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Amazon Kind of Sucks and We’ve All Just Come to Accept It

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Re: Amazon Kind of Sucks and We’ve All Just Come to Accept It

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Post by n7c3c1 »

Can't believe this clickbait is at the top of HN. Look at the quality of analysis this guy gives.

>Amazon "Kind of sucks" >Amazon "has a world-class distribution system"

Which is it?

> I started looking around, comparing prices, and found that this is not unusual. Pretty much anything Amazon sells that is also sold at your local big box store costs much more.

Care to provide even just one example?

> I’m too lazy to figure out which page the first one pops up on, because I gave up on page 12. Even if you sort by Apple as the manufacturer, you get a bewildering array of crap that isn’t what you’re looking for. Walk into an Apple store or Best Buy and you can figure it out in seconds.

Too lazy? To sort through some results?

This article reads like a Facebook post.

Re: Amazon Kind of Sucks and We’ve All Just Come to Accept It

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Post by Washuu »

nulltype wrote: post #6
Washuu wrote: post #4

I have contacted Amazon several times to inform them about their Javascript that loads images from related/sponsored products. It causes Firefox to lock up and freeze with every image request because they are doing something that is out of the ordinary. I always tell them I would be glad to work with one of their teams to figure out the issue, but it just goes into some bin on their end to be forgotten about. Basical…

Does it cause Chrome to lock up?

It does not.

Re: Amazon Kind of Sucks and We’ve All Just Come to Accept It

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Post by jessriedel »

lincolnq wrote: post #3

Yes. I actually do accept this, and it's OK with me. Prime has saved me so much time -- and, arguably more valuable, attention -- obtaining objects I need. I literally do not care about the price difference between a $1 and a $5 roll of tape: as long as I don't need it sooner than 2 days from now, it's comin' on amazon, because the alternative is either searching online and actually thinking about it, or leaving my h…

Yep, it's so easy to spend 30 minutes all-told going to the store, so if you value your time at minimum wage you've already wasted the savings.

Still, the world would be better with a viable Amazon competitor, especially with tools that would let you search both simultaneously.

Re: Amazon Kind of Sucks and We’ve All Just Come to Accept It

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Post by andylei »

n7c3c1 wrote: post #21

Can't believe this clickbait is at the top of HN. Look at the quality of analysis this guy gives. >Amazon "Kind of sucks" >Amazon "has a world-class distribution system" Which is it? > I started looking around, comparing prices, and found that this is not unusual. Pretty much anything Amazon sells that is also sold at your local big box store costs much more. Care to provide even just one example? > I’m too lazy to f…

> Care to provide even just one example?

the tape

> Too lazy? To sort through some results?

yeah. too lazy to sort through 12 pages of results to find the lowest price, when a computer should do it for you in 1 second

Re: Amazon Kind of Sucks and We’ve All Just Come to Accept It

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Post by pgrote »

peckrob wrote: post #14
lincolnq wrote: post #3

Yes. I actually do accept this, and it's OK with me. Prime has saved me so much time -- and, arguably more valuable, attention -- obtaining objects I need. I literally do not care about the price difference between a $1 and a $5 roll of tape: as long as I don't need it sooner than 2 days from now, it's comin' on amazon, because the alternative is either searching online and actually thinking about it, or leaving my h…

Exactly. My time has a value and it is most definitely worth more than $4. If I need something but I don't need it right now , Amazon is the answer. Need a pack of sharpies? Yeah, they might be a few bucks cheaper at Walmart, but then I'd have to go to Walmart. That's an hour of my time wasted driving to the store, walking all over the place to get the sharpies, waiting in line for 15 minutes or struggling with the a…

... and that is if they have the Sharpies. There is no way to check the inventory at Walmart before you go, so you are left to hope it is there. Each time we go to Walmart there are a couple of items not on the shelf.

They are still struggling with it.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/retailwire/2015/08/23/is-walmart...

Re: Amazon Kind of Sucks and We’ve All Just Come to Accept It

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Post by jessriedel »

Folks in this thread may be interested in CamelCamelCamel

http://camelcamelcamel.com/

They let you set Amazon price watches. The browser/email interface works really well, with almost no mental overhead, and can save you significant money on items with volatile prices that you don't need immediately. I use it for collecting reference textbook, which I get at about 20% of the price if I bought them at a fixed time. (I'm not affiliated with them or anything, I just like it.)

Re: Amazon Kind of Sucks and We’ve All Just Come to Accept It

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Post by themetrician »

gjreda wrote: post #12

Conspiracy theory: Amazon's sorting is intentionally bad so that you have to look through other items you might purchase, much like grocery stores organize so that you have to work your way through them. I don't actually believe that, but I do find myself thinking of other things I've needed/wanted when browsing Amazon.

In your "conspiracy theory", who is Amazon conspiring with? Themselves?

Do you know what "conspiracy" means? Do you think a "conspiracy" can be achieved by fewer than two different parties?

Re: Amazon Kind of Sucks and We’ve All Just Come to Accept It

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Post by bsimpson »

andylei wrote: post #26
n7c3c1 wrote: post #21

Can't believe this clickbait is at the top of HN. Look at the quality of analysis this guy gives. >Amazon "Kind of sucks" >Amazon "has a world-class distribution system" Which is it? > I started looking around, comparing prices, and found that this is not unusual. Pretty much anything Amazon sells that is also sold at your local big box store costs much more. Care to provide even just one example? > I’m too lazy to f…

> Care to provide even just one example? the tape > Too lazy? To sort through some results? yeah. too lazy to sort through 12 pages of results to find the lowest price, when a computer should do it for you in 1 second

1s? You mean 50ms?
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