inconnu opened this issue on Jun 16, 2003 ยท 11 posts
inconnu posted Mon, 16 June 2003 at 2:59 PM
A couple of days ago Amazon.com was selling Poser 5 for about $180, and now it is $350. (And I was just about to buy it). Does anyone know if Poser 5 can be had for under $200 ? Thanks.
EsnRedshirt posted Mon, 16 June 2003 at 3:58 PM
A while back, I noticed Amazon.com was randomly manipulating prices on certain items; I called them on it with an email, their response was that they were testing "market value" or some such. I don't know if they're still doing it, because I'm sure their customer service got lots of angry complaints from other people who'd discovered the same thing. (Rather stupid of them to do it, too, since people discovered it by comparing the price with each other online.) Still, I'd imagine theres places where it's going fairly cheaply. Try doing a google search and see what turns up.
Dizzie posted Mon, 16 June 2003 at 4:12 PM
Attached Link: http://shop3.outpost.com/search?search_type=regular&query_string=poser
get it at Outpost for $189
macmullin posted Mon, 16 June 2003 at 6:50 PM
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inconnu posted Mon, 16 June 2003 at 9:42 PM
Thanks, but outpost does not have it in stock :(
dalelaroy posted Tue, 17 June 2003 at 1:54 AM
You could try: http://market.renderosity.com/softgood.ez?cat=SOFPOS&WhatsNew=Yes Shipping will put you over $200, but probably not much over. Dale LaRoy Splitstone
ockham posted Tue, 17 June 2003 at 10:35 AM
"A while back, I noticed Amazon.com was randomly manipulating prices on certain items; I called them on it with an email, their response was that they were testing "market value" or some such." Wow! That's stupid marketing. When selling a unique item, like the only 1938 Cadillac in town, it's possible to choose any price and wait till somebody wants the item badly enough to pay that price. But in an instantly competitive market like online sales of software, randomly jacking up the price is just weird.
jal posted Tue, 17 June 2003 at 12:27 PM
Attached Link: http://www.computerworld.com/industrytopics/retail/story/0,10801,49569,00.html
They've been doing the price testing thing for quite some time but that seems like an awfully large fluctuation. I just checked and it's listed as $139.99 (on the US site). Perhaps it was just a temporary glitch?
dalelaroy posted Tue, 17 June 2003 at 12:54 PM
I think that Netscape users should organize a boycott of Amazom.com since it seems they are the ones always being charged more. Dale LaRoy Splitstone
maclean posted Tue, 17 June 2003 at 2:38 PM
People still use Netscape? I thought it was defunct... mac
Jim Burton posted Thu, 19 June 2003 at 8:29 PM
Netscape (4.7) forever!!! Curse you, Bill Gates! ;-)