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Amazon.com Pricing Scam? Price Goes Up After Book Put Into Wish List?

This could be my imagination.  I could be fooled by randomness.  I don't know.  Right now, I want answers. (UPDATE: In contact with Amazon.com people.  Will report my results.)I added Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment to my wish list.  It cost $37 at the time.A day or two later, the price had increased to $40.  I still didn't buy it.  A couple of days later, the price increased to $45.90.  After a week of the price remaining constant, I ordered the book.  This was on Friday.Today I went on Amazon, and see the book now costs $36.72.  I'm livid.  Friday's order was already  processed, so I can't cancel it.Do they have some sort of pricing algorithm that increases the costs of items placed in your wish list?  In other words: To get me interested, show me a lower price...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on February 09, 2009 (boomark / email).