Why is Amazon charging almost twice as much for these?
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Yes, why, indeed? This is outrageous. I'm going to write a review warning people, you can get these even at Williams Sonoma for $8 a box (and sometimes free shipping). I don't know why Amazon has doubled the price of these filters.
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I don't know why they do that, but i am pretty sure that this happens with most products. Products are always cheaper on amazon!
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This happens a lot on amazon...so you have to be careful. It means another dealer is probably selling the 4 pack at a higher cost. Once I questioned a dealer about this type of pricing, and they told me that because they ship "for free" they just add the cost into the product cost. Always be careful!
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Hi, Yes, that is the way some sellers have their prices. It is the total delivered price. They do that so they don't have to pay Amazon as much to sell their items and it can be deceptive. There is no way anyone could sell these for a penny. The total price is .01 plus maybe $4.99 shipping which is $5.00 total delivered price. I give free shipping but my price might be $5.00 with free shipping. Hope I explained this ok. Let me know if you have any other questions?
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Because sellers think they can get that price. Amazon is a huge marketplace of sellers marketing their wares. The thing they don't understand is that I will not become a regular customer of theirs if they are going to change prices drastically for no reason. If I buy something for say, $28.00 and then the next time I come back it's $48.00, then I will not buy it from that seller. I will look elsewhere, usually Ebay. I think it's ridiculous and it just goes to show you that the sellers are in it for the fast buck and not to build a business or relationships with their customers. For that reason, they will never have my loyalty as a customer.
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Interesting...I was in BB this past weekend and they indicated that they cannot match internet pricing, even though it is Amazon. I got away with that a few years ago at Circuit City and they matched the Amazon price. The great thing about Amazon is that there is no tax and no shipping so any retailer that would match the proce must factor in the local tax to truly come apples to apples.
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The prices from the sellers (remember its like buying things from Ebay without the auctioning, so same risks apply) on Amazon are way over actuals, your much better off going to other sellers (BestBuy, Staples, Microsoft), there you'll know what your getting and at a fair price
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There is some independent seller (for some reason?) selling for that price, but through ReSqueeze and Amazon they are $14.99 :)
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The price has gone up dramatically for some reason. I purchased these in June of 2013 from the same seller (Green Stuff Only) here on Amazon for $16.49 with Amazon Prime. Now the same seller is selling them for $29.99. I have no idea what could have driven the price up almost double over last year. I was hoping to buy more but am looking for alternatives at the moment.
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There shouldnt be. Amazon prices go up and down. I bought an orbweaver a while back that would fluctuate in price by as much as 30 dollars over a week.
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I don't think people realize that Amazons fees to sell the product cost more than the product. No one is going to do all the work to ship these to Amazon to lose money by selling it at the TJ's in store price.
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i was wondering the same. I bought these from Amazon a year ago for $12.64 per bag of 30 so the price has literally doubled. Other online stores are currently selling these for $12.99 - $16.99. I would love to keep buying from Amazon but this price is way out of line.
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I don't believe there is any difference. The cheaper price is probably due to the high sales volume Amazon generates for them.
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Because Amazon doesn't do the math (not that they have to). They are provided a product from a seller for a certain price, and adjust their mark-ups accordingly I am sure. If the seller makes a base price with a package deal that is more expensive than buying the same amount individually, then that is their prerogative. Dumb, but at the same time they are likely to catch many un-savvy buyers in this product package making their packaging deal worth it to them. While it is unfortunate, it is the responsibility of the buyer to look at the different products and choose the best option for themselves. Hope this helps!
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HelloDifferent pricing in many stores. Including Amazon.Very sorry for your frustration, we have all been they're.Thank you
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Amazon is a Market Place. Meaning most items are sold by different vendors, which happens to be the case here. Two different sellers equals two different prices. If you need two I would suggest simply buying 2 of the lower priced items from the same seller.