You've only been sharing links that point to the main shared Amazon listings. To get a link that goes to a specific seller, you'd need to visit that seller's store and find the item there. That link will always take people to that seller instead of the current buy box, which is what happens with the links you've been sharing.
The only problem with that is that the current PLUS combo for $1159 is not listed on the listed seller's Storefront, and is fulfilled by Amazon, while the Prime overnight STANDARD Combo is an A to Z Guarantee ONLY, shipped and sold by the seller, not shipped by Amazon.
The deals you mentioned above are no longer available right now, but they might come back later. That means they also won't be listed in those stores.
Wow, that went quick. I picked up one more to keep as another spare for us.
I think that was my point, for the average Amazon customers, there's no way to nail this down so unless you're really good, you'll probably end up paying more. Much easier to go to eBay or Aliexpress where they don't do it like this. It's still a little confusing to me, why don't I run into the same issues when I buy other products on Amazon?
Because you're buying from sellers with much larger inventories, and the supply probably outweighs the current demand.
Does this include “fulfilled by Amazon” sales or just shipped from the 3rd party seller directly
if it's fulfilled by Amazon I'd think that's a good guarantee
You missed the point that the best deal price from Air Foto in the Buy Box was NOT listed on Air Foto's Storefront, as you erroneously said it would be, so there is no way for @mavic3usa, or me, or anyone else to provide a direct link to the actual offering at the specific price found to share it!
That has nothing to do with it. This is Amazon exploiting highly demanded items, and blatantly engaging in Bait and Switch, hiding the best deals, and actively promoting the very worst third party sellers by falsely claiming that all the A to Z Guarantee issues were Amazon's fault because Amazon fulfilled the order, which they clearly did not, because if they had, the very complaints listed and struck out under CRITICAL REVIEWS would not exist. So, Amazon is in bed with these scammy sellers, leading the innocent customers to the slaughter!
If the seller is shipping the item, even if Prime overnight, you are SCREWED! The only recourse is the A to Z Guarantee where restocking fees an apply and the seller can set ANY POLICY they want!
this is the important point: only consider products shipped by Amazon. That means they are fulfilled by Amazon and that is the only way you can be protected by Amazon's return and refund policy
I forgive you, but it's neither a trap nor nonsense. We just have differing opinions of Amazon. I don't trust them at all. You want to paint them in the best light, and assume that all problems are always the customer's fault, rather than deliberately created by Amazon because Amazon directly benefits from the bait and switch, and the so called "Buy Box" that Amazon creates, that prevents anyone from linking to a good deal, which is a deliberately created trap for the unwary and average unsophisticated buyer, who ends up paying a much higher price from a crooked third party seller, covered only by the worthless A to Z Guarantee, where the unscrupulous seller can freely charge 50-100% restocking fees, and get away with it, and then have the customer complaint deleted by Amazon!
