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Plano Box Group Buy - An Amazon Experiment

Discussion in 'Non-automotive Group Buys' started by ramonortiz55, May 10, 2017.

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  1. May 30, 2017 at 7:44 AM
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    This is the 42" next to the Maxsa boards

    IMG_6485.jpg
     
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  2. May 30, 2017 at 7:50 AM
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  3. May 30, 2017 at 7:54 AM
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    the 42" was just actually on sale for 58$ over the weekend, it drops to that price every month or so
     
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  4. May 30, 2017 at 9:58 AM
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    is anyone wanting to try the beofeng HAM handheld?
     
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  5. May 30, 2017 at 10:01 AM
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  6. May 30, 2017 at 10:03 AM
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    Done. Hope this works.
     
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  7. May 30, 2017 at 5:50 PM
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  8. Jun 2, 2017 at 7:31 AM
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    Amazon's pricing scheme is to price popular products less but less popular items more. They gain notoriety on the popular item's pricing and become a one stop shop where they can gouge you on less popular items without you noticing. This is why I always price check before buying from Amazon:

    Here's the price hack you're looking for:

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/Plano-All-Weather-36-Gun-Case-in-Black/19281790

    While I do applaud your efforts, I doubt a few hundred interested people are going to make a dent in the statistical analysis of an items popularity with hundreds of millions of Amazon shoppers :notsure:

    Either way I put the Plano box in my saved items but I'll probably just pick it up at my local Walmart :thumbsup:
     
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  9. Jun 2, 2017 at 7:32 AM
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    Weird, that link isnt working for me
     
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  10. Jun 2, 2017 at 7:50 AM
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    Check out the Maxsa thread for some history on this situation.

    In short, Amazon knows how much traffic certain items get and adjusts pricing accordingly. Something like a gun case might be a higher traffic item overall than offroad boards, but there is a direct coloration to traffic and pricing, as the buyers there are responsible for adjusting pricing daily (sometimes multiple times a day). It's similar to flight pricing on Kayak - if you search for a flight enough times they will adjust the price thinking demand is going up/down. The difference is that Amazon tries to maximize sales, not margin, and thus is able to lower prices drastically to entice more sales.

    If it's a slower moving item and suddenly a ton of people are checking it out, they lower the price. Something like a gun case, that might have more constant traffic, might not move as much as a niche offroad part they are still consistently selling and haven't found the sweet spot to gather more sales.
     
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  11. Jun 2, 2017 at 7:59 AM
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    https://www.walmart.com/ip/Plano-All-Weather-36-Gun-Case-in-Black/19281790

    Fixed

    My point is that a few hundred people interested in a product is not going to be much more than the standard deviation. It won't be statistically significant for Amazon to notice. I'm on the train but I have a feeling I'll just pick one up from Walmart.
     
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  12. Jun 2, 2017 at 8:42 AM
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    Depends on the product. The Maxsa boards dropped drastically in price once it had more traffic, but the baseline for traffic for that item is most likely lower than something like a gun case.
     
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  13. Jun 2, 2017 at 1:34 PM
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    Got my case today. IMG_5622.jpg
     
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    Got mine yesterday. Ordered on May 19th, arrived on June 1st. Now I just need to get some stuff to put in it.
     
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    How much did you guys pay?
     
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    $57.98 w/free shipping
     
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    Items:$57.98
    Shipping & Handling:$13.36
    Free Shipping -$13.36
    Citi Promo -$10.00
    $10 off $50 Plano -$10.00
    Total Before Tax:$37.98
    Estimated Tax Collected:$3.42
    Order Total: $41:40 :bananadance:
     
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    The Citi code was an Amazon one time -$10 if you used a Citi bank CC
    And at the time the Plano -$10 code was on Amazon on the Plano case page.
     
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