Daily price changes I bought a toy, Magna Tiles, a few weeks ago for $120. I went to buy another set yesterday. The price was $189. Today the price is $212. Have you seen these kinds of price changes in other departments? What's going on Amazon? Daily price changes I bought a toy, Magna Tiles, a few weeks ago for $120. I went to buy another set yesterday. The price was $189. Today the price is $212. Have you seen these kinds of price... » Read More Daily price changes I bought a toy, Magna Tiles, a few weeks ago for $120. I went to buy another set yesterday. The price was $189. Today the price is $212. Have you seen these kinds of price changes in other departments? What's going on Amazon? « Show Less
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Magnatiles had some flooding at their plant and production has just been gearing back up with products returning to stores. However, during the "shortage" there was a lot of gouging going on with retailers charging many times the normal price. Normal cost for 100 magna tiles is $120. Before the plant problems I bought them at $110, but haven't seen that price since. If you look around you should be able to find an online source at $120/100 tiles. (I'm about to purchase two sets at that price plus $10 shipping).Prices higher than $120 indicate a retailer that is taking advantage of the temporary low stock to make a larger profit. Magnatiles had some flooding at their plant and production has just been gearing back up with products returning to stores. However, during the "shortage" there was a lot of gouging going on with retailers charging many times the normal price. Normal cost for 100 magna tiles is $120. Before the plant problems I bought them at $110, but haven't seen that price since. If you look around you should be able to find an online source at $120/100 tiles. (I'm about to purchase two sets at that price plus $10 shipping).Prices higher than $120 indicate a retailer that is taking... » Read More Magnatiles had some flooding at their plant and production has just been gearing back up with products returning to stores. However, during the "shortage" there was a lot of gouging going on with retailers charging many times the normal price. Normal cost for 100 magna tiles is $120. Before the plant problems I bought them at $110, but haven't seen that price since. If you look around you should be able to find an online source at $120/100 tiles. (I'm about to purchase two sets at that price plus $10 shipping).Prices higher than $120 indicate a retailer that is taking advantage of the temporary low stock to make a larger profit. « Show Less
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Same thing here. They were even cheaper than $120 not so long ago. I end up buying them from another on-line retailer for ~$114.00 No point in paying the current price when we know what these things really cost.
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I agree with Victoria Adam's post 100%. What everyone must realize is that Fisher Price is a fabulous company who makes fantastic toys... they are not the cause of this sudden price leap. They retailed the toy for approximately $40... greedy !@#)$ bought large numbers of the toy as Victoria mentioned, before the general public could get their hands on them. This is unethical. It puts strain on the company to produce more... can inevitably cause the market to be "flooded" at Christmas due to the apparently high demand... and still children who want this toy won't stand a snowball's chance in hell of getting one for Christmas... Merry Christmas! I agree with Victoria Adam's post 100%. What everyone must realize is that Fisher Price is a fabulous company who makes fantastic toys... they are not the cause of this sudden price leap. They retailed the toy for approximately $40... greedy !@#)$ bought large numbers of the toy as Victoria mentioned, before the general public could get their hands on them. This is unethical. It puts strain on the company to produce more... can inevitably cause the market to be "flooded" at Christmas due to the apparently high demand... and still children who want this toy won't stand a snowball's... » Read More I agree with Victoria Adam's post 100%. What everyone must realize is that Fisher Price is a fabulous company who makes fantastic toys... they are not the cause of this sudden price leap. They retailed the toy for approximately $40... greedy !@#)$ bought large numbers of the toy as Victoria mentioned, before the general public could get their hands on them. This is unethical. It puts strain on the company to produce more... can inevitably cause the market to be "flooded" at Christmas due to the apparently high demand... and still children who want this toy won't stand a snowball's chance in hell of getting one for Christmas... Merry Christmas! « Show Less
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FYI, the price of these changes almost daily. I've seen the price range from a $5.24 to $12.00. And different colors are often priced differently. But they all seem to go up and down, so order when you see a low price.
