The Fake Deal Index · week of Nov 9 · checked Nov 9
18% of this week’s “deals” weren’t real.
We scanned 1,711 advertised Amazon deals for week of Nov 9. 305 weren’t meaningfully below their usual price.
Week over week
Fakest categories this week
Computers47% fake
Furniture35% fake
Video Games33% fake
Office32% fake
Pet Supplies20% fake
Health19% fake
Tools16% fake
Electronics9% fake
Beauty9% fake
Home & Kitchen8% fake
Toys & Games7% fake
Sports & Outdoors3% fake
Shoes & Apparel1% fake
Busted this week
- STABILO coloured pencil, watercolour & wax crayon woody 3 in 1 — $26 is basically its everyday $23
- Markal 96962 Paint-Riter+ Oily Surface Liquid Paint Marker, Ver… — $50 is basically its everyday $46
- Leviton 20 Amp, 120 Volt, Decora Plus Rocker Pilot Light, Illum… — $17 is basically its everyday $15
- ECO PRODUCTS GreenStripe Clear Disposable Cold Cups, 16 oz, 100… — $197 is basically its everyday $178
- Nautica Boys' Short Sleeve Woven Button-Down Shirt, Signal AOP … — $15 is basically its everyday $14
How this is measured
- Sample: 1,711 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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