Why does Amazon tell me "Only 2 Left In Stock -- Order Soon!" ...

[ret5hd]

You order soon...You are the store!

(seen elsewhere)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. The impression of scarcity makes people more likely to buy immediately.

They want you to buy the thing before you have a chance to change your mind, even if they are ordering more themselves.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. You haven't seen that elsewhere? Old marketing trick forever done with signs and ads-- I'm always...

getting "order before they're gone" and "price only good until midnight" stuff.

And there's always the eternal "going out of business" sales.

[KT2000]

3. I want to know why

sometimes when I leave something in my cart and come back later, sometimes minutes later, the price has increased.

[sarge43]

4. Because they're betting you won't notice the increase and punch the button.

caveat emptor

[KT2000]

5. Ha! Well, I showed them!

I cancelled the order.

[sarge43]

6. Excellent. Shabby tricks should be called out.

[RobinA]

10. My Experience

is that they tell me if the price has increased or decreased when it's in my cart.

[csziggy]

7. I put stuff in my wish list and then the price goes down

I think if it is in your cart, they think you are committed and jack up the price. If it's in your wish list, they drop it to try to get you to buy it.

[KT2000]

8. thanks for the tip!!

[Dem2theMax]

9. I'm definitely going to try that! Thanks for posting this info.