Amazon's "jump starter", "dash cam", "tyre inflator" and "car vacuum cleaner" results read on 24 October 2026: 106 listings, Rs. 209 to Rs. 33,249. Jump starters run Rs. 399 to Rs. 33,249 (median Rs. 5,339), dash cams Rs. 2,099 to Rs. 18,499, tyre inflators Rs. 209 to Rs. 5,799 and car vacuums Rs. 274 to Rs. 4,799. Seventeen listings carry a 99% badge, and on sixteen the stated MRP is exactly 100 times the price - Rs. 4,299 against Rs. 4,29,900 - which is a rupees-to-paise units error, not a price cut; four more state an MRP below their price. Three different products share the jump starter query: the Rs. 399 result is cables, the first real booster is Rs. 1,999. And across all four shelves the deepest badges sit on the thinnest review histories. Nothing was bought or fitted.

AJIO's "women kurta", "men sweatshirt" and "women handbag" results read on 24 October 2026: 186 listings under 166 distinct product names, prices Rs. 169 to Rs. 3,549, badges 6% to 89%. Twelve names are used by more than one listing, covering 32 of the 186. The largest is "AVAASA MIX N' MATCH Women Floral Print Straight Kurta", the title of six separate listings at Rs. 289, Rs. 305, Rs. 329, Rs. 341, Rs. 347 and Rs. 354. We checked: these are six visibly different garments, not one listed six times - so the finding is that the name does not identify the product. The badge does not order them either; the deepest (49%) sits on the Rs. 305 tile, not the Rs. 289 one. AJIO published no star rating on any of the 186 listings, so the photograph is the only thing that distinguishes them. Nothing was bought or worn.

Two marketplaces read on the same morning, 24 October 2026: 243 Flipkart fitness and flask listings, 186 AJIO kurta, sweatshirt and handbag listings. Both leave a shopper unable to tell two similar tiles apart, by opposite routes. On Flipkart the names are specific (233 distinct across 243) but the review counts repeat: 18 shared pools cover 47 of the 195 rated listings, the largest being five SLOVIC bands from Rs. 156 to Rs. 495 all showing 4.0 stars from 29,383 ratings. On AJIO no listing publishes a rating at all, and 12 names cover 32 listings — six different kurtas share one title at Rs. 289 to Rs. 354. Neither behaviour is improper: Flipkart's pools are variant grouping, and we verified AJIO's same-named tiles are genuinely different garments. On both sites the discount badge fails to sort the prices.

Amazon's "school bag", "laptop backpack" and "trolley school bag" results read on 24 October 2026: 70 listings, prices Rs. 210 to Rs. 3,609 (median Rs. 1,199), badges 10% to 86% (median 56%). Ranked by badge, the shelf comes out almost exactly in reverse price order - a rank correlation of 0.87. The deepest badge in the read, 86%, is a Rs. 499 bag; the shallowest, 10%, is the dearest bag at Rs. 3,609. The 19 listings badged 70%+ have a median price of Rs. 549; the 9 badged under 30% a median of Rs. 3,167. One bag reaches 70% off a Rs. 999 stated MRP - a Rs. 701 cut - while a 28% badge elsewhere hides a Rs. 1,281 one. Five listings share one product name and one rating count of 497. Nothing was bought or carried.

Myntra publishes coupon codes inside its own listing data, next to the "Best Price" each one produces. We parsed that payload on 24 October 2026, logged out, from India. Of the 50 listings the deals page served, 23 carried a code, across 8 codes: BFF50OFF, BFFSAVE, EXTRA50, SPECLCRT2, BASKETBONUS, HAIRRESET, MAKEUPSAVER and BEAUTYRUSH. They behave as flat rates - BFFSAVE took exactly 25% off all six of its listings, BFF50OFF exactly 50% off eight of its ten - and the name is not the rate: EXTRA50 took 10% and 13%. The useful finding is a gap: the % OFF badge on a tile stops at the list price and leaves the coupon out. A pencil badged "15% OFF" reaches Rs. 117 from a Rs. 275 MRP - 57% off. Nothing was bought and no code was applied at checkout.

