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Re: Buckwheat Honey Sales; an observation.
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re: outlier pricing on Amazon

Hypothesis 1:  What Aaron said - the actual product is not what's described.
Hypothesis 2:  Someone got stuck with too much inventory and is selling at a loss either to raise immediate cash, free up space or reduce holding costs.
Hypothesis 3:  Selling as a loss-leader to drive brand recognition for other products on Amazon.
Hypothesis 4:  Selling as a loss-leader to drive links and to game the search engine optimization optimization products sold elsewhere.
Hypothesis 5:  Human or computer error.

The cynic in me says hypothesis 1 is most likely.  The realist says it's probably hypothesis 5.

If the price rises to near-market fairly soon, that would support 5.  If the product gets listed as sold-out quickly, that supports 2.  If the product takes longer to sell out but the reviewer ratings decline, that will support 1.

Curious to see how it turns out.

Mike Rossander

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