Blog: Coconut shell sold on Amazon website for Rs 1,365; netizens not amused – Times of India

Online shopping has changed the way people buy products as just with a click you can get deliveries from local to international markets. Icing on the cake are those ‘heavy’ discounts that the

e-commerce

platforms offer. But, is this really the case for everyone?

Recently, a customer tried ordering natural

coconut shell cups

from e-commerce giant Amazon. Now, how much will you pay for a product like this? Whatever it may be, we bet you will not pay Rs 1,365. Yes, you read it correct. One of the sellers on

Amazon

was selling this ‘actual, real, coconut’ shell cup at Rs 1,365.

Seeing the price, Amazon user Mathew Thomas posted to

Twitter

asking help from Amazon to check who ‘this seller who is selling #Natural Coconut Shell Cup for Rs 1,365?’. “We buy coconut for 35 RS and in #Kerala we don’t pay. How natural can this be than the one that we buy?”, the aggrieved customer said.

He also shared a screenshot of the Amazon page in the Twitter post. Interestingly, coconut shell was listed with a price tag of Rs 3,000 on the page and was selling with a discount of Rs 1,635. The Amazon page is not functioning now.

Taking note of the incident, Amazon replied back and said “Thank you for flagging this to us. Please be informed that we’ve already escalated this to our concerned team internally for a review.”

Critically mocking the price, one of the Twitterati responded, “AMAZON BLOCKBUSTER DEAL ** (Limited Period offer. Grab it soon before the stock lasts ! )”.

“The original price of the coconut shell is ₹3000/- and Amazon is selling at a discounted price of ₹1365/- Don’t you think it’s a Greeeaaaaat deeaaal ???!!!!!”, said another user.

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this story in Kannada.