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I've been kvetching about Amazon a lot lately, but it's been mostly in the rueful, "well, what I you expect", "more fool me" mode, but now I'm irate.
My subscribe and save is closing tomorrow and I've been watching it, since one item isn't showing a price at all, nor is it available as a regular purchase. I want it, but I'll also only pay so much -- especially since I can easily pick it up at Rite Aid. I got taken by a similar situation once before; rather than just canceling (as has happened with other items and which would be fine), Amazon comes up with a third-party seller who charges an astronomical sum. That $7 tube of toothpaste still rankles. Still, I figured I'd keep an eye on it and if there's no price by tomorrow, I'll cancel.
But. The other item I want (as opposed to the three make-weight items) was a good price a few hours ago and now has jumped $10! At what point can I feel as if I've locked in a price? Does this mean I have to be watching at 2:59 AM EDT to make sure there are no literal last minute changes before I'm committed? Unfortunately, I don't have a fall-back purveyor for this as with the other, but there's a limit to how much I'll pay.
This is... dishonest. Not just sloppy, as with most of the other issues I have, but dishonest. And for both items; not saying what it's going to cost at all for the one when I have to commit and engaging in price roulette for the other.
I'm going to play this one out, but this is the end of S&S for me. It wouldn't take slipping many price adjustments past the goalpost to wipe out any putative savings. Well, it'll cost them. I'll go back to ordering last-minute, at will and making full use of prime shipping. And prime is very likely the next thing to go.
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