Some websites advertise your favorite beauty product at an outrageously low price, but they often seem to be out of stock, and you’ll have to wait weeks to get the product advertised.

Some sites sell you expired or outdated product versions and bury this fact in tiny
print on their hard-to-find terms of service page.

Sometimes you see a low price advertised on
an online shopping service, and when you
click the ad for that product you’re taken to a
totally different product. That wasn’t a
computer error, it was outright trickery.

Some sites offer what appears to be a site
wide discount to get your attention, but then
when you try to use it, you find it is not
available because there was a disclaimer in
the offer that said not all products are included.

Some sites offer a lower price in their advertisements for one size to get your attention, and then you find that the size you want is either not available or sold at a
non-competitive price.

Dynamic pricing is a sneaky strategy online merchants use to show different prices to different customers according to your location, your browsing and spending patterns and current demand for the product.

Other gimmicks involve charging more
money for shipping at checkout when
they know you’re less likely to cancel your
order.

Many sites offer one time savings to new
customers, then overcharge on reorders
since many existing customers don’t price
shop when reordering.
Don’t Let This Happen To You.