Re:Inside the strange world of Amazon-to-eBay arbitrage
by Stratoscope on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @05:40PM
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> I also like how magically his entire inventory became "reserved" for a month.
In fact I watched that happen. I'd put a Ripple Rug in my Amazon cart but didn't check out. As I recall it was just under $20 with Prime shipping.
When I came back to the cart a day or two later it was unavailable.
I checked the cart from time to time, and finally it came back at around $26. (It wasn't a full month, but it was a while.)
Went ahead and ordered it. It is a little tricky to form tunnels with it and keep them from collapsing, but if your cat is a natural tunneler he will probably make his own tunnels.
It turns out our tortoiseshell kitty is more of a jumper and climber, so she mostly just uses it as a lumpy rug for a nap when the sun hits it. We have one of those crinkly hoop tunnels too and she barely uses it. But give her a chance to climb on top of anything and she's there!
I thought about returning the rug but figured nah, it wasn't worth the effort and it didn't seem right to stick the seller with a return when there was nothing wrong with it but it was just not quite kitty's thing.
Now I just checked today and it's priced at $44 on Amazon shipped from the seller, or $40 direct from the seller for the new model with the round corners. Yikes, that's quite an increase, but probably still worth it if your cat is a tunneler.
BTW if you like cute cat photos, their website has some fun ones (even if you have no interest in the rug): http://ripplerug.com/
In fact I watched that happen. I'd put a Ripple Rug in my Amazon cart but didn't check out. As I recall it was just under $20 with Prime shipping.
When I came back to the cart a day or two later it was unavailable.
I checked the cart from time to time, and finally it came back at around $26. (It wasn't a full month, but it was a while.)
Went ahead and ordered it. It is a little tricky to form tunnels with it and keep them from collapsing, but if your cat is a natural tunneler he will probably make his own tunnels.
It turns out our tortoiseshell kitty is more of a jumper and climber, so she mostly just uses it as a lumpy rug for a nap when the sun hits it. We have one of those crinkly hoop tunnels too and she barely uses it. But give her a chance to climb on top of anything and she's there!
I thought about returning the rug but figured nah, it wasn't worth the effort and it didn't seem right to stick the seller with a return when there was nothing wrong with it but it was just not quite kitty's thing.
Now I just checked today and it's priced at $44 on Amazon shipped from the seller, or $40 direct from the seller for the new model with the round corners. Yikes, that's quite an increase, but probably still worth it if your cat is a tunneler.
BTW if you like cute cat photos, their website has some fun ones (even if you have no interest in the rug): http://ripplerug.com/