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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Masimatutu@mander.xyz to c/memes@lemmy.ml
 

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three rows with a barbecue on the left and William Wallace in Braveheart on the right.

In the first row, captioned Wednesday, the barbecue is labelled "$899.99" and Wallace says "hold".

The second row, captioned Thursday, depicts the same.

In the third row, captioned Black Friday, the there is a label with ~~$1099.99~~ struck through with "$899.99" written underneath, and Wallace charges.

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[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That's why I have extensions that track prices so I have an accurate price history.

[–] Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's why I live in the EU, and they have to include the lowest price in the last 30 days with the "discount" price.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's a strange reason to live in the EU.

[–] krush_groove@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

There's many, many good reasons to live in the EU, fam.

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So if you raise the price 31 days prior, and then put the discount on, you should still be good to squeeze more profit!

[–] Leonardo_da_Vinci@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You would not gain a profit for 30 days with such high prices.

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

Maybe the 30 day decrease in profit would be worth the additional units sold later (possibly at a slightly elevated price), due to the marketing of a perceived "deal".

I guess there's a lot of variables that could come into play (type of product, inventory, how many units need to sell over a time period to break even, etc), but it doesn't seem implausible, so much as it does dependent. But idk, I still can't figure out how the fuck magnets work, let alone accounting

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The extensions are nice.

The annoying part is the 10 things on my save list haven't budged in price for over 1.5 years. 😭😭😭

[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Oh... Im so sorry to hear that. Second thing I do is check the second hand stores near me. I have one that validates their products and offers a 1 year warranty on the second hand stuff I buy from them, and it's kind of awesome. They even rate the quality.

[–] Master@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But which extensions in particular..

[–] Reliant1087@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Keepa which gives a chart on every Amazon page or camelcamelcamel

[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm from Romania so I don't know how relevant they are for you but I use Pricy and Istoric Preturi. And the website Compari.ro