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by techaddict009 2319 days ago
Seems like Amazon has directly removed the product after this video went viral.
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dvhh 2319 days ago
A simple google search would reveal otherwise

https://www.amazon.com/MOFUT-4-Digit-Combination-Weatherproo...

https://www.amazon.com/Combination-Weatherproof-Resettable-B...

Or was it a specific merchant/product ?

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anonsivalley652 2318 days ago
You don't need all that crap in the URL before /dp/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PB1TKDN

also, this works too:

https://amzn.com/B07PB1TKDN

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masonic 2318 days ago
I love how two other items use the identical photo... One at $20 and the other at $100.
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anonsivalley652 2318 days ago
Merchants will create new items on the site and assign them randomly-increased prices to test pricing strategies. The reason is there are plenty of suckers who will buy things at any price who don't know what things cost. Often, I'll find items on Amazon at 100%-300% of prices elsewhere. Heck, I just found an old, out-of-print book for an obsolete technology going for $800.
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qubex 2318 days ago
It’s called “price discovery”. Consider it a form of pricing A/B testing.
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