The Fake Deal Index · week of Jul 13
22%
of this week’s “deals” weren’t real.
We scanned 1,650 advertised Amazon deals for week of Jul 13. 359 weren’t meaningfully below their usual price.
Week over week
Fakest categories this week
Computers43% fake
Electronics33% fake
Office28% fake
Toys & Games27% fake
Pet Supplies25% fake
Tools21% fake
Beauty17% fake
Home & Kitchen15% fake
Sports & Outdoors11% fake
Health11% fake
Video Games9% fake
Busted this week
- Kensington EQ Privacy Screens Filter for 15.6 inch 16:10 Laptop… — $23 is basically its everyday $20
- SPORTEX SAV Men's E4220 Blue Light Reading Glasses - Flexible, … — $28 is basically its everyday $25
- Squishmallows Original “Beetlejuice” 10in Bride Lydia Deetz - U… — $12 is basically its everyday $11
- Snap Circuits BRIC: Structures | Brick & Electronics Exploratio… — $40 is basically its everyday $36
- Pet Passion Breeze II - The Windbreaker, Water Resistant Pet Ra… — $24 is basically its everyday $22
How this is measured
- Sample: 1,650 advertised Amazon deals this week, stratified across 11 categories (scanned per-category, then pooled).
- “Busted” = today’s price is not meaningfully below the item’s usual (90-day) price — within 8% of it or higher, a “discount” off an inflated or invented “was”.
- Source: real Keepa price history — the figure can’t be bought.
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