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Re:Tell HN: Amazon shows different (worse) pricing when logg... by dlgeek on Sunday December 11, 2022 @07:31PM (#33949320)
Do you have prime? The logged-in version is fulfilled by Amazon and shows a guaranteed prime delivery date for me that's several days in front of the cheaper one (which I can see if I hit the "New & Used" offers button while still logged in).

I think what's happening here is it's defaulting to showing you the cheapest offer that's prime eligible while you're logged in and have prime - but the cheapest overall offer (which isn't prime) when you're not. I see the same behavior on my end.

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Re:Tell HN: Amazon shows different (worse) pricing when logg... by fxtentacle on Monday December 12, 2022 @04:00AM (#33952487)
Except that - as I have painfully experienced multiple times - the "guaranteed delivery date" that Amazon shows is more like a rough guess. And then when they fuck up and you ask them for a refund on the prime shipping fee, they get creative.

I still remember I once ordered a replacement SSD which was kinda urgent so I paid the extra $5 to get that "guaranteed delivery date" and they missed it by a week and then only refunded me $1 because they argued that the screwdriver, cable, and polishing cloth did arrive on time ... but of course all of that was useless without the SSD.

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