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  • Nollij@sopuli.xyz
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    4 months ago

    That’s because of restrictions/contracts with the manufacturer. Sometimes there is a clause about the minimum advertised price. If it’s being sold below that price, that’s what you’ll see.

    However, that clearly isn’t what’s happening- or if it is, then Amazon is violating those terms. They are showing the price in some circumstances, but not others. That leads me to think it’s a smokescreen, using the above as an excuse.

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      4 months ago

      More likely, the price changed between screenshots.

      We don’t know what the price is on the left.

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        4 months ago

        Yup. Or minimum advertised price is location bound. So the one on the right which has a location set can show it but the one on the left can’t.

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      4 months ago

      This is actually a common thing and has been around for awhile. I see it on amazon mostly. Seen it on Microcenter’s website a number of times as well. Newegg was big on doing it when they were more PC focused and not a chinese website. Was more prominent in the early 2000s as there were more competing online stores back then.