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Amazon refusing to show me the price of something if I do not add it to cart (lemmy.today)

submitted 8 months ago by LodeMike@lemmy.today to c/assholedesign@lemmy.world

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[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 34 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

On the right it has a rough shipping location (LA with zipcode), are you sure that's not the change?

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You know maybe it's because I'm on a VPN. Testing out anti-botting methods?

[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 18 points 8 months ago

Or trying to filter out price scrapers

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Anti-botting or rough shipping calculations being factored in, both fairly plausible. I notice on the left it even prompts to "select delivery location" near where the price would be.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I tested putting it in my cart and it showed me the price. No location needed.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 8 months ago

Perhaps. It's coming from the same IP.