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Ask HN: Are your Amazon items on wishlist cheaper than the cheapest buy option?

1 pointsby BjornWover 11 years ago
I&#x27;m wondering if more people have this issue. I was adding items to my wishlist when I noticed that items on the wishlist were <i>always</i> cheaper than the cheapest buy option on the item&#x27;s page. This seems to be a bug or a really annoying scammy &#x27;feature&#x27;.<p>Reproduce: 1) Pick an item and add it to your wishlist 2) Check the price of the item on it&#x27;s page 3) Compare the price with the price on the wishlist 4) The price on the wishlist is lower than the actual cheapest buy option.<p>Example: The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide [Kindle Edition] http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B00DUITE5Q&#x2F; item price: $17.53 wishlist price: $12.49<p>Notes: The items are added to the wishlist and instantaneously checked. I&#x27;ve only checked Kindle ebooks. I&#x27;m not residing in the USA and the price difference does NOT equal our VAT.<p>Public response of Amazon so far: &#x27;Adding an item to your Wish List doesn&#x27;t reserve the price shown.&#x27; https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;AmazonHelp&#x2F;status&#x2F;414146213764927488<p>It seems Amazon does not use the current price at all when displaying items on a wishlist. I&#x27;m wondering if I am the only one seeing this behaviour. I also wonder if this is a bug or some sort of asshole pricing strategy (I don&#x27;t think so, but who knows).

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