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Originally Posted by jswinden
Amazon has always been a rather strange marketplace. For example, if most retailers sell an item for $100, you might expect to see it priced within a +/- 20% to 25% range, say anywhere from $75 to $125 on an average day. But on Amazon there have always been a few sellers who will list said item for perhaps $50 or so. At first it looks like a good deal, but then you see that it is an open box item with portions missing. These deals tend to be legitimate, but you have to really read the details or you will regret the purchase. However, Amazon does have a good return policy. On the other end of the scales, we used to see a lot more highly inflated prices from a few questionable dealers. For example, while most sellers are listing the item around $100 a few might inflate that up to $2500. I think this was more prevalent back when the one click purchase didn't have as many fail-safe features built into the system. I guess the inflated selling price was placed there by a questionable seller hoping someone would accidentally click on it rather than a normal deal price advertised directly above or below their listing. I see much fewer of these inflated listings these days, but they are still around.
However, these hacked listings are total ripoffs as there is no item. They just grab your money and run. Or worse, they grab you CC info and you really get screwed over.
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I'm pretty sure that third party sellers on Amazon don't have access to your credit card info, so I wouldn't be too worried about that. The listings with no product IS a concern, however.
Shari