this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2024
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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The Lowe’s website has this too. It’s fucking asinine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~It means that there is a MAP (minimum advertised price) from the manufacturer. It is not an Amazon thing.~~ Never mind, i see changing browsing mode allows it to appear.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Without giving Amazon too much of the benefit of the doubt here, I've noticed they love to offer you "coupons", generally with a midnight expiry.

I expect it's 100% a tactic to get you to commit to something you've looked at a couple of times but might be on the fence about buying.

I get the same as OP's logged-out price (nothing hidden) while logged in, perhaps if they are offering a coupon it would take it below the minimum advertised price.

Definitely stupid, but it's the only way I can see of arriving at this situation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

america is winning and winning and winning. so much like damn stop it. u devalue gold by being so great!america is winning and winning and winning. so much like damn stop it. u devalue gold by being so great! turbocapitalism has proven to be soooo resiliant against humanity....cant beat that. make stupid great again!

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