The Fake Deal Index · week of Oct 26
18% of this week’s “deals” weren’t real.
We scanned 1,687 advertised Amazon deals for week of Oct 26. 307 weren’t meaningfully below their usual price.
Week over week
Fakest categories this week
Furniture47% fake
Toys & Games32% fake
Office26% fake
Beauty25% fake
Health22% fake
Computers19% fake
Home & Kitchen15% fake
Pet Supplies15% fake
Electronics14% fake
Tools11% fake
Video Games9% fake
Sports & Outdoors1% fake
Shoes & Apparel1% fake
Busted this week
- Moleskine Notebook, XXL, Ruled, Black, Hard Cover (8.5 x 11) — $24 is basically its everyday $22
- BAYKA Wall Mounted Black Floating Shelves For Wall (Set of 4, 1… — $25 is basically its everyday $22
- LG gram Pro 17-inch Lightweight Laptop Computer, Intel Evo Edit… — $3,057 is basically its everyday $2,744
- Healthy Breeds Pug Grooming Wipes 70 Count — $16 is basically its everyday $15
- Teacher Created Resources Fun Size Teal Better Than Paper Bulle… — $14 is basically its everyday $13
How this is measured
- Sample: 1,687 advertised Amazon deals this week, stratified across 13 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: our own price research — the figure can’t be bought.
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