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.
995931
I've been sitting here much of the day watching toy prices go up and down on this site. It's pretty ridiculous. I had items in my cart disappear, reappear, and increase in price all within four hours. I have a love/hate relationship with Amazon for this reason. During Christmas, you pretty much have to order immediately to ensure the deal. I've seen items go up by $20-$50 within 30 minutes.
2274185
The people reselling at 89$ do it all the time on here, I was looking at some toys for my niece and they were way more than the Amazon price. Buyers beware!
1189401
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!
1945097
It's not Amazon. All the prices are from Third party retailers that Amazon allows to operate through their site. Unless the product says sold and fufilled by Amazon, then it's not officially them. Amazon has sold out of this figure. Pretty much every site and store has, that's why third party sellers have it so high. Scalping at it's finest.
1842966
That's a question to ask the vendor or Amazon. Sometimes vendors buy huge shipments of a product in order to get a reduced price, and then pass on the reduced price to customers. But I'm just guessing, so if you want an accurate answer, ask the vendor.
1502763
Actually people buy it here from Amazon at cost and then immediately re-list it at a much higher cost. It happens all over the site with other items, and I wish Amazon would find a way to curb this practice. Then again, if people stop buying at these insane prices, perhaps re-sellers will get the idea as well.
287281
I love Amazon.com. I have shopped here since day one. It makes me sad to see Amazon go toward the ebay direction. My "cart items" had increased overnight, too. Amazon.com has gotten too big and too unpredictable for my comfort. Ps...I don't know who is dumb enough to go buy this toy for $200 bucks...but hasn't this happen to every popular toy on the market around Christmas time...(ex..cabbage patch kids in the 80's sold for hundreds of dollars.)
1999919
noo, it's not, i think there is so much people who uses amazon to stole money of other people, i made a big mistake bying some perfume on amazon was a big big mistake, i think the most of the perfume on amazon are a fake, and bying perfume on amazon it's a waste of money.
1836358
it's because amazon is awesome, not sure if you've realized. But its an old stereo four years or so. items decrease in value after a while, smaller retailers have less product and thus they need to sell if for more in order to make a profit. Also amazon buys directly from companies and companies sell directly through amazon so they are usually trying to more product especially when its an older product like this. retailers might have to buy through a 2nd or 3rd supplier and thus again they need to sell at a higher price to make the same profit. There is also shipping prices where online you pay for from the manufacture or amazon's warehouse.
792349
Amazon did over sell the pre-orders. They also marketed is such a way as to steal customers from other companies. This is illegal under the Federal Trade Commission act. http://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/statutes/federal-trade-commission-act. Please feel free to file a complaint. I have screen shots as I'm sure many of you do. I pre-ordered on the 14th due to the way Amazon marketed this product. This was strategic and calculated by someone in upper management.
29876
Usually when this happens on Amazon, it's because the usual sellers have sold out. Sellers then raise prices, sometime incidentally because prices are managed by computers algorithms. I don't believe this is an expected price for this.
2009039
I've noticed big price fluctuations with a lot of products on Amazon... It works out for me, though, because the prices dip drastically at other times... gotta love getting an item retailed at $120 for $31.50, don't you think?
1968325
My product is fulfilled by Amazon and I just checked and they are still in stock. It must be another seller. I did see someone selling them for less than the wholesale price, it may have been a mistake and they fixed the error before they last money on the sale.
964364
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
2170661
I noticed the same thing. The true answer is...because they can. Amazon probably noticed a trend in purchase and decided to raise the price, although, I can't say that for sure.
1578151
i've found prices jump around on amazon based on how many times i browse items. maybe it's some clever data-tracking way to monitor my browsing and then coerce me to purchase a particular item because of fear the price is going to continue to increase, but also maybe it's just difference in suppliers as amazon draws from different suppliers for many products. are you sure the supplier is the same at $87 as the supplier was for your first purchase?