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Originally Posted by Katsunami
Oh, and on a different note: I detest these huge differences in pricing, and Amazon dynamic pricing as well.
It's almost impossible to get the true worth of some of the stuff I try to buy. One of the articles I've bought is priced as such (ex shipping, which is €4-7 euro).
- Netherlands (all stores, seems fixed): €119
- UK stores: €89 (after conversion from pounds)
- Amazon UK: (doesn't have this article)
- Amazon Germany: €59
These are the normal prices.
So that's €30 off the price between The Netherlands and the UK stores. Amazon Germany takes off another €30. So the English and Dutch people are being ripped off to a great extent... especially the Dutch.
Then I went to order this article last Sunday, I was surprised to see it listed for €38! I ordered it, and kept checking the price the next few days. At some point it even dropped to €35. Today, I checked if it was shipped already, accidentally clicked the link to the article instead of the tracking page, aaaaaaaaand... it's back to €58,95 again. (Obviously my order is still listed as €38.)
If you just buy the article in the Netherlands, you're being ripped off at least €30 or €60 compared to the UK or Germany, but if you buy at the right time, you can save another €24.
An €84 price difference... I think it's ridiculous I have to shop all over Europe to get stuff at a decent price and still run the risk of paying way too much because of a sudden price drop. How can I get a sense of the worth of something when it's like this?
(I bought this same article for myself a year ago, paying €82 in The Netherlands, on sale, but I needed it in a hurry and didn't have time to shop around.)
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You moved to the US and went to Target, Penney's, Walmart and Sears?
Or Walmart, HEB's and Albertsons?
Prices vary widely on the same product.
Grocery store example sales:
Butter (their brand) is on sale at one store $3 a pound. Another store has a brand name for $2.89 a pound. Sweet potatoes are either 4 pounds for $1 or 5 pounds for $1.
One store has turkey 38 cents a pound with $25 purchase. Another is 77 cents a pound. A third has buy a fancy ham get a turkey free or 98 cents a pound.
Note those are sale prices. Regular prices vary just as wildly.