The $50,000 Betty Boop Bargain

We’re certainly not ones to judge others on how they spend their money, as we’ve all made our handful of questionable purchases at some point in time.

However once in a while we come across certain products that definitely catch our attention–in particular when searching through Shopping.com for “handbag“, as seen below.

While it’s debatable whether or not a $2,000 handbag can be defined as an outrageous purchase, I think most will agree that a pair of slippers, regardless if they were licensed and/or worn by Betty Boop herself, is not exactly a bargain at $50,000.

To those shoppers who thought they were in for a good deal though, imagine the reaction they had when they clicked through to the actual merchant’s site and saw that the slippers were just $5–effectively a  $49,995 discount.

These are the mistakes that too many merchants out there are making with their feeds, that is to say, showing up in irrelevant searches and listing incorrect prices.

Incidentally, an actual search for Betty Boop Slipper doesn’t yield this particular merchant at all.

Betty Boop herself would not approve.