Amazonian Oddities
Sep. 13th, 2005 03:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annuinI don't get why Amazon.com has ever changing levels of discount on various products, most notably on their dvd's. Sometimes a dvd is cheap on their site, then weeks or months later it's really expensive, or vice versa. It's quite bizarre. I remember watching a dvd start at $22, go down to $17, then be back up at around $22 over the course of months, so it's not like they only get cheaper over time as they become older moviesQ.
I happened to notice Sunday night that a dvd we'd bought last month was now $7.50 cheaper than when we'd bought it... down to $14.99 from $22.49. Now if were talking pennies or maybe a buck or two, it's not that big of a deal, but when there's a $7.50 difference I feel a bit jipped. So I checked other dvd's from that order, and several others were cheaper now than they had been when we got them... only one was more expensive, the dvd of Sin City, which was $21 or so and we'd pre-ordered it at $15.99. All up, and ignoring the increase in the Sin City price, it would have saved us $10.55 if we'd waited a mere month to order. So I emailed Amazon to ask them what was up, and why their dvd prices fluctuate like that (never did get a clear answer to that), and they issued a credit for the $10.55.
So bonus points for their customer service, but I remain baffled by their arbitrary pricing methods.
I happened to notice Sunday night that a dvd we'd bought last month was now $7.50 cheaper than when we'd bought it... down to $14.99 from $22.49. Now if were talking pennies or maybe a buck or two, it's not that big of a deal, but when there's a $7.50 difference I feel a bit jipped. So I checked other dvd's from that order, and several others were cheaper now than they had been when we got them... only one was more expensive, the dvd of Sin City, which was $21 or so and we'd pre-ordered it at $15.99. All up, and ignoring the increase in the Sin City price, it would have saved us $10.55 if we'd waited a mere month to order. So I emailed Amazon to ask them what was up, and why their dvd prices fluctuate like that (never did get a clear answer to that), and they issued a credit for the $10.55.
So bonus points for their customer service, but I remain baffled by their arbitrary pricing methods.