Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor

Re:Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, say... by SwellJoe on Monday July 24, 2017 @11:57PM (#14845019)

At least customers get paid for giving them that information (in the form of the discount that the price-matcher gives). I've done it, too, at Fry's when I needed some hard disks and a laptop on short notice. Saved about $100 in one trip (they were expensive hard disks), just by pulling up Amazon and pointing at the price for the service rep.

Competition is good.

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Re:Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, say... by civilitty on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @05:29AM (#14846356)

I can't believe so few people know about this. Fry's and Best Buy both price match reputable online retailers ("Sold by Amazon" or whatever they say when Amazon is the retailer and distributor) and I just get all of my hardware like that. For the cost of gas, I get it instantly and can instantly return DOAs instead of waiting for RMA or Amazon returns. In the case of lower cost products like USB cables, which have been the target of counterfeiters and fraud on Amazon, it prevents damage to other devices because the physical retailers are generally more careful about sourcing.

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Re:Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, say... by Sleeep on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @02:07PM (#14858591)

Even if the store didn't price match, you can get the price match from using a credit card that has a good price protection (like Discover) and submitting a claim (very easy in my experience).

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