Incorrect Stock Status Display for Third-Party Sellers for Amazon Canada

[fseto]

Describe the bug
AST incorrectly shows some items as being in stock when they are being sold by a third party for Amazon Canada.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Add an Amazon Canada product to AmazonStockTrackerProducts.json (e.g., B0BH4M6ZL9).
2. Relaunch AST.
3. Notice that the product is listed as "In-Stock."

Expected behavior
Products that are only available from third-party sellers should be displayed as "Out of Stock."

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11
• OS Language: English

[StevenJDH]

Hello @fseto, thank you for bringing this to my attention. I've looked into the issue, and other regional sites are also affected. This could be due to another code change by Amazon, but essentially, it seems that Amazon keeps a hidden section for themselves that becomes active when there is stock and when there other sellers with stock. I was hoping it was the scenario where a third-party was listed first because they had the cheaper option with amazon still there as an alternative option like we see here https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07Z8RXX6R, but no.

I've tagged this for the next milestone release, but I don't have any estimates at this time when this will be fixed.

[nigelg]

I came across a similar issue, as a temp solution I've changed the InStockPhrase for line 60 to ["amazon.co.uk"] = "id=\"add-to-cart-button\"",

[StevenJDH]

Thanks @nigelg, this will be helpful for anyone monitoring the thread. Just be aware that this will most likely trigger for any seller not just Amazon, which depending on the item could be overpriced.

I'm hoping to circle back to this project in the near future for fixes and to pave the way for future features. Your approach could be a nice opt in feature for example since third parties are sometimes the only seller for an item.

[nigelg]

I was looking for a way to alert me to Switch 2 stock in the UK, I ended up changing line 60 to ["amazon.co.uk"] = "Pre-order now",. I happily have my pre-order in now.

Great little app.