Add to cart to see price?

[Fishboysmom]

Do anyone else hate this?

It seems like more and more places are making you add stuff to your cart if you want to see the price.

Drives me nuts.

[Stowasser]

Do anyone else hate this?

It seems like more and more places are making you add stuff to your cart if you want to see the price.

Drives me nuts.

Yes that is so annoying, just show us the price already! LOL

[nat1jen]

It makes me want to buy the item from another merchant.

[spendthrift-y]

I don't care for this practice either. The purpose of it is (supposedly) to keep the price off the search engines. If the price isn't listed except in the card the search engine can't 'spider' down and find it.

 

I still say it's annoying but it doesn't make me any more likely to buy something. I am perfectly happy to click the delete button or "update" the quantity back to 0.

[smangham]

The purpose of it is (supposedly) to keep the price off the search engines. If the price isn't listed except in the card the search engine can't 'spider' down and find it.

I always wondered why they would do it...thanks!

[adewrell]

They do that because companies (Nintendo, iPod, etc) don't allow vendors (Best Buy, WalMart, etc) to advertise their items at prices below standard. The vendor can sell them at a loss, but they can't "advertise" that they are doing so.

 

If the price says "Add to Cart to See Price", then they haven't advertised it. Does that make sense?

Edited February 8, 2008 by adewrell
clarification