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Hello Virginia, Thank you for your email. I do see on Amazon's web site if you order the red stomp rocket they are $18.99. I don't know where the different price is coming from. You may need to contact Amazon for that.Thank you,Heidi FCustomer ServiceS&S; Worldwide
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It appears to me that the seller (not Amazon) jacked up the price for those to over 8.00 each. Nice of them to take advantage of the season. If you can't find them on Amazon.com for 2.99each I would purchase from lego directly. Unfortunately you still have to pay shipping so that option is depending on how many you want to buy and if the seller on Amazon is doing free shipping. Not worth getting it from anyone else unless Amazon has it for 3.00 and with prime shipping. Hope this helps some. I purchased a lot of lego and you have to be careful of who you buy from on Amazon as they can grossly overcharge you. It appears to me that the seller (not Amazon) jacked up the price for those to over 8.00 each. Nice of them to take advantage of the season. If you can't find them on Amazon.com for 2.99each I would purchase from lego directly. Unfortunately you still have to pay shipping so that option is depending on how many you want to buy and if the seller on Amazon is doing free shipping. Not worth getting it from anyone else unless Amazon has it for 3.00 and with prime shipping. Hope this helps some. I purchased a lot of lego and you have to be careful of who you buy from on Amazon as they can... » Read More It appears to me that the seller (not Amazon) jacked up the price for those to over 8.00 each. Nice of them to take advantage of the season. If you can't find them on Amazon.com for 2.99each I would purchase from lego directly. Unfortunately you still have to pay shipping so that option is depending on how many you want to buy and if the seller on Amazon is doing free shipping. Not worth getting it from anyone else unless Amazon has it for 3.00 and with prime shipping. Hope this helps some. I purchased a lot of lego and you have to be careful of who you buy from on Amazon as they can grossly overcharge you. « Show Less
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hi becca - i know my price has been the same on the amazon -i am an individual seller on amazon - i don't know why amazon changes their prices so frequently unless it's one of their lightning deals - as for the difference in price, it's up to the manufacturer --my assumption would be that some may consider this toy as a "girl" toy and sell more quickly than the blue one - i assume amazon has alot more stock on the blue one in their inventory - i hope this helped - thank you for asking and have a nice holiday season
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I have been a regular purchaser of this item on Amazon, and noticed the same thing. I thought the price change would be temporary, and that the cost would come back down at some point, but it seems the increase is here to stay. The seller's "slight price increase" is actually about 35%, so I'm not sure which definition of "slight" they are using. Anyway, I shopped around the net, and found a better deal (I just purchased 16 4-packs for just under $68.00 with free shipping). At the current Amazon price, you could just go to Wally World and purchase them individually for less. I have been a regular purchaser of this item on Amazon, and noticed the same thing. I thought the price change would be temporary, and that the cost would come back down at some point, but it seems the increase is here to stay. The seller's "slight price increase" is actually about 35%, so I'm not sure which definition of "slight" they are using. Anyway, I shopped around the net, and found a better deal (I just purchased 16 4-packs for just under $68.00 with free shipping). At the current Amazon price, you could just go to Wally World and purchase them individually for... » Read More I have been a regular purchaser of this item on Amazon, and noticed the same thing. I thought the price change would be temporary, and that the cost would come back down at some point, but it seems the increase is here to stay. The seller's "slight price increase" is actually about 35%, so I'm not sure which definition of "slight" they are using. Anyway, I shopped around the net, and found a better deal (I just purchased 16 4-packs for just under $68.00 with free shipping). At the current Amazon price, you could just go to Wally World and purchase them individually for less. « Show Less
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Because prices on Amazon constantly fluctuate. The main provider can and do change their prices based upon numerous things/ What you do is put the item of interest in your cart. Then check your cart once a day. It often goes down. But you find if you are patient it goes down even further. It's the Amazon price game. They are not in control of all these things. Maybe some. It really is a game for your patience and guessing. Like gambling with you $20. I've left things sit in my cart for months!
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Ditto here. Was going to order this and in 2 days the cost jumped up $80.00.Amazon does not seem to have a say in keeping the previous $286 price. Or do they? From the previous comments posted, a loss of 3-4 sales.
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Yeah I was lucky enough to get it in the middle of march for 1580 then i saw the price went down to 1499 and i called amazon and got a refund for the 81 dollars. I would log on at different times to see the price and found that the price could change a few hundred dollars each day depending on who the seller is. Nine times out of ten it was from amazon though. My guess is that they just plain ran out of them, they were a steal.
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Amazon is good about reducing the price. Don't do like I did, and record the date and time of the lowest price, then contact them later. I got the price match, but it took some explaining. Call them each time you see a lower price. They don't mind if you call them each time the price goes lower.
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Hi Dorothy,We've never sold this item on Amazon. You may wish to contact your original seller directly and see why their pricing changed. We don't know of a price change recently, but there has been a shipping rate change. It's possible that the merchant chose to raise the product price instead of raising the shipping cost.Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance.Customer ServiceRescue Pet Supply
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Hello Annabella, Thank you for asking! Magna-Tiles products have been available since 1997. The packaging design has been updated but the product materials have not changed. Please be aware of who you are purchasing from online. All of our orders are from Valtech Magna-Tiles and fulfilled by Amazon. You will know that you have Magna-Tiles because each geometric shape is stamped with our name and logo. You can also find our company/contact information on the box. Please visit our website www.magnatiles.com for more information and contact us with any questions. Best Regards, The Valtech Team
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I noticed the same thing! Came back to buy 2 for my 2 boys and was surprised at the price difference. Hoping it drops again in time for Christmas!
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That is definately not our price for 1, but prices an Amazon do change daily --sometimes hourly -- due to automatic repricing software that othet sellers use. Also, please remember that the price from sellers who use "Fulfillment by Amazon" does not include the additional shipping charge, if your ordrr is under $35.
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I noticed that. I think the normal price for this machine is $299 and amazon has it listed wrong. I bought it elsewhere on sale for $199 and the original price listed for it from that place was $299. Amazon has some great prices on machines but I don't think this is one of them.
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Yeah you are right from last 4 weeks prices at amazon are hovering between 1799 to 1899. Last weekend for couple of days BB decreased the price to 1799 when it was 1899 at amazon. But before i could get hold of the price they increased it back to 1999 (saturday midnight). Let see if it comes back down again by this weekend. I don't see amazon going below1 1799. The similar model LN46A860(Toc Blue) is being offered for 1599. Don't know why, but id prices don't settle may be i will go for this model. tech Specs are same.