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Comment by Pikamander2

@streakolay - What's the reason for the checkout price changing at the last minute? I see several people mentioning that they were quoted $17 and then charged $33 (x2) or $50 (x3), but I don't see any replies explaining the reason or confirming that it's a bug.

Surely it's not an intentional bait-and-switch, right? That would be an extremely scummy anti-pattern; the cart price should always match the final checkout price aside from reasonable surcharges like tax and shipping that should be displayed as soon as the needed information is collected.

The fact that the mentioned higher amounts are almost perfectly double or triple the quoted amount makes it sound like some kind of error, like either a server-side bug or a user accidentally adding several copies to their cart without realizing it.

Can you please clarify the reason for the discrepancy?

parent Pikamander2 2 years ago

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