tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525425772304841899.post1107379589206590886..comments2023-12-17T18:00:38.652-08:00Comments on Econ Tricks: If Amazon Can't Advertise Its Low Prices, Why Bother Setting Them?Greg Finleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005875920306936097noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525425772304841899.post-70483123399808574522010-02-10T11:19:13.110-08:002010-02-10T11:19:13.110-08:00You've got a good point about price aggregator...You've got a good point about price aggregators. With our Internet tools today, it's hard to keep a secret online for long.Greg Finleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06005875920306936097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525425772304841899.post-9038150181322244812010-02-10T11:14:56.297-08:002010-02-10T11:14:56.297-08:00While it adds a slight inconvenience to the proces...While it adds a slight inconvenience to the process, I don't mind the gimmick is Amazon is indeed choosing the sell the item for below whatever the minimum list price is, as that means I'm (likely) saving some money. (I can't say for certain, as manufacturers could begin to set ridiculously high minimum sale prices in an effort to make items with their prices hidden appear to be on sale at what would actually be normal or above-average prices.)<br /><br />Also, $10 says it won't take that long--if it hasn't already happened--for price aggregators like Google Products to employ some sort of script that adds the item to a bot-controlled cart, checks its price, then removes it. That, or they could use a human-driven method similar to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Mechanical_Turk" rel="nofollow">Mechanical Turking.</a>Josh Hattersleyhttp://pillarist.orgnoreply@blogger.com