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They've got a long way to go to, but are building a formidable counter to Amazons grocery play.
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They knowingly sell bad products and when you return enough of them, they'll close your account. I'd say that's some pretty bad mistreatment for their Prime customers.
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http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/mar/18/banned-by-amazo...
Digital wal mart is coming for our grocery stores.
So, you mean like how Walmart already is?
Most grocery stores have their own brands, even the small to medium regional stores. So this should not come as a surprise that a large store will develop its own brand. What I do want to see is the packaging. Most items are meant to be sat on shelves, and displayed to the consumers. But Amazon items won't need to sit on store shelves (just distribution centers) and don't need the packaging to sell themselves. Will A…
As a kid, the grocery store's generic brand came in yellow boxes with black letter that stated what was in the box (e.g. "Corn Flakes"). There were no other markings. I can't see Amazon letting a cereal box sit in front of someone while they eat and not try to sell them a Kindle.
This should surprise no one. Do you purchase things? Amazon's goal is to sell you them. Then, after it figures out how you buy them, they'll work their way up and down the supply chain to improve their margins. Done. Disclaimer: Former Amazon employee
I've inadvertently purchased a lot of low quality junk from Amazon lately propped up by fake reviews and shady third-party dealers peddling counterfeit goods. If they want to sell me vitamins and food, they need to fix their brand. Are they a supermarket that is in control what they sell, or are they a back-alley bazaar that's strictly buyer-beware?
Yes, Amazon is good for books and electronics, but I'm getting really tired of low quality household goods. I don't even know if the reviews are fake, or if people are just uncritical and give five stars for junk.
In my mind Amazon's consumer experience has been going downhill over the last 2 years. Prime is not nearly what it used to be, shipping times have been slipping greatly and as you say, there are a lot of low quality goods. Even their prices anymore are questionable. I used to simply order a product knowing that even if it wasn't the lowest price out there it would ship quickly and the price would be comparable enough to choose convenience over another store. That's not the case anymore.
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Unfortunately now you can't even dodge this by making sure the things you buy are sold by Amazon. They deem many products to be interchangeable so they will take "Fulfilled by Amazon" stock and commingle it with stuff from third-party sellers. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=2... I use Amazon a lot but I do not trust them at all.
I'm not sure you really understand how commingle works? If you have something with a UPC code, say the DVD Back to the Future, the latest edition... it will get put on the same shelf as other people with the same identical product, with the same identical UPC. They aren't just dumping all DVDs in a big pile and picking out a random one.. its for literally identical products. Does someone pirate DVDs and put the prope…
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Unfortunately now you can't even dodge this by making sure the things you buy are sold by Amazon. They deem many products to be interchangeable so they will take "Fulfilled by Amazon" stock and commingle it with stuff from third-party sellers. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=2... I use Amazon a lot but I do not trust them at all.
I'm not sure you really understand how commingle works? If you have something with a UPC code, say the DVD Back to the Future, the latest edition... it will get put on the same shelf as other people with the same identical product, with the same identical UPC. They aren't just dumping all DVDs in a big pile and picking out a random one.. its for literally identical products. Does someone pirate DVDs and put the prope…
Yes. That's called counterfeiting.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/04/30/counterfeit-si...
And by the way yes, I understand how commingling works, and Amazon says they will not do it with DVDs. I understand that Amazon says they can trace who provided the goods I receive. That protects Amazon. It does not protect me.
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I'm not sure you really understand how commingle works? If you have something with a UPC code, say the DVD Back to the Future, the latest edition... it will get put on the same shelf as other people with the same identical product, with the same identical UPC. They aren't just dumping all DVDs in a big pile and picking out a random one.. its for literally identical products. Does someone pirate DVDs and put the prope…
"Does someone pirate DVDs and put the proper UPC on them?" Yes. That's called counterfeiting. http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/04/30/counterfeit-si... And by the way yes, I understand how commingling works, and Amazon says they will not do it with DVDs. I understand that Amazon says they can trace who provided the goods I receive. That protects Amazon. It does not protect me.
"[You can file a claim when] the item you received was damaged, defective, or materially different from the item represented on the product detail page."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=5...
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They knowingly sell bad products and when you return enough of them, they'll close your account. I'd say that's some pretty bad mistreatment for their Prime customers.
You've made that comment twice on this page with nothing backing it up.