Why does Amazon list products with rediculously high prices?

12 years ago

You can always complain to Amazon that these sellers are placing ridiculous prices on their site.

It annoys the hell out of me when traders do that on ebay

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PlatinumLady

12 years ago

Amazon have some good value products with reasonable price tags. They also have daily deals and offers which are very affordable. I suppose they have to cater for all levels of wallet. The items you mention here if they do exist are really high-end products which I am surprised you found as most people have never heard of them before. I'm hoping you're just being sarcastic but I'll go check out of curiosity.

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UMS

12 years ago

The items I've listed are mostly joke listings, so not sure why Amazon would allow them in the first place.

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tim_buchalka

12 years ago

Well I guess you are right about the joke listings, but why really expect Amazon to filter it?

I mean there is too many entries to manually filter, so what would the criteria be? Anything over a certain amount of money? Anything from sellers that sounds suspicious where the seller has only X ratings? Hard to do because in this case with the first product they are a 5 star seller with 7,600 ratings.

Easier to just let people list them right? Who knows someone might buy it and they then get their referral percentage.

I was only reading the other day of some sick rich dude who spent about $20M (or all sorts of junk). e.g. hundreds of thousands of the same item. Turns out he had a medical condition but the point is he spent that much money.

My suspicion is that maybe they used a computer program to upload the listings and the data was corrupted somewhere (lost a comma or two in the price maybe?)

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Valter B

12 years ago

Some of reviews are hilarious.

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tim_buchalka 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Valter B

Some of reviews are hilarious.

Didn't read the reviews, will go take a look now!
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Paul Barrs

12 years ago

Originally Posted by UMS

As per the title.

Jocko the toy chimpanzee - An absolute steal at only $10m

I just get a laugh from some of the reviews...

"At first glance, I was wondering, "What is it about Jocko that makes him worth $10 MILLION dollars?" Intrigued, I decided to buy one to see what the hype was about. Sure, I had to drop out of college and default on my student loans, but Jocko was DEFINITELY worth it. He's the most loyal pal ever. When I leave for work at McDonald's, he sits on the couch waiting until I get back at the end of the day. He's always there, waiting for me. It's almost as if he didn't even leave that spot. He loves me and I love him. They say you can't buy love, but obviously "they" obviously never knew the love that comes when you buy Jocko. ALL HAIL JOCKO. "

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debra

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Barrs

I just get a laugh from some of the reviews...

"At first glance, I was wondering, "What is it about Jocko that makes him worth $10 MILLION dollars?" Intrigued, I decided to buy one to see what the hype was about. Sure, I had to drop out of college and default on my student loans, but Jocko was DEFINITELY worth it. He's the most loyal pal ever. When I leave for work at McDonald's, he sits on the couch waiting until I get back at the end of the day. He's always there, waiting for me. It's almost as if he didn't even leave that spot. He loves me and I love him. They say you can't buy love, but obviously "they" obviously never knew the love that comes when you buy Jocko. ALL HAIL JOCKO. "

Ok...that's just Creepy! or perverted...which ever way you want to look at it.

But, really, that's just creepy.

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FranklinMarketing

12 years ago

LOL I have never seen these before. WTH?? LOL...I gotta be careful not to promote fake products like these.

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CDarklock

12 years ago

Originally Posted by UMS

Seriously, why do Amazon allow these to be listed on their site?

Why shouldn't they?

If it's not worth it, don't buy it.

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nik0 Banned 12 years ago

The reviews sure made me laugh, but I do agree that Amazon shouldn't allow this nonsense.
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- redstanford 12 years ago
  
  just told me G/F, my next Amazon site is going to be solely dedicated to Jocko Chimps.
  
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  LiamP 12 years ago
  
  I hate one-click ordering, I read a product review and my impulses get the better of me. Those 1000 word 3rd party Amazon reviews are always written by owners and lean towards fair and balanced rather than getting an affiliate payment right?
  
  Anyway now I'm down 20 mill and all I have to show for it is a monkey and some semi-conductor parts. I'll see if I can combine them and create some kind of super monkey army to recoup my costs.
  
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Daniel Clark

12 years ago

Hahaa I just creased at the reviews on the Jocko monkey XD

"Before the rise of the Euro against the US Dollar, Jocko could be obtained in a fine toy store such as FAO Schwartz for about $90 US. Unfortunately, Steiff continues to manufacture its toys in Germany which is the part of the European Union known as "Old Europe". Due to circumstances caused by the recent economic meltdown, what would have cost about $90 in Germany several years ago is now $10,000 in the US. This is extremely shocking but rest assured that Jocko is even more expensive in Ireland (JockoMeLad), Italy (Giacomomo), and of course Greece (Jockopopolosus)"

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