Renogy 12V 100W Panel on Sale - 87.00

hqst has the same compact panel with better specs, its the same panel!! 33 cell.
https://hqsolarpower.com/shop-all/solar-panels/ click on the compact design

And it's Sold Out.

TomG2 wrote:

WA4HTZ wrote:
...snip..... Amazon is up to their usual tricks! ....snip.....
Ken

Testing the market with a low price is not trickery, to me. Helps them establish future pricing.

If it was a S&B store that tried that it would be called "Bait and Switch". Great price until you actually try to buy one, then "Surprise, the price just went up".

fj12ryder wrote:
If it was a S&B store that tried that it would be called "Bait and Switch". Great price until you actually try to buy one, then "Surprise, the price just went up".

I must have a different mailman. I get lots of sale bulletins, specials, and discounts every week. Basic marketing. Test the market. If they can sell 1,000 units @ $80 and only 500 @ $100, which is better for them? I quite often check prices over a period of time and at different sources to avoid "trickery".

Changing the price based on demand is bedrock of a free market system. Sheesh

GordonThree wrote:
Changing the price based on demand is bedrock of a free market system. Sheesh

And offering one price but showing a different, higher, price when trying to buy is Bait and Switch. Sheesh.

TomG2 wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
If it was a S&B store that tried that it would be called "Bait and Switch". Great price until you actually try to buy one, then "Surprise, the price just went up".

I must have a different mailman. I get lots of sale bulletins, specials, and discounts every week. Basic marketing. Test the market. If they can sell 1,000 units @ $80 and only 500 @ $100, which is better for them? I quite often check prices over a period of time and at different sources to avoid "trickery".

So how long did Amazon offer this price before the product was no longer available at that price, but amazingly enough, available at a higher price? And sending out all those flyers but somehow those sale items are not longer available at that price, but something similar is available at a higher price, is "trickery".

Full disclosure: I'm not a fan of un-regulated capitalism.

fj12ryder wrote:
So how long did Amazon offer this price before the product was no longer available at that price, but amazingly enough, available at a higher price? And sending out all those flyers but somehow those sale items are not longer available at that price, but something similar is available at a higher price, is "trickery".

Full disclosure: I'm not a fan of un-regulated capitalism.

Many advertisements, even by S & B stores, include the message, "limited quantities" or such. My point is that Amazon has the ability to instantly change prices, so why would people tell them they can't? I only occasionally use Amazon, but they have never come back two days later and said, "We changed our mind and will not sell you that item at that price".

Where are they advertising a low price and then switching to a higher price? Maybe your browser cache is malfunctioning?

When I click on the link I clearly see a higher price.

Are people considering the topic subject an advertisement? Amazon has no control over what someone else claims the price to be.

red31 wrote:
hqst has the same compact panel with better specs, its the same panel!! 33 cell.
https://hqsolarpower.com/shop-all/solar-panels/ click on the compact design

New to me---33 cells used to be limited in voltage so hard to get batteries to 14.X volts. 36 cells was the answer to that. But here with 33 cells you get full voltage. How come? ( I see their poly version has 36 cells)