"we don't price gouge!"

[mayalaen]

I don’t really have the money to be keeping an eye sales, but I keep thinking magically the Nintendo Switch and maybe a game or two will be on like a ridiculous sale before, during, or after the holidays and I can splurge on myself.

I’ve been watching prices at several places, and noticed that the whole “we don’t price gouge” thing is of course a joke and the whole honesty in marketing thing is a lie. Big surprise right?

Before Prime Day, Nintendo Switch was $299 and the games were $50-$69. This wasn’t just on Amazon, BTW.

During Prime Day it went to $380-$430 with the games between $69-$89.

AFTER Prime Day it went to $489 with the games between $50-$89.

So I started looking at other items that were considered Prime Day Flash Buys and other specials like that at other stores.

I’m the weirdo who remembers numbers. It helps me in my business. I can easily compare prices between different product sources because numbers + products they’re attached to just stick in my head and stay there for long periods of time.

And I noticed that almost everything considered a special was actually more expensive than it was before the sale.

There were also a lot of knockoffs being sold at a little less than the legit item’s price but still more than the knockoffs are usually sold at.

I read that Prime Day was the biggest success ever and other stores like Walmart, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, etc. had their best event sales ever too.

Big business out there helping people during the pan/de/mic. It’s nice to know they have your back.