A small Charlotte-based company says Amazon jacked up the suggested retail price for its product on Prime Day, Amazon’s annual sales event, to mislead consumers into thinking that they are getting a discount.
Remodeez is a start-up specializing in non-toxic foot deodorizers and other odor stoppers. Jason Jacobs, the founder, told Fox Business that he’s had an agreement with Amazon since 2015 fixing the suggested retail price on his products at $9.99.
He was shocked to discover that Amazon nearly doubled the price on Prime Day, Fox Business reported.
“They showed the product at $15.42 and then x-ed it out to put ‘$9.99 for Amazon Prime Day. And on the final day, the price was like $18.44,” Jacobs said.
“So, we put a support ticket in right away and I rallied some friends through social media to go to their complaint board and complain,” he added.
