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Re:Retail Frenzy: Prices on the Web Change Hourly by mjn on Saturday December 01, 2012 @02:50PM (#4858745)
Until September 2008, Amazon actually had a post-order price-match guarantee, where they'd refund the difference between what you paid and the new price, if the item dropped in price within 30 days after you ordered it. Seems they're taking full advantage of the pricing flexibility they gained by dropping the guarantee.
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Re:Retail Frenzy: Prices on the Web Change Hourly by TazeTSchnitzel on Saturday December 01, 2012 @02:57PM (#4858772)
Maybe that is only in the US. I can remember being refunded within the last year, here in the UK, under that policy.
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Re:Retail Frenzy: Prices on the Web Change Hourly by mjn on Saturday December 01, 2012 @04:46PM (#4859119)
Was it a pre-order? They still have a price-drop guarantee for pre-orders, if the price drops between when you place the order and when the product becomes actually available. That's the only guarantee I can still find mentioned on either the .com or the .co.uk pages.
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Re:Retail Frenzy: Prices on the Web Change Hourly by TazeTSchnitzel on Saturday December 01, 2012 @04:48PM (#4859125)
I think it was a pre-order. That makes sense, then.
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