Tata CLiQ's "blanket" and "cardigan" results read on 24 October 2026: 46 listings, prices Rs. 289 to Rs. 5,039 (median Rs. 1,216), badges 5% to 74% (median 50%). The badge sorts by house, not by product - Romee holds 73-74% across all three of its listings and Qurvii 67-71%, while Bianca badges exactly 5% on both of its and Monte Carlo 20-25%. The second finding is the review column: only 16 of the 46 listings carry any rating at all, with counts of 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 8, 11, 17 and 27 - a median of two and a maximum of 27. The two dearest listings in the read, both above Rs. 5,000, are unrated. Nothing was bought or slept under.

Every MakeMyTrip offers round-up counts the percentage off flights and hotels. Reading the full offer payload from makemytrip.com and its offers page on 24 October 2026 - 204 offer strings, logged out, from India, nothing booked - there is a second set nobody lists. Eight offers on the things attached to a trip: in-flight meals at up to 20% lower prices, up to Rs. 7,500 cashback on forex, train ticket cancellation at Rs. 0, outstation cabs from Rs. 10/km with up to Rs. 500 off, up to Rs. 5,000 back if a cab delay makes you miss a flight, up to Rs. 600 off for serving and retired Armed Forces personnel, up to Rs. 500 off trip changes with MMTBLACK, and free baggage on an Air Astana sale. Every one is an "up to" carrying MakeMyTrip's own asterisk, and this page says exactly what each card does not state. Nothing was booked.

Amazon's Prime page listed four buy buttons on 17 August 2026, but they cover three tiers: Prime Shopping Edition at Rs. 399 a year (struck from Rs. 499) with delivery and shopping benefits only, Prime Lite at Rs. 799 adding Prime Video with ads in 720p on one device, and full Prime - Rs. 299 monthly or Rs. 1,499 annually for the identical tier - with 4K video on five devices, Prime Music, Prime Reading and Amazon Luna. The delivery rows are the same on every tier; what the ladder sells is entertainment. The arithmetic that matters: monthly Prime held for a year costs Rs. 3,588 against the Rs. 1,499 annual bill, Lite to Prime is Rs. 700 a year for the jump to 4K and music, and Shopping Edition to Prime is Rs. 1,100. Amazon's page confirms upgrades run mid-membership one way up, ad-free video is a paid add-on for full Prime members only, and auto-renewal is managed at amazon.in/mc. Every row here was read from Amazon's own page, and what it does not state, we say so.

Vijay Sales' nutri blender, wet grinder and flour mill category pages read on 23 October 2026: 24 listings, Rs. 1,699 to Rs. 21,113, median badge 50%, and all 24 are seated below. Twenty-one state a wattage, and among the blenders a watt costs between Rs. 3.40 and Rs. 13.33 - a 3.9x spread where the tickets span only 2.7x. The cheapest watt and the dearest carry the identical 50% badge. Seven machines state 400W and sell from Rs. 1,999 to Rs. 3,299; two tiles for one portable blender are identical in every published field; and the three flour mills state the same 750W as a Rs. 3,499 blender at six times the rate - so we rank those separately. Watts are input power, not blending ability, and nothing here was plugged in.

Flipkart's "resistance band", "skipping rope", "gym gloves" and "vacuum flask" results read on 24 October 2026: 243 listings, 195 of them rated, badges from 4% to 92%. Forty-seven of the rated listings - 24.1% - display a star average and a rating count identical to at least one other listing, across 18 shared pools. The largest covers five SLOVIC resistance bands at Rs. 156, Rs. 217, Rs. 301, Rs. 375 and Rs. 495, all showing 4.0 stars from 29,383 ratings - a 3.17x price spread under one review history. It is not only cheap labels: MILTON shows 4.2 / 943 across two flask capacities, and NIVIA shows 4.0 / 178 on one glove listed at Rs. 326 and Rs. 409. This is ordinary variant grouping, not a fault - but it means the rating count cannot break a tie between two such tiles. Nothing was bought or trained with.

