• QubaXR@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Matter of luck really. I just bought a new phone last week and today it’s discounted by $140.

    I didn’t expect anything but plastic garbage and Alexa devices to be discounted, tbh.

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        1 year ago

        Limited-time deal for Prime Members: OnePlus 11 5G | 16GB RAM+256GB | Dual-SIM | Eternal Green | US Factory Unlocked Android Smartphone | 5000 mAh battery | 80W Fast charging | Hasselblad Camera | 120Hz Fluid Display | 4nm Processor https://a.co/d/b980DQV

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    I looked at a shelf I bought last month it’s $2 cheaper now than it was but claims it’s 30% off when it’s been like 25% off since forever. Such trash. Tho I did get the pro galaxy buds for a decent discount

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    We’ve had that experience in years past, but ended up picking several items that were the lowest price in 1 to 6 months.

    There weren’t any crazy discounts, but it was better than nothing.

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    Prime day went from a day I couldn’t wait for to one Im mad if I see ads for it.

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    Recently we got a law which forces anyone offering a discount to clearly state the lowest price from the last 30 days. So many capitalist piggies must have been livid

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      It’s the price history of a product. It was $15 cheaper 2 weeks ago compared to the ‘prime day’ price. Browser plug-ins like camelcamelcamel will show charts like this

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    I wonder if Australians will tire saying price advertising like this is against Australian Consumer Law… Nah

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    Only thing I got a deal on was a $29 512gb microSD card for my Steam Deck. Everything else was meh-ville.

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    Wow, not only does Prime Day offer nothing good to buy on sale, it actually doesn’t offer the lowest price over a one-month period. I’m surprised OP found something interesting to buy for Prime Day. I don’t even bother checking it out because in the past, all I see is junk I don’t want or need.

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    Ah there was a time when Prime Day was kind of fun, a Christmas in July kind of feeling. But now Amazon is just so loaded with knock off junk that doesn’t work, spam postings, review manipulation, etc I absolutely dread shopping on Amazon for anything other than something I need right away, can’t get in a local store, and don’t care if it breaks in 2 months. I’ve never given less of a shit about Prime Day than I do today, and that’s even without factoring in the price manipulation noted by OP.

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    The noise cancelling headphones I had in my basket, waiting for the prime day sale, had an amazing 90p discount on them. Yay.

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      I got $10 off the 3d printer I wanted, even though amazon said it was “30% off”. I’ll take it.

      Weirdly, if I go back and look at the same item now, it says 25% off and is actually more expensive than usual.