If someone needs a project, please develop an "Amazon Advertising AdBlocker". Their class names are fairly consistent.
If they are consistent you can probably use your ad blocker's element picker to selectively remove them.
Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads
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#272Their basic underlying assumption appears to be that they're no longer in danger of losing customers and can now act accordingly. Now that they've captured 50%+ of US ecommerce, they've also raised many prices, to the point where they're far from the cheapest price in many cases. A random example... the cat litter I just purchased is $17.89 at Amazon, $13.49 at Walmart. Last week I bought a chair mat for $21.95 on Eb…
Apologies in advance for the self-referential commentary: I've put down a long list of reasons for why I've cancelled prime after almost ten years of consistent use. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16937290 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17568320 If you-the-reader need good reasons to quit prime, I hope these help.
I am also not about to renew my Prime membership. You list gave me a lot of confidence.
But one of important benefit I use Prime for is Amazon Photos. Unlimited backup of your photos. When I look at other solutions such as Backblaze, they will all cost at least $50 a year.
Then another benefit I like is Prime Music. Which again is going to cost money if I get music subscription from Spotify or somewhere else. So when I add cost of these two benefits on their own, Prime becomes pretty good deal.
What's your opinion on these benefits?
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#273Their basic underlying assumption appears to be that they're no longer in danger of losing customers and can now act accordingly. Now that they've captured 50%+ of US ecommerce, they've also raised many prices, to the point where they're far from the cheapest price in many cases. A random example... the cat litter I just purchased is $17.89 at Amazon, $13.49 at Walmart. Last week I bought a chair mat for $21.95 on Eb…
It's sad that Amazon was perfect IMO years ago, and I assume was very profitable even then. But continuous changes, mostly after the introduction of Prime, have just drug the core product down. I still use Amazon for some items just because the selection is still the most outrageously huge, but I'll also go to Walmart, Monoprice, Newegg, etc. and the prices have generally been better there.
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#274Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am not a developer, but something like AdBlock or uBlock Origin should be able to at least highlight the "Sponsored" text to make it more prominent?
uBlock Origin appears to remove a lot of the sponsored results. Some sections like "our brands" or "expertly reviewed" may still appear above organic results.
I used the element picker, "##.acs-private-brands-container-background" seems to block the "Our brands" element.
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#275Earlier quoted context omitted.
I heard once that Mac users see slightly higher prices, but I've never been able to personally confirm that.
I thought that was for airplane tickets?
I've never heard it about airplane tickets. However, I will definitely look for that the next time I need to travel.
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#276Their basic underlying assumption appears to be that they're no longer in danger of losing customers and can now act accordingly. Now that they've captured 50%+ of US ecommerce, they've also raised many prices, to the point where they're far from the cheapest price in many cases. A random example... the cat litter I just purchased is $17.89 at Amazon, $13.49 at Walmart. Last week I bought a chair mat for $21.95 on Eb…
The one place where Walmart has Amazon crushed is a physical presence which drastically affects shipping. Instead of having to buy Prime to get 2 day free shipping, I can just shop at Walmart and anything I buy gets delivered to a local Walmart 5 minutes away for free so I can pick it up. Most of the time it's 2-3 days (sometimes same day if they have it locally). This bypasses the $25-35 minimum price rule for free…
I find it weird to say-
I'm excited to see what Walmart does in the next decade...
but seriously, Amazon has gotten big enough to be 'bad' to customers and get away with it. The moment I saw an item was Prime only, I realized I needed to shop at the competitors.
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#277I wonder if it would be cheaper for small-time sellers to cozy up to brick and mortar store representatives than it would be to fight for space on Amazon.
Does Amazon lose market share... back to brick and mortar?
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#278Has anyone compiled a list of alternatives to Amazon? I’m not expecting a one-stop-shop where I can buy everything like at Amazon. But a list of online retailers who are better than Amazon at specific categories of products. Because I’m at the point where I would rather pay a little extra and get quality products from a not evil company than continue shopping with Amazon.
Just looking at my recent purchases: Electronics - Newegg and Monoprice Board & Table Top Games - Miniature Market Pet Food - Chewy (owned by PetSmart now) Clothing - Depends on your style, but I tend to stick to Eddie Bauer and Duluth Trading Company for good quality, affordable clothes Comic trade paperbacks - InStockTrades Books - Barnes & Noble (new) and eBay (used) The big one I've still struggling to find a rep…
I recommend Nordstrom Rack for shoes.
Re: Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads
#279Their basic underlying assumption appears to be that they're no longer in danger of losing customers and can now act accordingly. Now that they've captured 50%+ of US ecommerce, they've also raised many prices, to the point where they're far from the cheapest price in many cases. A random example... the cat litter I just purchased is $17.89 at Amazon, $13.49 at Walmart. Last week I bought a chair mat for $21.95 on Eb…
Walmart has a history making suppliers cut costs to the point that quality has to drop. Often, suppliers will produce inferior goods for Walmart, and mark them the same as the high-quality goods they sell to other retailers. I've actually wondered how many of Amazon's "counterfeit" items are genuine Walmart-class products commingled with Macy's-class products in Amazon's warehouses.
Any isle I go in has multiple different pricing of similar products.
Offbrand, brand name, up-and-coming brand name, etc... Most have many different features and obvious differences in quality.
In my decade of shopping at walmart, the only thing that sucked were the offbrand crackers and a 5$ battery powered light.
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#280Their basic underlying assumption appears to be that they're no longer in danger of losing customers and can now act accordingly. Now that they've captured 50%+ of US ecommerce, they've also raised many prices, to the point where they're far from the cheapest price in many cases. A random example... the cat litter I just purchased is $17.89 at Amazon, $13.49 at Walmart. Last week I bought a chair mat for $21.95 on Eb…
not only can you see the price increases cross shopping but simply going back through your past orders. I have a few items I purchase regularly; some food items and bird food too; and the pricing changes seem at times random but they only consistently move up.
it has gotten so bad I do not automatically click the order again button. with regards to prime, you don't have to wait to cancel