October 4 Amazon board: ramen at its lowest recorded price since 2012, plus five more floors

This board covers September 27 through October 4, 2026, through 08:00 Pacific.

Grocery and personal care carried the week's deepest discounts, and one manufacturer promotion did most of the work. Procter & Gamble left a "Save $5 on orders $30+" code running across both the Old Spice and the Olay lines, and that code stacks with Subscribe & Save. Instant noodles produced the sharpest single drop: a case that had held between $21 and $23 for three months fell to $13.96 on Sunday morning. Pet food contributed one deep coupon, a 35% Subscribe & Save clip that returned a 24-can case of wet cat food to its 2022 floor. Electronics, kitchen, and outdoor produced nothing that cleared the board; the week's busiest threads in those categories ran at Woot, Newegg, Target, and Walmart, with no stackable Amazon coupon behind them.

Amazon's own deals pages still render no countable list of the week's Lightning Deals, so this weather describes the threads and listings that were readable, and nothing further.

Six listings made the board. On each of them the stacked cost lands below the lowest Amazon-sold price the tracker has ever logged for that listing, and each clears 25% off its reference price. Five of the six shelf prices are themselves at or below that record. Four of the six come from the Old Spice and Olay lines.

Only one of them arrives with a crowd behind it. The Nongshim thread held 123 votes on Sunday morning, while every other pick sat in single digits. Cashback adds nothing to this week's math: Rakuten's Amazon store page returns a 404, and TopCashback's Amazon page is limited to Amazon Devices, so no portal rate applies to groceries, personal care, or pet food. The chains below stop at the coupon and Subscribe & Save.

$13.96 is the lowest price the tracker has recorded for this listing since it began watching in 2012, and it was logged today. 2 The price had held between $21.15 and $23.15 since July, so Sunday's step is a real break rather than a return to a familiar level. The listing carries 4.7 stars across 21,078 ratings, and the deal thread drew 123 votes. 13 One caveat sits underneath: the tracker still shows a third-party offer at $7.91 from May 2013. 2

Should you buy? High confidence. Five percent is a thin stack, and the floor underneath it carries the whole case. The 40-pack at $27.90 is the alternative; it costs more per pack and earns no Subscribe & Save discount. 1

The 35% clip on this listing only appears once Subscribe & Save is selected, and it lands on a shelf price of $23.76 — the same figure the tracker logged as this listing's record on April 1, 2022. 4 The case holds 4.5 stars across 1,249 ratings. 14 The tracker has never recorded a third-party price below $25.62, so $14.25 is under every price this listing has carried. 4

Should you buy? High confidence. The deepest stack on the board, on a price that had not been seen in four years. The alternative is a 12-can half case if 24 cans outlasts your cat's interest.

This listing's shelf price sat at $23.94 from July until this week, then dropped straight to $12.99 on October 4. 6 The 10% clip stacks with 5% Subscribe & Save, and the landed $11.04 comes in under the $12.44 the tracker recorded as the listing's all-time low in November 2016. 6 The listing carries 4.6 stars across 9,353 ratings. 15

Should you buy? Coin-flip. A shelf price that halves in one step can mean a listing change as easily as a promotion, and the two bottles arrive together. If you are already down to the last tube, the price is the best this listing has printed; if you are not, wait for a step you can verify twice.

Each bottle is listed at $13.98 and sells at $9.91. 8 The tracker's lowest figure for this listing is $10.44, logged June 20, 2026, so the shelf price alone is a new low. 8 The $5 code needs a $30 order, which four bottles satisfy at $39.64 before the discount. The listing holds 4.6 stars across 12,635 ratings. 16

Should you buy? High confidence. $8.17 a bottle for a 20-ounce pump is the lowest rate this listing has offered. The alternative is two bottles without the code, which clears $30 only if you add something else.

$16.78 is the lowest price the tracker has recorded for this listing, first seen June 20, 2026, and the shelf price is back at it. 10 On top of that, the checkout coupon takes 15% and Subscribe & Save takes another 5%, for $13.42. 9 The listing holds 4.5 stars across 3,342 ratings. 17

Should you buy? Coin-flip. The 15% coupon is tied to a first Subscribe & Save order, and a three-pack is four to six months of deodorant. If you go through a stick a month, the rate is worth locking; otherwise the three-pack just moves the purchase forward.

Every figure the tracker has logged for this listing sits at or above $10.47, and $7.85 a bottle is below all of them. 12 The "Save $5 on orders $30+" code applies once the four-bottle order clears $31.40, and 5% Subscribe & Save follows, for $6.21 a bottle. 11 The listing holds 4.7 stars across 1,434 ratings. 18

Should you buy? High confidence. The shelf price is already below the record before any code is applied, which is the rare part. The alternative is two bottles at $7.85 and skipping the code, since a two-bottle order lands under $30.

Two more listings sat at their own floors under the same code this week and belong to the same decision rather than a separate one: the Cardamom & Amber Wood 20 oz body wash at $8.18, which matches its all-time low, and the Fiji 2.6 oz three-pack at $13.99, which matches its low from October 2025. 1920

Seventh Generation Free & Clear dishwasher packs, 72 count (B01MECSGOU) dropped to a $16.67 shelf price that is below everything the tracker logged over the past three months, and 5% Subscribe & Save takes it to $15.84. 2122 Amazon itself sold the same case at $14.70 on June 23, 2026, and the stacked $15.84 sits above that older figure. Skip.

Huggies Simply Clean baby wipes, 2 × 704 count (B08QRKY3NJ) reached $24.48 for two, about $12.24 a pack, which would undercut the listing's $13.12 record. 23 The $15.86 shelf price underneath that stack is the level this listing sits at between spikes, so the offer rests on an everyday price. Skip.

Arm & Hammer Sensitive Skin liquid laundry detergent, 170 oz (B0F7RMPWR7) stacked a coupon, a 10% clip, and 5% Subscribe & Save down to $9.42, which is 24.5% off the reference price — under this board's 25% gate. 2425 Skip.

Garnier Fructis Pure Clean shampoo, 2 × 12.5 oz (B01N97PCBH) reached $2.29 a bottle with a $3-off-two code and 5% Subscribe & Save, a rate below the listing's own record. 26 The $3.99 shelf price it rests on is the price the listing has carried all summer. Skip.

Energizer 3V lithium coin batteries, 4-pack (B07G8DRRCD) reached $3.75 with a $1 clip and 5% Subscribe & Save against a $4.39 tracker low from September 2025. 2728 Skip.

Campbell's Chunky Sirloin Burger soup, case of 8 (B0B81RM16F) printed a fresh floor at a $13.73 shelf price, and the thread reports a further multi-buy discount that takes two cases to $12.35. 2930 The listing page carries no such promotion, so that $12.35 cannot be checked at the source. Skip.

A near miss moves onto the board when the shelf price itself reaches a figure the tracker has not logged for that listing and a second discount lands on top of it. Seventh Generation is one older record away; Huggies and Garnier need their shelf prices to break below the levels they keep returning to. The two coin-flips are already on the board, and what moves them up is a second, later sighting of the same price rather than a single morning's drop.