Amazon Refund Blog

A simple note “The price just dropped $20 on this item. Can you credit me the difference?” was all it took…

Thank you for writing to Amazon.com.

The discounts we offer for items on our web site do vary from time
to time. I’ve checked your order, found that we now offer a
greater discount on “Eureka 4870GZ Boss Smart-Vac Upright Vacuum”
than at the time you placed your order.

So, I have requested a refund of $20.00 to your credit card. This
amount reflects the difference between the price you were charged
and the discounted price. The refund should be processed in the
next few days and will appear as a credit on your next billing
statement.

You may view returns and refunds by clicking the “Your Account” link
at the top of our web site, then clicking “Go!” next to “open and
recently shipped orders.” Completed refunds will appear at the
bottom of an individual order’s summary page.

I hope this solution is satisfactory. Thank you for shopping at
Amazon.com–we hope you will visit us again soon.

The sale reportable disrupted Amazon.com’s Web site for about 15 minutes, however for some it was even longer.
I personally think 29 seconds is a little longer then expected. I thought maybe within under 10 seconds.

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Bestselling video game systems from Amazon:

1. Nintendo DS Lite - Polar White
   Nintendo DS Electric Blue
   Nintendo DS Lite Coral Pink
   Nintendo DS Lite Onyx Black
   
2. Xbox 360 Console Includes 20GB Hard Drive
3. Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) Core
4. Xbox 360 Core System
5. Sony Playstation 2 Console Slim PS2
6. Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) Entertainment Pack

What about Nintendo Wii?

The little music player that made it a feature to not know what song would play next is back in its new avatar. Shorter, wider and thinner, the the kid iPod sibling is growing up. The new iPod Shuffle is here.

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“Online searches for the video game console [PS3], increased 171 percent for the week ending November 11, 2006 compared to two weeks earlier on October 28, the research firm reported.” Amazon loves the PS3 and the Wii, mainly because they are giving the website more traffic.
read more | Search PS3 | Search Wii

Web2.0 blog TechCrunch via digg is speculating that the price of an Xbox could drop to $100. Michael Arrington writes “If you are thinking of buying an Xbox in the next few days, don’t. We’ve gotten information that Amazon may be putting the $300 Xbox bundle on sale for $100 in the next week or so as a promotional move for the holiday season.”

Well Michael, with Amazing Refund and Amazon.com’s 30 day price drop refund policy, there is no need to wait. You can purchase the Xbox 360 Core System now, get the refund when the price drops.

Sister site Crunchgear also has the story.

Update (11/16): The mystery of the $100 Xbox 360s at Amazon.com has been revealed. The e-tailer is doing a promotion called Amazon Customers Vote. Every week for the next four weeks it’ll be giving customers a chance to vote for one of four special deals. What’s being offered in the first week? Yep, a 360 core system for $100. Amazon’s XBox 360 page says: You must wait until Thursday and buy via the Amazon Customers Vote Page in order to receive the discount. Thanks Tweaq and CrunchGear for the details.

The premise of Amazing Refund is that Amazon has an unadvertised 30-day price drop policy. If the price drops on an item you’ve bought from Amazon within 30 days of purchase, they’ll refund the difference.

Amazon’s price drop policy has been widely reported in the blogosphere. Blueprint for Financial Prosperity’s article in May 2005 was made popular through Digg. A flood of blog writeups followed including on Businesspundit, Fivecentnickel, lifehacker, creationbot and lifehack.

A helpful hint courtesy of hardtofind800numbers.com and lifehacker:

• Customer Service: 1-800-201-7575
• Seller Support: 1-877-251-0696
• Rebate status: 1-866-348-2492
• International Call: 1-206-266-2992

You can also use Amazon.com’s Call Me button to have Amazon.com call you directly.

Business Pundit writes about the Amazon Price Drop Policy…

Mario pointed out to me that Amazon has a price drop policy that is pretty nice from a customer’s perspective. Did you know that if the price on something you buy drops, within 30 days of your purchase date, Amazon.com…

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