When Algorithms Go Bad

Some "deals" were never deals. Inflated was-prices, phantom discounts, urgency that isn't real. We pull the evidence, name the verdict, and file the case — screenshots unaltered, math shown.

Episodes

EP. 1 — The $8 brush Amazon called "68% off"
An e.l.f. nose contour brush listed at $8.00 with a strikethrough "Was: $24.68". The maker's own Canadian site sells it for CA$8 every day. Verdict: algorithmic error.