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Similar experience here - I once left a detailed positive review of a product and many liked the review. Amazon showed it as the first of many 100's of reviews.

Similar experience here - I once left a detailed positive review of a product and many liked the review. Amazon showed it as the first of many 100's of reviews. A few months later, I bought the item again for a friend, and noticed that the specs had now changed but Amazon still listed it under the same product listing. I updated my review and pointed out this discrepancy. Suddenly my review which was at the top, was buried deep. Another issue I noted with Amazon reviews was that if you post positive reviews, Amazon slowly hikes the price of the same product when you buy it next. I just don't trust Amazon's review system anymore.

gilrain 5y ago
Indeed. Additionally, if you want to save a few bucks on something, check it out on Amazon, add it to a wish list, then ignore it for a few days. When you go back to check your wishlist, it will be a little cheaper than before. They play a lot of manipulative little games like this.
- aix1 5y ago
  Is the claim that Amazon shows different prices for the same product to different buyers? (I'm guessing it unlikely that one person adding an item to a wishlist would cause the price to drop for everyone.)
  - bmicraft 5y ago
    Yeah I don't believe that either. What is probably happening is that many products have over 20 different sellers that don't stock all products at all times, while amazon usually chooses the one with the lowest price currently available that they fulfill themselves
  - webmobdev 5y ago
    Yes. In fact, it's not a new thing - years back, some people had noted that Amazon used to show higher prices to those shopping with their Mac. ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/11/03/if-you-use-a-mac-or-an-android-e-commerce-sites-may-be-charging-you-more/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/11/03/... ). With the level of data collection possible today, it is possibly to target users with dynamic prices. I recently noted that an Alexa device with a display has an always on bluetooth that cannot be turned off. This aloows Amazon to scan for other devices in your house and use that data to determine something about you.

gilrain 5y ago

Indeed. Additionally, if you want to save a few bucks on something, check it out on Amazon, add it to a wish list, then ignore it for a few days. When you go back to check your wishlist, it will be a little cheaper than before. They play a lot of manipulative little games like this.

aix1 5y ago
Is the claim that Amazon shows different prices for the same product to different buyers? (I'm guessing it unlikely that one person adding an item to a wishlist would cause the price to drop for everyone.)
- bmicraft 5y ago
  Yeah I don't believe that either. What is probably happening is that many products have over 20 different sellers that don't stock all products at all times, while amazon usually chooses the one with the lowest price currently available that they fulfill themselves
- webmobdev 5y ago
  Yes. In fact, it's not a new thing - years back, some people had noted that Amazon used to show higher prices to those shopping with their Mac. ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/11/03/if-you-use-a-mac-or-an-android-e-commerce-sites-may-be-charging-you-more/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/11/03/... ). With the level of data collection possible today, it is possibly to target users with dynamic prices. I recently noted that an Alexa device with a display has an always on bluetooth that cannot be turned off. This aloows Amazon to scan for other devices in your house and use that data to determine something about you.