{ "predeclaredAt": "2026-09-13T12:34:26.035581+00:00", "title": "Exact-product offer checks in the US and UK", "selection": "Purposive convenience sample of two distinct product categories in two priority English-speaking markets. Not random or representative of retailers, products or countries.", "cases": [ { "market": "US", "currency": "USD", "product": "Sony WH-1000XM5", "variant": "Black, new, standard single-headphone package", "retailers": [ "Best Buy US", "Walmart US" ] }, { "market": "US", "currency": "USD", "product": "LEGO Botanicals Tiny Plants 10329", "variant": "New, one standard boxed set", "retailers": [ "LEGO US", "Target US" ] }, { "market": "UK", "currency": "GBP", "product": "Sony WH-1000XM5", "variant": "Black, new, standard single-headphone package", "retailers": [ "Currys UK", "Argos UK" ] }, { "market": "UK", "currency": "GBP", "product": "LEGO Botanicals Tiny Plants 10329", "variant": "New, one standard boxed set", "retailers": [ "LEGO UK", "John Lewis UK" ] } ], "method": [ "Predeclare selection before inspecting current target offers. Search may discover URLs but snippets do not establish current offers.", "Inspect public product pages and selected variant in the browser; no purchases, sign-ins, private address or location changes. Record default region or unknown destination.", "Retain unavailable, blocked and contradictory pages. At most one additional official retailer page per case if an original target is inaccessible; preserve original failure and reason.", "Record observation timestamp, source URL, product identity, variant, package quantity, currency, item price, seller, condition, stock, tax basis, membership, commercial model and shipping independently. Distinguish explicit page evidence from unknown fields.", "Rank normalized item prices only after mandatory comparability gates are verified. Shipping is separately free, a stated charge, or unknown; never zero by inference. No cross-currency ranking or landed-total claim.", "Missing gates prevent a fully verified winning-offer claim. One observation is not price history, a purchase test, a holiday discount or a marketwide lowest price. Report the actual results even when no winner can be verified." ], "observationCompleteAt": "2026-09-13T13:31:06Z", "observations": [ { "market": "UK", "retailer": "John Lewis UK", "url": "https://www.johnlewis.com/lego-botanicals-tiny-plants-flowers-set-for-adults-10329/p111388023", "model": "LEGO Botanicals Tiny Plants 10329", "sku": "73220402", "variant": "One 758-piece set; nine plant models are contents, not nine retail sets", "displayedItemPrice": 44.99, "currency": "GBP", "seller": "John Lewis product page; contractual offer seller not separately inspected", "stock": "Add to basket and collection timing shown; destination not selected or verified", "condition": "Not explicitly established in captured offer", "membership": "No membership requirement shown on primary amount; eligibility not fully checked", "taxBasis": "Not established for item; footer tax statement relates to insurance and is not used as product tax evidence", "commercialModel": "Full item price; price promise is not an automatic discount", "shipping": "Standard delivery 4.50 GBP, free above 50 GBP, 2–5 days; single 44.99 GBP item is below threshold. Collection free above 40 GBP is a separate method; destination eligibility not verified.", "returns": "Page describes unwanted-item return or exchange within 30 days; conditions remain relevant.", "status": "Incomplete offer checks; equal displayed item amounts do not establish equal eligible offers", "observedWindowUtc": "2026-09-13 13:29–13:31" }, { "market": "UK", "retailer": "LEGO UK", "url": "https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/tiny-plants-10329", "model": "LEGO Botanicals Tiny Plants 10329", "sku": "10329", "variant": "One 758-piece set; quantity 1, household limit 5; nine plant models are contents of one set", "displayedItemPrice": 44.99, "currency": "GBP", "seller": "Official LEGO UK shop; contractual seller not separately inspected", "stock": "Available now and Add to Bag; destination not selected", "condition": "Standard product page, no explicit new-condition statement captured", "membership": "360 optional Insiders points; no membership qualifier on primary amount, eligibility not fully checked", "taxBasis": "Not established", "commercialModel": "Full item price; optional rewards separate", "shipping": "Free delivery advertised above 50 GBP; one 44.99 GBP set does not meet that threshold. Actual charge and destination eligibility unknown. Delivery control did not reveal readable terms after necessary cookies accepted.", "status": "Incomplete offer checks; no fully verified winning-deal claim", "observedWindowUtc": "2026-09-13 13:29–13:31" }, { "market": "UK", "retailer": "Argos", "url": "https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2847319/", "observedWindowUtc": "2026-09-13 13:22–13:29", "model": "WH1000XM5B.CE7", "sku": "284/7319; EAN 4548736132580", "variant": "Black selected, quantity 1; carrying case, connection cable, USB cable, warranty card, reference guide; no charging adaptor", "displayedItemPrice": 229.99, "currency": "GBP", "seller": "Argos product page; contractual offer seller not separately established", "stock": "Postcode or town required; no destination entered. Add to trolley alone does not prove availability.", "condition": "Not explicitly established in captured offer; manufacturer 1 year guarantee displayed", "membership": "Primary price unqualified in visible page; one special offer indicated but readable terms not revealed", "taxBasis": "Not established in captured offer", "commercialModel": "Full 229.99 distinguished from financing from 9.23 per month, six-month credit and optional Argos Care 4.89 per month", "shipping": "Header advertises small item delivery 4.95 GBP, free over 100 GBP; product and destination