Comments on: Above List Price – Amazon Finally Shows (small) Action Against 3rd Party Seller Price Gouging.

By: El Plumber (admin)

El Plumber (admin) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:15:57 +0000

Alison, go read the article again. The toys and prices you are talking about are all being sold by third party sellers, not Amazon themselves. However, the fact that they hide it so well and make consumers think they are buying directly from Amazon is really a problem.

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:27:40 +0000

Here’s the reason I bet… Amazon does their fair share of price gouging, too. Oh yes… it’s not just third party sellers. And hey, they wouldn’t want their trusting customers to know that, now would they? I’ve been a loyal Amazon customer for years, but just this week discovered they are price gouging on nearly every toy on the website.

Try looking for lego sets on Amazon. I came across a bunch of sets I bought (from them!) earlier this year for my kids. Those same kits (not hard to find or special in any way) are now more than DOUBLE the cost. It’s shameful that in this rough economy when parents are already struggling to get their kids nice toys for Christmas are now dealing with formerly trusted online retailers who are essentially halving our spending power. Some toys are even worse- marked up 500% or more (for hard to find toys like Zhu Zhu).

Luckily for me, I figured this out before commiting to any toy purchases through them. Who would have thought that in this day and age of competitive online shops that the local Toys R Us has the best deals, and that “deal” is retail pricing + tax. Go figure.

Happy Holidays!

By: Marvin

Marvin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:47:39 +0000

I’ve seen these high prices on some CDs/vinyl albums that are out of stock. But that seems reasonable enough to me. If something is hard to find, then it’s price goes up. The customer has the choice of buying the product at that higher price or not.

By: Amazonseller

Amazonseller — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:01:24 +0000

The problem with this is the fact that items that are getting targeted for this warning are collectibles that have been out-of-stock for years. People would of course be happy to get some of the rarer items listed below or at the previous list price. Sure there are some idiots doing what you say they are doing in this article, but what about he honest sellers that sell out of print and rare items that warrant the higher price? How will this make them look?
This method is flawed to no end.