I’m in the market for large hard drives (20TB) and so I figured I’d go look. Not only was the price I got last week better ($1,200 for 4x20TB with $60 off coupon, today the best price is $350/ea or $1,400) but Amazon’s search/filter tools (which have always been bad) are an absolutely joke. My options are a bunch of tiny GB ranges, 1TB, 1.5TB, 2TB, 3TB, and 4TB & Above.
“4TB & Above” is just silly in the age of 20TB+ drives. And it’s not like drives shot up in size overnight, I’ve been buying 16TB drives for the past few years, they’ve had plenty of time to adjust.
Also, Amazon doesn’t “clear” out their warehouses. They charge sellers to story inventory in their warehouses. The longer items sit unsold, the more amazon makes off of the seller in FBA fees.
Really depends on the volume of the item and the selling price. I'm sure Amazon would prefer shipping the item and collecting the 15-20% closing fee in most cases. The alternative is building more warehouse, so the decision comes would they rather continue expanding existing fulfillment centers or build new ones in strategic locations.
Yes but 2 things can be true at the same time. Amazon can make money of stuff sitting in the warehouse and they/their clients can want to sell stuff so that they can make room for more stuff or just clear old inventory off the books. I'm not sure how you get "included" in Prime Day but I assume sellers do something to opt-in.
> they are saying things like %67 off 1tb micro SD cards for $97, which is their normal price.
is this kind of trick legal in the u.s?
* here is a good link in english
https://www.cliffordchance.com/content/dam/cliffordchance/br...
It arrived today and I got the magic prime price.
I don't know what the hell they are doing -- do they?
* camelcamelcamel will give you price history
Just use camel camel camel and know what you’re buying.
Personally, I save tons of money on Prime day.
Agreed
> would be able to use effectively in order to help filter through the scams
I think most people can figure it out. I’ve sent it to a lot of people and if people can figure Amazon outcome they seem to be able to figure out CamelCamelCamel.
1. Security cameras 2. Hard drives 3. Tools 4. Gift cards 5. Scanners
On average I have gotten 10-20% off for these items. Of those, the security cameras were discounted the most.
The same deals also generally happen on Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend.
This year I’m just picking up typical household items. Some seem to be discounted a dollar or two.
If you decide to go this route just make sure you can give them a test listen or know what to look for as far as degraded speaker cones.
Your $40 used amplifier probably won't support Dolby Atmos and other movie formats so it's not really functionally equivalent to modern models.