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Are you saying Amazon modifies prices for items based on which user is logged in?

by ukuina 3y ago

kitd 3y ago
Some sellers do this, yes.
- Thorrez 3y ago
  On Amazon? How? Does Amazon provide an API allowing that?
  - kitd 3y ago
    Automated pricing, based on user interest. https://sell.amazon.com/tools/automate-pricing https://sell.amazon.com/tools/automate-pricing
    - lxgr 3y ago
      This still controls the price for all users though, as far as I’m aware.
naikrovek 3y ago
yes this is a known thing.
- hammyhavoc 3y ago
  Any recent sources on it?
  - yazzku 3y ago
    Browse without login from another device+ip. Back in the day it was subtle and you'd have to browse some category of shit for a while before the prices were inflated for your account.
    - hammyhavoc 3y ago
      Looks the same for me in the UK. Even tried it from a few VPNs, and tried it from my Linux disk.
      - yazzku 3y ago
        By "back in the day" I mean 10+ years ago, and you'd have to browse for a few days. I am not sure why I am being downvoted for something that I and others have observed; must be the Amazon fanboys having a hard time acknowledging they work for a shitty company. Other companies have done this for years too, like airlines. It's also not like you need to search very hard to see all the lawsuits Amazon is involved in, but here is one link describing price changes (which occur due to many things, of course, not just user profiling): https://talkradionews.com/does-amazon-increase-price-after-viewing-what-we-know/#r https://talkradionews.com/does-amazon-increase-price-after-v... Don't forget that Amazon is also the same company that removed 1984 from people's devices. Of all books...
  - petrw 3y ago
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    - hammyhavoc 3y ago
      Rather than being smug, pompous, and having nothing useful to say, you could provide a recent source. What I did find on Google is several years old, and I can't replicate the pricing changes even with a VPN, different OS, different hardware, and different account. Even asked friends and family to tell me what prices they see.
      - petrw 3y ago
        Yep. Sorry. It did feel like you were asking for evidence for (what I believe) is received wisdom, which is a standard tactic for trolling. If you really have not had that experience, I am truly sorry .. and envious.
jimmySixDOF 3y ago
Not the question being asked exactly, but there are quite a few people testing the market for live dynamic in store shelf pricing where they can drop or raise on demand. Its a little odd to think that a jug of milk might be cheaper at 1pm than at 6pm.

Are you saying Amazon modifies prices for items based on which user is logged in?

by ukuina 3y ago

Are you saying Amazon modifies prices for items based on which user is logged in?

kitd 3y ago

Some sellers do this, yes.

Thorrez 3y ago
On Amazon? How? Does Amazon provide an API allowing that?
- kitd 3y ago
  Automated pricing, based on user interest. https://sell.amazon.com/tools/automate-pricing https://sell.amazon.com/tools/automate-pricing
  - lxgr 3y ago
    This still controls the price for all users though, as far as I’m aware.

naikrovek 3y ago

yes this is a known thing.

hammyhavoc 3y ago
Any recent sources on it?
- yazzku 3y ago
  Browse without login from another device+ip. Back in the day it was subtle and you'd have to browse some category of shit for a while before the prices were inflated for your account.
  - hammyhavoc 3y ago
    Looks the same for me in the UK. Even tried it from a few VPNs, and tried it from my Linux disk.
    - yazzku 3y ago
      By "back in the day" I mean 10+ years ago, and you'd have to browse for a few days. I am not sure why I am being downvoted for something that I and others have observed; must be the Amazon fanboys having a hard time acknowledging they work for a shitty company. Other companies have done this for years too, like airlines. It's also not like you need to search very hard to see all the lawsuits Amazon is involved in, but here is one link describing price changes (which occur due to many things, of course, not just user profiling): https://talkradionews.com/does-amazon-increase-price-after-viewing-what-we-know/#r https://talkradionews.com/does-amazon-increase-price-after-v... Don't forget that Amazon is also the same company that removed 1984 from people's devices. Of all books...
- petrw 3y ago
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  - hammyhavoc 3y ago
    Rather than being smug, pompous, and having nothing useful to say, you could provide a recent source. What I did find on Google is several years old, and I can't replicate the pricing changes even with a VPN, different OS, different hardware, and different account. Even asked friends and family to tell me what prices they see.
    - petrw 3y ago
      Yep. Sorry. It did feel like you were asking for evidence for (what I believe) is received wisdom, which is a standard tactic for trolling. If you really have not had that experience, I am truly sorry .. and envious.

jimmySixDOF 3y ago

Not the question being asked exactly, but there are quite a few people testing the market for live dynamic in store shelf pricing where they can drop or raise on demand. Its a little odd to think that a jug of milk might be cheaper at 1pm than at 6pm.