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Post by tcmart14 »

CWIZO wrote: post #189
mtlmtlmtlmtl wrote: post #155

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It's barely even usable for buying Kindle books anymore. Half the time I get tricked into buying a book my Kindle doesn't support and I have to spend half an hour yelling at support to get my money back. Because they let you do the "buy and deliver to my kindle" thing even when your kindle is not supported. Then only when you grab your kindle to sync you learn the bad news.

This is very surprising to me. I've got a kindle from 2013 and never had any issue with unsupported books. Is yours super older or what?

There are some books that just straight up are not supported on kindles or only on Kindle fire editions. Looking it actually recently changed, but "Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces," you could buy in kindle format, but it would only work for the Kindle fire editions. Maybe it has gotten better, but I used to run into this a lot with textbooks. Would work on Kindle fires, but not paperwhite.

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Post by mrweasel »

belinder wrote: post #170

I would assume the person that made it doesn't speak english, and trusts whatever the LLM gave them

It has to be something like that, because why even bother using a LLM to create a title for a piece of furniture.

Side note: Amazon really needs to get around to fix the fact that their "search" can only find terms in titles and not in the descriptions or product meta data.

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Post by moolcool »

Reason077 wrote: post #245
moolcool wrote: post #132

Using Amazon for shopping is terrible, borderline unusable in 2024. They're hard to compete with because they're giant and have an amazing logistics network, but it also seems like there's a big vacuum in the market for an "everything store" that's actually good.

The worst thing for me is how the Amazon search algorithm seems to want to show you everything but the item you searched for. In many categories, even when explicitly searching for brand and model names, you’ll get dozens of off-brand substitutions and even random unrelated products appearing above it in the search results. Occasionally I’ve even noticed products that are available for sale (if you click on a direct…

Similarly, I think sponsored search results are unconscionable. Amazon is already taking a cut of every sale (which is obviously fine), but then they're also letting knock-off companies pay to show their product above the genuine article.

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Post by dangus »

jprete wrote: post #223
dangus wrote: post #222

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Sometimes curation just means higher prices. My local Best Buy curates electronics, but none of them are cheaper than the hundreds of additional brands you can find on Amazon. You can’t get a $50 WiFi 6 access point at Best Buy, but you can find that on Amazon. I think what you are describing is Walmart or Target but with filters applied to turn off third party sellers. As an aside, what’s interesting about Amazon is…

It's not about the price, it's about getting a more trustworthy device.

The amount of trust you need in a device varies based on what you’re buying.

There are a whole lot of products where saving cash easily trumps having a good brand standing behind it.

Phone cases are a classic example. Some of my recent purchases like a toilet paper holder or emergency ponchos are similar. Even clothing is getting to the point where name brands are barely more dependable than Amazon off-brand clothes that probably come from the same factories.

Sometimes “untrustworthy” brands go above and beyond mass market retail options, like the LED automotive lights that AutoZone won’t sell me.

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Post by dylan604 »

serf wrote: post #58
avalys wrote: post #54

Ah, FOPEAS, that distinguished brand of kitchen counter drawers renowned throughout the world.

Amazon, in general, is not the place to shop for "brands renowned throughout the world." Most of those folks stay off amazon, and If you're lucky enough to find such a brand on Amazon the chances that you receive a counterfeit version are pretty great. Although if I had an endless bag of money to burn it'd be fun to buy an Amazon Rolex [0] just to see how it's handled. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Rolex-Oyster-Perpetu…

Well, at least you can return your fake for free

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Post by nagarjuna981 »

Amazon is effective in promoting products based on user cookies. The price indeed fluctuates to compete with rivals. They often curate products that provide higher margins. Sometimes, it is challenging to determine the best product from reviews due to mixed experiences worldwide.

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Post by abeppu »

moolcool wrote: post #132

Using Amazon for shopping is terrible, borderline unusable in 2024. They're hard to compete with because they're giant and have an amazing logistics network, but it also seems like there's a big vacuum in the market for an "everything store" that's actually good.

> They're hard to compete with because they're giant and have an amazing logistics network

... and because they have terms that are actively anti-competitive, like if you sell there, you can't sell the same items anywhere else online for a lower price (even if the other venue has lower associated costs).

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Post by moolcool »

dylan604 wrote: post #229
silisili wrote: post #149

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I'd really like a more 'curated' or vetted everything store. I don't need to see 40 of the same exact item rebranded into various English horrors. Walmart seems most primed to do this, barring third party sales. Or Sears, if they ever had a miraculous turnaround to their old days.

If you're curated, you're not everything. If you want everything, well, expect everything.

You make a good and constructive point. A real everything store _should_ have both a "100w USB-C Power Adapter", and a "Long Life 100W USB C Premium Apple Android Galaxy Power Adapter US International iPad iPhone good luck LIFESTYLE".
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