Amazon are great except when hiking prices overnight

Irratus_Rusticus

This is a vent and I accept I'm unlikely to find agreement.

I am a Prime member - years now - and buy on Amazon regularly. Only gripe to date is when drivers leave parcels with neighbours across the road and don't even warn me or ring my bell while I'm at home waiting. Luckily I have honest neighbours.

Yesterday I checked a price without logging in: £79.80. No discounts or special offers, Amazon selling and dispatching. Today logged in to buy  item. Price now £122.31. Prime delivery.

So either non-Prime delivery costs £42+ or the price went up a lot overnight? Did Amazon know I clicked the item yesterday and set me a personal price today? How do I know I am seeing the same price as offered to all other customers?  My PC provides the same ID whether I log in or no. I dont use esoteric privacy tools.

Just a frustrated rant. Thank you for your patience.

As a bonus for reading, I discovered that if you use Chat, answer "Yes" to "Is there anything else I can help you with?"  and type "Call back" to next question, your phone may well ring immediately from Amazon with a very nice customer services person who will apologise but advise they cannot help. Just forward your unhappiness and end with "Is there anything else I can help you with...?"

Peter999_2

Amazon do use a whole plethora of stuff to manipulate prices.    Have a look at camelcamelcamel.com which will show you the price over the last couple of years.  I always use that to buy anything from Amazon to make sure that I'm paying a good price.

HillStreetBlues

Irratus_Rusticus said:

 How do I know I am seeing the same price as offered to all other customers?

Post the link and someone would tell you.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/

Above link will show pricing history.

The offer presented via the "buy box" can change and isn't always the best choice both on price or the particular seller (it does favour FBA but personally I'd pay the extra penny to buy from Amazon rather than FBA from some company with 2 feedback and no address on their profile) so it's worth checking the other buy options to see if there is a better deal. 

Amazon constantly change prices, they often price match other retailers so if their price is £100 and Argos has it for £80, Amazon will usually match £80 but it'll go back up once the Argos deal ends, when Amazon can't find a match and there isn't an RRP or such to set the price their prices can on occasion be inflated.

Above site will set up price watch alerts, best money saving tip I can offer is not buy stuff when you want it so it's here tomorrow as this often tends to work out expensive, with Amazon you can set a price alert and wait for it to hopefully hit your desired price (obviously doesn't help if need the item).

Overall Amazon is expensive, almost everything I look at on there, apart from some branded items (proper brands we all know) where their buying power does result in a decent price. 

Irratus_Rusticus

HillStreetBlues said:

Irratus_Rusticus said:

 How do I know I am seeing the same price as offered to all other customers?

Post the link and someone would tell you.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DeLonghi-Dragon-TRD40820T-Filled-Radiator/dp/B00CA1T07G/ref=sr_1_5?crid=26BQT8UHK01AE&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dY3jIUQ3fykR8FMY3ObNzTv5r0KjeIVX3SUX7EBQR1qqYAq-6QtSS8LQ34PINth1CYivhA-6cACIi225EPeTIpmdgwD1B1NjuE2CdnzdjtHmygLHJNez2YUn0YuU3Z0b5IHMMXZvYFn8TX6FB81lslPSe8no0SNx1KLUZC0_M0dlnzDWL77D7diatdSIKrsAQjkjTa1s9epdF4YUxMfRYOQqF16UaPCKpS1974npkeU.aPuvuMcvuoVc8rnrj579gf130zyQz7SrWUlzqBLaCzs&dib_tag=se&keywords=delonghi+oil+filled+radiator&qid=1725975810&sprefix=de+longhi+oil,aps,79&sr=8-5&th=1

I see £121.09 today.  Down 12p since yesterday!

Chose Amazon Warehouse reduced "Used- As New" with damaged packaging for £78.20. Have used this method sometimes and found items new/unused with just damaged box.

CamelCamelCamel history graph shows I did miss out on £79.80 new by a day!  Was £145 in July tho'. 

Thanks for responses.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

Irratus_Rusticus said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DeLonghi-Dragon-TRD40820T-Filled-Radiator/dp/B00CA1T07G/ref=sr_1_5?crid=26BQT8UHK01AE&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dY3jIUQ3fykR8FMY3ObNzTv5r0KjeIVX3SUX7EBQR1qqYAq-6QtSS8LQ34PINth1CYivhA-6cACIi225EPeTIpmdgwD1B1NjuE2CdnzdjtHmygLHJNez2YUn0YuU3Z0b5IHMMXZvYFn8TX6FB81lslPSe8no0SNx1KLUZC0_M0dlnzDWL77D7diatdSIKrsAQjkjTa1s9epdF4YUxMfRYOQqF16UaPCKpS1974npkeU.aPuvuMcvuoVc8rnrj579gf130zyQz7SrWUlzqBLaCzs&dib_tag=se&keywords=delonghi+oil+filled+radiator&qid=1725975810&sprefix=de+longhi+oil,aps,79&sr=8-5&th=1

I see £121.09 today.  Down 12p since yesterday!

Cheaper than the current Amazon price to buy directly from the brand!

https://www.delonghi.com/en-gb/trd40820t-ex-2-dragon-4-oil-filled-radiator/p/TRD40820T EX:2