Went to order some cat treats and saw that I could get a 25% discount when I sign up for Amazon’s subscribe feature.

So I clicked on it and the total in my cart didn’t reflect a 25% discount.

When I went back to see what was up, I noticed that the discount went down to 5%.

Unclicking the box will show a 25% discount again…

UPDATE: A commenter mentioned that the text reads “up to 25%”, so I went to a different item, added it to my cart and got:

But clicking on that checkbox also brings it back down to 5%.

  • ShadowCatEXE@lemmy.worldEnglish
    163·
    9 months ago

    I mean, the top says “up to”, which technically means Amazon doesn’t even need to apply a discount. I would be more concerned if it said “save 25% today” and then dropped to “save 5% today.”

    • Showroom7561OPEnglish
      241·
      9 months ago

      But it’s not a slot machine. It’s not “click and see what discount you get”.

      And for what it’s worth, I went to a different item, added it to my cart, got the following:

      Clicked on it and it went to 5% 🤷‍♂️

      • nul@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Ok now I’m invested. What happened to up to? That’s supposed to be their excuse, that there’s some sacrificial lamb out there, which knocks a quarter of the price off for subscribers, this one just wasn’t it. Now you locate the rare holofoil “no up to” Amazon listing and you don’t get the 25%? Tyranny I say! We must overthrow! We demand up to 100% of the means of production!

        • Showroom7561OPEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          The one missing “up to” was the same product, but a different flavour.

          I feel like I’m in some weird a/b testing, but it looks super deceptive regardless.