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Amazon's "List" prices...from where?
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GregP
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On 29 Nov 2004 04:54:25 -0800,
(Rob) wrote:
Anyone ever notice most of the products on Amazon have their price and
also a regular "list" price. Then they tell you how much you are
saving off of list. Where the heck do they get these prices?
For example, the Delta 22-580 planer they have for $349. List price
$788? Who has ever payed this? How about the DeWalt DW735 planer for
$499. List price $860? I don't think so. My favorite, the Hitachi M12V
router. Amazon has it for $159, which is waaaay below the list price
of $541! Wow a 70% savings, they are practically giving it away! I
know they just make this up, but what's the point of doing this in the
internet age? Who's fooled by it? Maybe the same ones who are waiting
for their lump sum from the Nigerian prince?
For a while I thought that these "list" prices did emanate from
the manufacturers themselves and were intentionally exaggerated
to let retailers claim large discounts. But there has to be more to
it than that, since most retailers charge the identical price for
these items.
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