Amazon shopping warnings, article #2 of 2! (Here is article #1 of 2.) How to avoid getting burned by their summer “sales.” This post offers advice on how to find actual deals amongst the supposed bargains of Prime Day Sales. I posted it on Substack in mid-2026.
~FloxMonster™, July 25, 2026
CamelCamelCamel is your friend 🙂
Once again, it’s time for the Amazon Prime Lie Day Sales. YAY let’s buy 16 plastic rainbow spinners for the yard, right?
Wait! Before you nab that “fabulous discount,” check the price! What looks like a discount may actually be a trick. Amazon is one of the worst online price manipulators I know, NGL.
Let me show you the truth behind the b.s.. For an example, I’ll use coffee, because I am a caffeine fiend. Don’t judge. 😛 Here is Tip #2 for finding actual deals on Prime Day.
Step 1. Find Your Product on Amazon.
Let’s look up Amazon’s Donut Blend in k-cups. Today (June 26, 2026) it is listed as 20% off! YAY!
Step Two. Check the price! 🐪🐪🐪
But wait – before we buy it, let’s visit my favorite price-checking tool: CamelCamelCamel. There, we can copy/paste into their search window the name of that product (or the Amazon website’s URL).
CamelCamelCamel shows me this graph for Amazon’s Donut Blend coffee:
Step 3. Decide if the “sale” is actually a sale.
Whoa, look at that graph! It looks like Amazon treats this coffee like a flippin’ yo-yo. Is this really a sale, when they inflated the price up to $35.62 a week right before the sale? The answer is no.
Amazon inflated the price so they could mark a larger percent off, during the Prime Day Sale. It’s a manipulative trick, and you should not fall for it.
However, using the same graph, you can see the coffee is still cheaper than it has been, since late April 2026. (Thanks to Amazon’s price manipulation.) So now you can decide whether you’re willing to buy it at this “discounted price.” At least now you are informed about Amazon’s tricks.
Now the reason I post this is because it happens ALL of the time, for many products. It’s been happening for years.
So before you purchase that “great deal” at Amazon, always check the price at CamelCamelCamel.com or another price tracking site!
Happy shopping. <3
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