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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
It is weird how some items I buy regularly, like sunscreen can have huge prices variation, even when I use the buy it again option. It has gone up a lot, or back a lot cheaper. Just strange.
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Yeah, Amazon spams me with the business account emails. We're not a business, so no go.
But yes, prices can vary A LOT from time to time. That's why when I check "buy it again" I also do a regular search to see if I can find another option. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I also have noticed that if I stick an item in the cart and the missus says "don't order yet, I want to add a couple of things," if it sits like that for 2-3 days, the price often goes up by a few cents. Occasionally, the price will drop by a bit. I have no double that Amazon has algorithms that figure "item has been in his cart for X amount of time, drop the price a bit to see if he buys it" and then after a bit more "still in his cart, he's probably going to buy it eventually, just jack the price up a few cents from when he added it.
With millions of customers and millions and millions of orders, I suspect they make quite a bit extra by changing the prices a few cents here and there. If the prices changes a lot, I may wait until it goes back down to a more normal price.
And those changes (sometimes huge) are why I'm curious about a price tracker.
We no longer live near a Whole Foods, so some times, certain items, we'll get from Amazon. Sometimes it's $10 from Amazon vs $13 in store. Sometimes an item will be $18 on Amazon vs $16 in store. Just yesterday, I saw an item that we needed, in store $17, from Amazon $19, slightly different item (same roast, different flavor of coffee) on Amazon for $7 (and sold by Amazon). So we bought a 6 at that price. The vacuum sealed bags will stay good in the cupboard, I'm pretty sure, at least, good enough at that price.