Amazon changes price while item in your cart

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Originally Posted by MoulinBlu

Oddly enough that just happened to me a week ago. Though it was a marketplace item, not anything sold by amazon itself. Based on the 50 to 100 items I have saved in my cart, amazon's prices go up far more than they come down. The annoyance is the priceing games they play in that most of their price fluctuation is completely unnecessary and unwarranted, thus annoying. I can see how it would be highly frustrating if you're trying to place an order on your lunch break, just to find the item price temporarily spike a buck or two after you put it in your cart, knowing it's going to come right back down later in the day or at most the next day when it may not be as convenient to place the order.

Imagine if Walmart did that: you see the price on the shelf, stick it in your cart, finish shopping, and by the time you get to the register it rings up a different price. You tell them hey it was X price on the shelf and they reply that it's gone up 10% for the next 5 hours, come back later. And such practices were routine, as amazon doesn't just adjust their prices once a week at best like most places. I've seen items in my cart change in price multiple times in a single hour. That kind of thing is unwarranted and even annoying if the price is going down. Imagine if it drops to 9.99. You jump on it, just to see it for 8.99 an hour later. Doesn't get much more annoying than that. Only at amazon.

There are pros and cons to both sides. I just checked my wish list and out of 14 items seven decreased in price while the other seven increased in price. Overall there was a decrease in price of $13.71 based on the original prices.

I just end up leaving the item in my wish list if Amazon raises the price.