How eCommerce sites and/or online sellers make money by running offers!!
I wanted to buy a 64GB SD card with class 10 and I had a look at different pricing options in Amazon.in. I opted to go with this amazon fulfilled product which was selling for ~44% discount (having MRP ₹3149)…. WOW! That’s really great.
Amazon – SanDisk Ultra MicroSDXC 64 GB UHS-I Class 10 Memory Card 48 MB/s + SD Adapter
Then placed an order for the same on 1st July and seller shipped the product immediately through Indian Postal Service’s EMS.
Before receiving the product, I simply went to Flipkart to compare the product and I ended up seeing similar product was selling for ₹2000. No surprise for me by seeing the offer price, but the MRP really surprised me it was ₹4500!! May or may not, the info could be correct as per the product available with Flipkart, or they are trying to fool the customers by giving the product with 54% DISCOUNT!!
Flipkart – SanDisk SDXC 64 GB Class 10 Ultra (Adapter included)
Sandisk SDXC 64GB Class 10 Front
Wait, its still surprising…
Sandisk SDXC 64GB Class 10 MRP
I’m not worrying about what I got today, lets think this way, what if they are not running a discount offer for that product, and someone else or I got a product which has lesser MRP? Who will end up with complaints? Why Amazon/Flipkart is not verifying the product prices? Or isn’t it possible to check these information?
GUYS, PLEASE BE ALERT WITH PRODUCT PRICES WHILE PURCHASING ON/OFFLINE
UPDATE – 08-July-2015
I tried posting review to Amazon, and they don’t accept negative reviews… WTF!!
My first review….
Your review of SanDisk Ultra MicroSDXC 64 GB Could not be posted to Amazon 1
My second review….
Your review of SanDisk Ultra MicroSDXC 64 GB Could not be posted to Amazon 2
UPDATE – 29-July-2015 (Suppose to update in second week!)
I should have directly gone to Twitter for raising my voice against this loot first, instead of spending time on writing reviews.. 😛
Twitter conversation with Amazon India & Amazon Help worked like a charm
And the email screenshot on refund is given below!
Amazon Partial Refund Initiated – Email notification