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  • OT - Really Bizarre Home Depot Online Price Issue

    From DerbyDad03@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 30 10:31:28 2021
    OK...this one is really bizarre.

    I have an iPad3, an iPad8, a Win10 PC and an Android smartphone.

    The following link (yes, I included the entire link on purpose) shows a
    Ryobi blower attachment priced at $69.97 on the iPad8, PC and
    smartphone.

    However, on the iPad3, that exact same link shows the price as $7997!
    No, I did not accidently leave out the decimal point. The price shown
    on the iPad3 is almost $8K.

    Here's a picture of my iPad3 screen:

    https://i.imgur.com/7gBqvRX.jpg

    I emailed the link from my iPad3 to myself and opened it on the other
    devices to make sure that the link was the exact link. I even copied the
    link from my PC showing the $69.97 price to myself and opened it on
    the iPad3. $7997. Every time.

    My guess is that the HD system has to send a different page to the
    older IOS device and that the price on the page is wrong and formatted
    in such a way that it will not display correctly. e.g. $79.97 and can't display the decimal point.

    https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-Expand-It-140-MPH-475-CFM-Universal-Axial-Blower-Attachment-RYAXA22/207132447?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&&mtc=Shopping-B-F_D28I-G-D28I-028_032_PORTABLE-NA-NA-NA-SMART-NA-NA-SMART_SHP&cm_mmc=Shopping-B-F_D28I-G-D28I-
    028_032_PORTABLE-NA-NA-NA-SMART-NA-NA-SMART_SHP-71700000080837630-58700006820161822-92700061594993332&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwNWKBhDAARIsAJ8Hkhfrl8suyD6Ca8E5C3OX2OJPwzmW-OuFxGkBM4cOyAf55yjRWZeXExsaAq-aEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

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  • From Eli the Bearded@21:1/5 to teamarrows@eznet.net on Thu Sep 30 17:59:19 2021
    In rec.woodworking, DerbyDad03 <teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote:
    I have an iPad3, an iPad8, a Win10 PC and an Android smartphone.

    The following link (yes, I included the entire link on purpose) shows a
    Ryobi blower attachment priced at $69.97 on the iPad8, PC and
    smartphone.

    Shows as $69(97) with no decimal place, but the $ and 97 show as a
    superscript for me in Linux Firefox.

    However, on the iPad3, that exact same link shows the price as $7997!
    No, I did not accidently leave out the decimal point. The price shown
    on the iPad3 is almost $8K.
    https://i.imgur.com/7gBqvRX.jpg

    The really odd thing about that is the 69 turning to 79. I bet it would actually charge you about 80 dollars instead of about 70 dollars.

    My guess is that the HD system has to send a different page to the
    older IOS device and that the price on the page is wrong and formatted
    in such a way that it will not display correctly. e.g. $79.97 and can't display the decimal point.

    Are you actually seeing a decimal point in other browsers? Or is the
    cent part in a smaller font?

    In the code it looks roughly like this:

    <div class="price-format__large price-format__main-price">
    <span class="price-format__large-symbols">$</span>
    <span>69</span>
    <span class="price-format__large-symbols">97</span>
    </div>

    So if the style for price-format__large-symbols were broken, everything
    would show at the same size, which is what I see in your screenshot.
    All that remains unexplained is the ten buck surcharge for shopping
    with an older ipad.

    Elijah
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    Home Depot really wants prices to resemble their in-store labels

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  • From DerbyDad03@21:1/5 to Eli the Bearded on Thu Sep 30 12:14:57 2021
    On Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 1:59:23 PM UTC-4, Eli the Bearded wrote:
    In rec.woodworking, DerbyDad03 <teama...@eznet.net> wrote:
    I have an iPad3, an iPad8, a Win10 PC and an Android smartphone.

    The following link (yes, I included the entire link on purpose) shows a Ryobi blower attachment priced at $69.97 on the iPad8, PC and
    smartphone.
    Shows as $69(97) with no decimal place, but the $ and 97 show as a superscript for me in Linux Firefox.
    However, on the iPad3, that exact same link shows the price as $7997!
    No, I did not accidently leave out the decimal point. The price shown
    on the iPad3 is almost $8K.
    https://i.imgur.com/7gBqvRX.jpg

    The really odd thing about that is the 69 turning to 79. I bet it would actually charge you about 80 dollars instead of about 70 dollars.
    My guess is that the HD system has to send a different page to the
    older IOS device and that the price on the page is wrong and formatted
    in such a way that it will not display correctly. e.g. $79.97 and can't display the decimal point.
    Are you actually seeing a decimal point in other browsers? Or is the
    cent part in a smaller font?

    You are correct sir..no decimal point.

    Super script $ and 97.


    In the code it looks roughly like this:

    <div class="price-format__large price-format__main-price">
    <span class="price-format__large-symbols">$</span>
    <span>69</span>
    <span class="price-format__large-symbols">97</span>
    </div>

    So if the style for price-format__large-symbols were broken, everything
    would show at the same size, which is what I see in your screenshot.
    All that remains unexplained is the ten buck surcharge for shopping
    with an older ipad.


    That would explain the explainable part and leave the unexplainable part unexplained. ;-)

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