eligibility unresolved. Delivery button did not reveal readable terms.", "returns": "Page excludes this product from its 30-Day Money Back Guarantee and states statutory rights are unaffected.", "status": "Incomplete offer checks, no fully verified winning-deal claim" }, { "market": "UK", "retailer": "Currys", "url": "https://www.currys.co.uk/products/sony-wh1000xm5-wireless-bluetooth-noisecancelling-headphones-black-10238756.html", "observedWindowUtc": "2026-09-13 12:35–12:39", "model": "Sony WH-1000XM5", "sku": "Product code 648867; URL 10238756", "variant": "Black selected", "displayedItemPrice": 229, "currency": "GBP", "seller": "Currys site; offer-specific seller/condition verification incomplete", "stock": "Add to basket shown; postcode availability not checked.", "condition": "Not explicitly established in captured main offer.", "membership": "No requirement displayed with primary price; eligibility not fully checked.", "taxBasis": "Not established in captured offer", "commercialModel": "Full amount 229 GBP distinguished from 36 payments of 9.28 GBP; optional accessories unchecked.", "shipping": "Page advertises free standard delivery over 40 GBP; destination eligibility unknown. Next day from 5.99 GBP is separate.", "status": "Incomplete offer checks; no fully verified winning-deal claim" }, { "market": "US", "retailer": "LEGO US", "url": "https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/tiny-plants-10329", "observedWindowUtc": "2026-09-13 13:14–13:17", "model": "LEGO Botanicals Tiny Plants 10329", "sku": "10329", "variant": "One standard 758-piece set; quantity selector 1; 9 assembled plant models are contents of one set, not 9 retail sets", "displayedItemPrice": 49.99, "currency": "USD", "seller": "Official LEGO Shop US; contractual seller identity not inspected", "stock": "Available now and Add to Bag displayed; household limit 3", "condition": "Standard product page; not explicitly labeled new in captured main text", "membership": "325 optional Insiders points displayed; no membership condition displayed on primary 49.99 amount, checkout eligibility not checked", "taxBasis": "Not established in captured offer", "commercialModel": "Full item price 49.99; optional reward points and other-product gifts kept separate", "shipping": "Advertised free shipping for orders over 35 USD with asterisk; destination eligibility and exclusions unresolved. Deliveries and Returns button did not reveal readable details after welcome notice dismissed.", "status": "Incomplete offer checks, no fully verified winning-deal claim" }, { "market": "US", "retailer": "Target US", "url": "https://www.target.com/p/-/A-89144288", "observedWindowUtc": "2026-09-13 13:20–13:23", "model": "LEGO Icons Tiny Plants 10329", "sku": "TCIN 89144288; UPC 673419387507; DPCI 204-00-0559", "variant": "One 758-piece set; builds 9 plants, not 9 retail sets", "displayedItemPrice": 39.99, "currency": "USD", "seller": "Target product page; no separate seller statement in captured offer", "stock": "Shipping arrival September 16 shown for default ZIP 85105; pickup unavailable, delivery check required", "condition": "Not explicitly established in captured offer", "membership": "No membership qualifier displayed beside item price; optional Target programs elsewhere, eligibility not fully checked", "taxBasis": "Not established in captured offer", "commercialModel": "Full item price; no instalment amount used", "shipping": "Ships free with exclusions, to default ZIP 85105. Exclusions and a user destination not established.", "status": "Incomplete offer checks, no fully verified winning-deal claim" }, { "market": "US", "retailer": "Best Buy", "url": "https://www.bestbuy.com/product/sony-wh1000xm5-wireless-noise-canceling-over-the-ear-headphones-black/6505727", "observedWindowUtc": "2026-09-13 12:35–12:39", "model": "WH1000XM5/B", "sku": "6505727", "variant": "Black", "displayedItemPrice": 298, "currency": "USD", "seller": "Best Buy explicitly displayed", "stock": "Pickup today at the default displayed Bangor store, with only one shown. Shipping arrival September 15; destination not selected or verified.", "condition": "Main offer not explicitly labelled new in captured text; lower price range combines New and Refurbished offers and is not comparable evidence.", "membership": "No membership requirement displayed with primary amount; eligibility not fully checked.", "taxBasis": "Not established in captured offer", "commercialModel": "Full amount 298 USD distinguished from four payments of 74.50 USD and optional trade-in or protection.", "shipping": "Shipping arrival shown; charge not captured, unknown.", "status": "Incomplete offer checks; no fully verified winning-deal claim" }, { "market": "US", "retailer": "Walmart US", "url": "https://www.walmart.com/ip/5447959172", "model": "Sony WH-1000XM5/BM", "sku": "5447959172", "variant": "Black; BM suffix and package equivalence to Best Buy B not established", "displayedItemPrice": 298, "currency": "USD", "seller": "No seller established for unavailable offer", "stock": "Explicitly out of stock; shipping out of stock, pickup and delivery not available", "condition": "Not established", "membership": "Not established; optional promotional services shown separately", "taxBasis": "Not established", "commercialModel": "Displayed online item amount; unavailable to purchase in captured state", "shipping": "Unknown; shipping option is out of stock", "status": "Unavailable; no comparable winning offer", "observedWindowUtc": "2026-09-13 13:29–13:31" } ], "scope": "Eight public listing snapshots, two products and two countries. No verified deal ranking, checkout test, extension benchmark or continuous price history.", "reuse": "The factual observation rows may be reused with their dates, sources and limitations. Cite Muchita AI and this field note. Retailer text, branding and images are not included in this reuse statement." }