email with false low price | Technical Issues

newinst_96 · 2026-01-09T19:42:31.709000Z

I recieved an email regarding items I had been viewing, not unusual, however the first item claimed the price had been reduced to £5 (from £149.99 !). This seemed too good to be true; I cliked the link and the price was exactly the same as previes; no reduction let alone down to £5. This could be a technical glitch, it could also be seen as false advertising trying to drive clicks to a seller's item. Does this kind of thing happen often? I haven't seen it before. I looked at reporting the seller, but a) none of the options were appropriate and b) it could be a technical glitch so don't, necessarily want to report a seller for false advertising if it was a glitch. I can't see anywhere else to report it. I did try the automated assistant; completely useless, just give standard response that have nothing to do with my query.

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