Amazon.com - the price in my basket is cheaper than listed on the page, what happens?
06-18-02, 10:43 PM
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Amazon.com - the price in my basket is cheaper than listed on the page, what happens?
I put a camcorder in my basket the other day. It was one of those "you have to put it in the basket to see the price", so I did.
The price was about $550
Three days later, they've upped the price of the camera. If I go to Amazon.com without logging into my account, I go to the page with the camera, click on it to add it to my basket and now the price is $570
I know this is only a $20 difference, but it's $20 that matters to me. For that $20 difference I might order someplace else.
My question is this, if I order it from my existing basket ($550), how much will I get charged? I know that I can print out the checkout screen, contest any higher charges etc etc etc, but I dont' want to. Additionally, I'm using a 10% off Amizoniversary code and a couple GCs and I don't want to get screwed out of them.
Anybody have any experiences like this? What were you charged?
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The price was about $550
Three days later, they've upped the price of the camera. If I go to Amazon.com without logging into my account, I go to the page with the camera, click on it to add it to my basket and now the price is $570
I know this is only a $20 difference, but it's $20 that matters to me. For that $20 difference I might order someplace else.
My question is this, if I order it from my existing basket ($550), how much will I get charged? I know that I can print out the checkout screen, contest any higher charges etc etc etc, but I dont' want to. Additionally, I'm using a 10% off Amizoniversary code and a couple GCs and I don't want to get screwed out of them.
Anybody have any experiences like this? What were you charged?
Thanks
06-19-02, 01:06 AM
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I think their basket price is almost sync up with the product page. It will not stay until you place your order. On the other hand, basket price seems unchanged even after a price increase at Bestbuy.com.
06-19-02, 09:10 AM
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Without knowing how the guys programmed the shopping cart, there's no way of knowing. But consider this from a programmer's point of view. You can:
A) Store the price of the item in the shopping cart. OR
B) Not store the price of the item in the shopping cart.
If you do A) then you have to either update the price when the order is placed (if it has changed) from the shopping cart or let the price in the cart stand (dangerous).
If you do B) then the price in the cart is always the most current price.
Personally, I do B). You may come back in a few days and prices of items in your cart have changed, but that's what you get for waiting. ;p Or they may even have gone down.
A) Store the price of the item in the shopping cart. OR
B) Not store the price of the item in the shopping cart.
If you do A) then you have to either update the price when the order is placed (if it has changed) from the shopping cart or let the price in the cart stand (dangerous).
If you do B) then the price in the cart is always the most current price.
Personally, I do B). You may come back in a few days and prices of items in your cart have changed, but that's what you get for waiting. ;p Or they may even have gone down.
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06-21-02, 04:28 AM
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Originally posted by Seeker
the basket almost always wins... but if the price has changed, your basket will probably change soon.
the basket almost always wins... but if the price has changed, your basket will probably change soon.
)I placed the order the other night, the price in the basket stayed the same, but I still wasn't sure what would happen (especially since I used a 10% off coupon that I found out wasn't supposed to apply to camcorders) but the order went through and my camera has shipped.
Thanks for all the replies
