Smoke and Mirrors at Amazon.com? - Comments Page 3

Bob - you perfectly composed the words to go with the gut feelings I've had for quite a while. As in all things, it is up to the consumer to exercise his/her due diligence to ensure they are getting the best deal possible and not rely on the hype of major websites. There's gold in them thar hills if one is willing to dig for it.

WHOA! Talk about an eye-opener!

I just signed up. You put your email address in and they send you an email with a three month trial. There's no place to put in CURISMA anywhere.

Thanks for the heads up first on Amazon's "pricing" and then for mentioning JET. It's always nice to have a choice.

At last - an opportunity to enlighten a (hopefully) sympathetic audience of the price gouging of Canadians that has long been happening (even when the dollar was par). Just look at book prices and Netflix for examples of how Canadians have been, and still are being, ripped off! I actually don't expect much sympathy from US ciizens but at least the message is getting to all your Canadian readers

I am a Amazon customer and a Amazon seller. I've already signed up to Jet's free trial and have done some test shopping and can say that everything I would buy off Amazon that's offered by Jet is priced the same on Jet. But also, about 20% of what I buy off Amazon is not available on Jet.

Just input my name, email address and password and in "Membership Code", I input, "CURISMA" and it didn't accept it. I even tried it in lower cased letters.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Codes come and go. Try GOOGLE, MICROSOFT, or FACEBOOK.

My wife is taking a college class and was able to sign up as a student for Amazon Prime for $50/year for the next four years. This may work for many of you. All you need is an email address ending in .edu, you can see the requirements at amazon's membership page. I also have a separate non-Prime Amazon account and have found price differences for the same items when logged in with mine or my wife's account. I also noticed prices vary according to day and time of the day.

Amazon has to cover costs just like any other business. Shipping rates have gone up substantially for them. Also, Amazon historically rarely reports a profit (talk about smoke and mirrors!). As a consumer, you want the lowest price. I get it. And the jacked up prices for the Prime members does seem weasely to say the least. But quityer cryin and move on!

#PRIME Doesn't Pay Eh Bob LOL