Amazon pricing

[neo-geo-mvs]

What is up with Amazon changing the prices of their blu-ray movies/box sets day after day?

Been looking for Psycho-Pass Season 1 blu-ray for ages. I'm a cheap skate so looking for £20 max. It was £29.99 on Amazon, £39.99 zavvi and ebay. Then it went back up to £39.99 on Amazon and within 2 days just under £50.

WTF is wrong with Amazon. They used to be competitive but have become expensive. Lack of competition??

 

[Flinnster]

Possibly. It may be individual sellers also, not amazon setting the prices.

Amazon take a stinking amount in fees generally, hence a lot of items on there are ripoff prices.

I do wonder how those items that undercut ebay are handling the fees.. maybe there's some top tier amazon seller account where you are fee free but have to give Besos a pint of your own blood daily.

 

[Morty]

The days of Amazon being the best price are long gone, I'm on prime and once the price would always be best, now i offten buy elsewhere. I guess once people buy without checking prices you don't have to try anymore. The delivery speed seems to be struggeling, my bet is they are testing to see how much the market will stand

Also I prefer to purchase from a company the does not avoid UK tax...

 

[big10p]

I guess this is why Bezos is the richest person on the planet.

 

[neo-geo-mvs]

Also I prefer to purchase from a company the does not avoid UK tax...

I generally buy from properly registered UK companies rather than Amazon and use Amazon as a last resort.

Zoom.co.uk and The Entertainment Store are great but don't always stock everything. Zavvi are excellent for anime blu ray/DVDs when they have a sale but expensive for everything else.

Amazon like ebay have taken over big time

 

[Hurray Banana]

They do dynamic pricing, as demand goes up prices go up.

I remember a few years ago someone spotted king of Kong for £3 and let everyone know, in a couple of days it was at £12

 

[neo-geo-mvs]

They do dynamic pricing, as demand goes up prices go up.

I remember a few years ago someone spotted king of Kong for £3 and let everyone know, in a couple of days it was at £12

That's interesting cheers. Just googled the term. The general consensus seems that Amazon would lower their prices to beat their competitors but this no longer looks the case when they are more expensive than their competitors on other sites and even their own market place sellers

 

[Hurray Banana]

It also depends on their "other agendas", look at the price of books on audio CD, because their pushing their subscription audible service.