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by unsettledtck 11y ago
This is absolutely true and this study supports your perspective. Guilty is maybe too strong a word, but there is a hint of false advertising. The point of this study was to see how factual the "sales" were that are advertised on
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by unsettledtck 11y ago
Well, actually we didn't believe them, which is why we conducted the experiment. And point of fact, there were actual stores that did offer the lowest price, but you needed to do your research and frankly, get lucky.
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by unsettledtck 11y ago
If I'm not mistaken (which I might be), there are only specific and regulated periods of the year where sales are actually approved. So it might be an interesting follow up project to track EU retailers. My qualm with the practices of
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by unsettledtck 11y ago
At this point, Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become ritualized cultural events. There is a cult around the supposed "rock bottom prices" on these days that allegedly remove the "research" bit and so we wanted to see
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by unsettledtck 11y ago
Agreed, and so I will remain an Amazon shopper in spite of the fact that they (both the company itself and third party sellers) were by far and away the worst when it came to price inflation. Convenience is a part of the cost.
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by unsettledtck 11y ago
Well, the Toys category had non-electronic items and it was the category that was the most examples of inflated pricing (not such a shocker). However, all of the stores offered discounts on electronics at one point. You just had to be lucky
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by unsettledtck 11y ago
Intriguing! That makes complete and utter sense, which is part of the reason why we included Sam's Club in this scraping project. Wasn't actually aware of the higher per-unit costs.
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by unsettledtck 11y ago
I agree and it was edifying to find the actual data to back this up. Although, you can see that there were genuinely lowered prices, so there are deals to be had specifically on Black Friday.
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by unsettledtck 11y ago
This is true and I definitely love the convenience of Amazon (who was the most guilty of higher prices, by the way). Frankly, it was Sam's Club that really surprised me since I always assumed that they offered everything at a lower pri
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by unsettledtck 11y ago
Fair enough and consumers are rewarded for carefully researched shopping. However, many of the days we compared were specifically billed as major "sale" days and so I, at least, found the price inflation disconcerting.
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