cheek to point out how much trouble the neighbour has 'caused' by not delivering it to the person's door?

You knew the parcel had been signed for. Did it not occur to you to knock on some doors to see if somebody had accepted it for you? It's your parcel, the onus is on you to go and collect it, not the neighbour to deliver it.

justaquestion

No card through door, as far as I was concerned, hadn't a clue where package was, could have been lost anywhere. Once I got the name I did web searches and phone book searches but nothing came up.

It was the fault of the original courier for delivering to the wrong house initially, all I know is if I have accepted or even signed for a package for a neighbour (which has happened numerous times) I will be looking out the window to see if they have arrived home, so that I can deliver it to them asap. I will not be happy until I have done so.


Likewise with any letter that the postman has pushed through the letterbox by mistake. Way I look at it is, there could be an important appointment of some sort, so rather than throw it in nearest post box, I put it through the addressee's letterbox.

Nevertheless thanks for playing devil's advocate here.

Haffiana

I think you seem a bit prone to seeing conspiracies everywhere - Amazon and now your neighbour.