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Where are you shopping? That's 4.99euros, the price at Amazon .es and .fr, even though it's $3.03USD in USA
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Where are you shopping? That's 4.99euros, the price at Amazon .es and .fr, even though it's $3.03USD in USA
- jaclaz 8y agoOn amazon.it it is now EU 4.99, if I go (from Italy) to the original Amazoon.com page I see it as $5.77. If I go to the same amazon.com page via a (USA based) proxy, I get the $3.03 allright. So it must be some "regional pricing" of sorts. IMHO sneaky and border line with dishonesty.
- ptaipale 8y agoRegional pricing isn't new, nor introduced by Amazon - international companies have worked this way for ages: maximise profit by doing different pricing in different markets for the same product. Or varying the product so that it is not exactly the same: https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/lower-quality-of-same-food-brands-in-eastern-europe-raises-eyebrows/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/lower... A prime example of regional pricing was, of course, the region code system for DVD movies. And the modern incarnation of this is regional pricing for streaming services such as Netflix, along with trying to stop people from accessing services via VPNs.