amazon overcharging! amazon sure knows what their doin overcharging for an older product. just because this is popular for girls, they know they can charge a rediculous price and people will still buy it. wth!? amazon overcharging! amazon sure knows what their doin overcharging for an older product. just because this is popular for girls, they know they can charge a rediculous price and people will still... » Read More amazon overcharging! amazon sure knows what their doin overcharging for an older product. just because this is popular for girls, they know they can charge a rediculous price and people will still buy it. wth!? « Show Less
32039
Agreed. I love amazon but this is ridiculous! You can buy a brand new third gen nano with 8gb (twice the memory of this) for $199 online at apple.com. And they're selling the 2nd gen ones as refurbished for $99.
32040
I am confused by this as well. Why would the older, out-dated version cost more? It is not an antique!
32041
I bought a reconditioned one from Apple for $99, added additonal 2 yr warranty for $39, best deal I could find.
459713
Don't be stupid people, Amazon third party people sell it overpriced, there are other places that sell it for 69.99 or less, I can't say because then the resellers will buy it, but LOOK CAREFULLY.
864283
Amazon IS way over-priced, on just about everything. You can buy pretty much anything cheaper in a regular store!
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Probably because whoever you bought it from was tired of losing money and going out of business. A lot of "sellers" on Amazon think that a cheaper price will bring them more business and eventually go broke.
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Nothing. It's supply and demand. When Amazon or another merchant wants to encourage you to buy one color over another, they adjust the prices by a few dollars. This enables them to manage their inventory. You can infer that the cheapest color is slightly less popular recently.
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Because Amazon doesn't do the math (not that they have to). They are provided a product from a seller for a certain price, and adjust their mark-ups accordingly I am sure. If the seller makes a base price with a package deal that is more expensive than buying the same amount individually, then that is their prerogative. Dumb, but at the same time they are likely to catch many un-savvy buyers in this product package making their packaging deal worth it to them. While it is unfortunate, it is the responsibility of the buyer to look at the different products and choose the best option for themselves. Hope this helps! Because Amazon doesn't do the math (not that they have to). They are provided a product from a seller for a certain price, and adjust their mark-ups accordingly I am sure. If the seller makes a base price with a package deal that is more expensive than buying the same amount individually, then that is their prerogative. Dumb, but at the same time they are likely to catch many un-savvy buyers in this product package making their packaging deal worth it to them. While it is unfortunate, it is the responsibility of the buyer to look at the different products and choose the best option for... » Read More Because Amazon doesn't do the math (not that they have to). They are provided a product from a seller for a certain price, and adjust their mark-ups accordingly I am sure. If the seller makes a base price with a package deal that is more expensive than buying the same amount individually, then that is their prerogative. Dumb, but at the same time they are likely to catch many un-savvy buyers in this product package making their packaging deal worth it to them. While it is unfortunate, it is the responsibility of the buyer to look at the different products and choose the best option for themselves. Hope this helps! « Show Less
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You are welcome! Thank goodness Amazon allows all comments. That's why I keep going back to Amazon. But when one of their suppliers seems to go cheap, we need to be clear!
731414
yes, I do understand, but there are others online web store that willing to sell around 1,000 too.I just want to buy it from Amazon, but if it still nothing soon. I'll order from another web.One thing that I don't understand that, why others store have it but Amazon doesn't?
355455
I think it is ok to buy electronics used on Amazon. Make sure a seller has a positive reputation. I have sold my products on Amazon, not because anything was wrong, but because I had upgraded.
871058
Yep...supply & demand. I almost bought it for $199 last week...guess I should have. It's not just Amazon, all the other venders are either out of stock, or have jacked the price way up. That's OK...I'll just wait for the Christmas shopping craze to pass...then I should be able to pick one up at a fair price.
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I have never seen any evidence of the so called " Red Touch of Class" and I'm still pretty pissed at Amazon canceling a sale just before I purchased ( charged me $80 more Than sale price ) and shortly after I purchased my set they went back to the sale price. Nice going Amazon you screwed me very nicely but I assure you ,you will not ever do it again. If you want my future business please refund my $80 overcharge, Fred H. Meyer
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Thank you for noticing! I thought I was the only one who questioned this. I would never have known if I hadn't tried to order one for my mom's birthday because she liked mine so much. I nearly dropped my teeth when it was listed at $119.00. I checked the next day and it was $249.00! In addition, there was a new seller. It appears as if the second seller bought out the first one. Other sites seemed to have their stock dried up as well. When I bought mine Amazon sold it and I used my prime membership to save on shipping. Seems like someone figured out a dirty little way to scam us. I wonder how many other low profile products are going the same way. I called customer service. I did not get a satisfactory response, so I e-mailed them just now. I hope they take notice.
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Amazon is not getting away with it, it's one of their partner sellers. Do you know and can you tell the difference? It's not difficult. How can people continue to not understand what they are looking at when you look at a product page and it says "Ships from and sold by C4DEALZ?" Is that Amazon? No, it's not, it's C4DEALZ. When you buy here you will notice that some will say "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com", others will say "Ships from and sold by *some 3rd party seller*" and others will say "Sold by *some 3rd party seller* and Fulfilled by Amazon." The case with this at the moment is that Amazon apparently has no stock and our thoughtful friends at C4DEALZ see the opportunity to jack up the price by $100 or so and make money off the uninformed, especially in this case because even at that price it's less than buying 3 separate upgrades. Get informed. First clue, outrageous prices gouging the customer (for which Amazon actually should remove the seller as a partner) and you won't see it being available for Free SuperSaver shipping since only Amazon sold or fulfilled items are. In my case I have a gift certificate I'd like to use toward the purchase so I'm rather irritated they don't have stock but I'm not stupid enough to pay C4DEALZ gouging prices, or anyone's for that matter. Now I see that "The Toy Giant" has joined the parade of gouging sellers. They should all go on lists of sellers that we will never ever purchase from. Jeff Bezos shouldn't be allowing it, it reflects directly on Amazon.
2236415
That's just the way Amazon works sometimes. Not everything makes sense. They may be very overstocked on the cheaper one.
742206
Thanks for your question! Amazon works toward maintaining competitive prices on everything we carry. In some cases our website offers lower prices via the used and new offerings available from Amazon Marketplace sellers. For more information, go to our help page on Ordering from a Seller here:
1526177
I noticed that about amazon..they will be selling the same product two to three different times and they all will have different prices. The dolls are the same..just different clothing.
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I'm waiting for the Amazon price to go down again (The price went up 60%), I was wondering if they are a new batch of the item, but still doesn't make sense. I don't like dealing with their marketplace sellers, Amazon stands behind the product they sell.