AJIO's spectacle frame results read on 23 October 2026: 42 listings, Rs. 300 to Rs. 6,663, median price Rs. 595, median badge 70%. One label, HASHTAG EYEWEAR, supplies 19 of the 42 - 45% of the shelf - at just three prices: Rs. 486, Rs. 498 and Rs. 595, a range of Rs. 109. Eight of its listings sell at exactly Rs. 595 under three different stated MRPs - Rs. 1,999, Rs. 1,499 and Rs. 999 - badged 70%, 60% and 40%, while the shopper pays Rs. 595 every time. Above Rs. 600 the badge changes character entirely: Vogue Eyewear runs 5% and 15%, GUESS runs 35-40%. AJIO publishes no rating on any of the 42 frames, so no card here carries a rating pill. Nothing was worn or fitted.

Bewakoof's Terms of Service, read in full on 23 October 2026 from India, set out what the company reserves the right to do to your order. It can cancel an order for its own pricing or typographical error "without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order)". It can limit or cancel quantities per person, per household or per order, and those limits may cover orders sharing a customer account, a credit card, or a billing or shipping address. It can refuse service to anyone for any reason, and a breach of the terms results in immediate termination. Prices change without notice and without liability. If an order is changed or cancelled, Bewakoof "may attempt" to notify you. There is also a generative-AI clause asking users to accept that output may be unreliable. Bewakoof Brands Private Limited, CIN U74999MH2011PTC220994, Bhiwandi, Thane. The separate Return Policy did not serve to us. Not legal advice.

A listing goes up at a price that looks too good, people order, and the orders get cancelled. The terms that allow this are published, and we read them on 23 October 2026 across eight Indian D2C brands plus Bewakoof. Four reserve the right to cancel an order over an incorrect price. Dot & Key may "refuse or cancel any orders placed" at its sole discretion; Libas may "either contact you for instructions or cancel your order"; Bewakoof can cancel "without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order)"; and Plum states the position most plainly of all - "We cannot confirm the price of a product until after you order." Mamaearth uses a softer disclaimer and four brands publish nothing matching. These clauses largely restate the ordinary contract position, every one turns on the word error, and none entitles a seller to keep your money. Nothing purchased; not legal advice.

Amazon's Diwali gifting results read on 23 October 2026: 38 listings, Rs. 45 to Rs. 1,499, median Rs. 499, median badge 41%. Eleven print an item count, and divided out one item in a hamper costs Rs. 44.50 to Rs. 158.75 - a 3.6x spread on boxes whose tickets differ by 1.4x. The deepest badge on the shelf, 92% against a stated Rs. 7,487, works out at Rs. 74.88 an item; a box badged 34% works out at Rs. 44.50. Nine listings print a weight instead, and those run Rs. 45.00 to Rs. 258.62 per 100g. Three results are empty gift boxes rather than gifts - named here and excluded from every figure. Nothing was bought, unwrapped or tasted.

Flipkart's "usb hub" results read on 23 October 2026: 35 hub, adapter and dock listings, Rs. 146 to Rs. 1,161, median price Rs. 229, median badge 75%. Nineteen state four slots and sell from Rs. 149 to Rs. 420 - a 2.8x spread across listings that describe themselves the same way. Three different brand names - AAMS, Mobixa and Boom - sit at exactly Rs. 226 against exactly Rs. 999, badged 77%, all three with no rating published, and two further Mobixa listings at Rs. 242 served the identical photograph under different names. Price per stated slot runs Rs. 37.20 to Rs. 199.80, and the deepest badge on the shelf, 89%, is on neither end. Nothing was bought or plugged in.