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Did anyone else notice the price has seem to have gone up $10 in the past hour? I could've sworn when I read this initially, it was $89! I had some stuff to do

Did anyone else notice the price has seem to have gone up $10 in the past hour? I could've sworn when I read this initially, it was $89! I had some stuff to do so kind of filed it away to look at later and now it is selling for $99. Also, this article seems like an advertisement/blogspam, plus with the sudden price change - I'm very suspicious. That said, it looks like a really neat product. My daughter has sleep issues (falling asleep - staying asleep) and we've tried all sorts of different lighting to help (she can't stand full darkness) and I'm wondering if a self dimming bedtime lamp like this might help her.

avree 8y ago
https://i.imgur.com/NCr148L.png https://i.imgur.com/NCr148L.png You are not crazy, it was $89 this morning when I opened the page, versus the $99 it is now.
- odorousrex 8y ago
  Thanks for the evidence. I understand companies need to change their prices (we do it all the time) but they could've been more circumspect. Do it in the middle of the night on a Tuesday when no one is watching. The product still seems very impressive - if a bit expensive.
  - pbhjpbhj 8y ago
    >Do it in the middle of the night // Lol, because computers don't archive/crawl webpages and everyone in the World is asleep at 2am CET (or whatever your/their timezone is). /amused
traek 8y ago
> Also, this article seems like an advertisement/blogspam It's written by Bolt, a hardware-focused VC which was founded by some pretty technical people and has a history of publishing teardowns (e.g. the Juicero one[0] which was popular here on HN a while back). [0] https://medium.com/@BenEinstein/heres-why-juicero-s-press-is-so-expensive-6add74594e50 https://medium.com/@BenEinstein/heres-why-juicero-s-press-is...
- pastor_elm 8y ago
  Casper has a history with trying to dictate the terms of viral marketing. I would be suspicious of even hacker news comments. >In 2015, Casper CEO Philip Krim had a months-long email conversation with one of the sites’ founders, sounding like he was ready for Casper to play ball. >“Currently you actively endorse a competing product on our review page,” Krim wrote in one email, which was made public in court filings. “What can we do to not have you endorse another product as superior to ours?”[0] https://www.recode.net/2017/9/23/13153814/casper-sleepopolis-lawsuits-mattress-reviews https://www.recode.net/2017/9/23/13153814/casper-sleepopolis...
  - updateYourMind 8y ago
    Its also a scammy company like all these expensive mattresses companies
- starky 8y ago
  >which was founded by some pretty technical people I've always gotten the impression that the people running Bolt are extremely inexperienced when it comes to the technical side. Their teardowns and articles are full of errors, or worse, inflammatory statements (looking at their godawful Beats (and fake beats) teardowns) that show that they don't have much practical design experience or even awareness of typical COGS for products.
wmeredith 8y ago
Eh, I don't really suspect any foul play. Maybe they cut their margins razor thin because they weren't sure of demand and this is a new market for them, all of a sudden it's selling like hotcakes and getting rave reviews, they're chewing through inventory, so they raised the price $10. It's seems plausible.
gnicholas 8y ago
One other suspicious bit is that the article mentions that it's expensive, but strangely doesn't say what the price is. Perhaps they were told that a price change was possible, and not to list it? Not trying to be too cynical, but it did stick out to me that they omitted the price, which is something that one typically includes in a product review.
tedunangst 8y ago
Uhm... The article is several days old... https://twitter.com/tmincey/status/1097990987849158657 https://twitter.com/tmincey/status/1097990987849158657

avree 8y ago

https://i.imgur.com/NCr148L.png https://i.imgur.com/NCr148L.png You are not crazy, it was $89 this morning when I opened the page, versus the $99 it is now.

odorousrex 8y ago
Thanks for the evidence. I understand companies need to change their prices (we do it all the time) but they could've been more circumspect. Do it in the middle of the night on a Tuesday when no one is watching. The product still seems very impressive - if a bit expensive.
- pbhjpbhj 8y ago
  >Do it in the middle of the night // Lol, because computers don't archive/crawl webpages and everyone in the World is asleep at 2am CET (or whatever your/their timezone is). /amused

traek 8y ago

> Also, this article seems like an advertisement/blogspam It's written by Bolt, a hardware-focused VC which was founded by some pretty technical people and has a history of publishing teardowns (e.g. the Juicero one[0] which was popular here on HN a while back). [0] https://medium.com/@BenEinstein/heres-why-juicero-s-press-is-so-expensive-6add74594e50 https://medium.com/@BenEinstein/heres-why-juicero-s-press-is...

pastor_elm 8y ago
Casper has a history with trying to dictate the terms of viral marketing. I would be suspicious of even hacker news comments. >In 2015, Casper CEO Philip Krim had a months-long email conversation with one of the sites’ founders, sounding like he was ready for Casper to play ball. >“Currently you actively endorse a competing product on our review page,” Krim wrote in one email, which was made public in court filings. “What can we do to not have you endorse another product as superior to ours?”[0] https://www.recode.net/2017/9/23/13153814/casper-sleepopolis-lawsuits-mattress-reviews https://www.recode.net/2017/9/23/13153814/casper-sleepopolis...
- updateYourMind 8y ago
  Its also a scammy company like all these expensive mattresses companies
starky 8y ago
>which was founded by some pretty technical people I've always gotten the impression that the people running Bolt are extremely inexperienced when it comes to the technical side. Their teardowns and articles are full of errors, or worse, inflammatory statements (looking at their godawful Beats (and fake beats) teardowns) that show that they don't have much practical design experience or even awareness of typical COGS for products.

wmeredith 8y ago

Eh, I don't really suspect any foul play. Maybe they cut their margins razor thin because they weren't sure of demand and this is a new market for them, all of a sudden it's selling like hotcakes and getting rave reviews, they're chewing through inventory, so they raised the price $10. It's seems plausible.

gnicholas 8y ago

One other suspicious bit is that the article mentions that it's expensive, but strangely doesn't say what the price is. Perhaps they were told that a price change was possible, and not to list it? Not trying to be too cynical, but it did stick out to me that they omitted the price, which is something that one typically includes in a product review.

tedunangst 8y ago

Uhm... The article is several days old... https://twitter.com/tmincey/status/1097990987849158657 https://twitter.com/tmincey/status/1097990987849158657