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Re: Amazon without the knockoffs

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Post by bluefirebrand »

ssl-3 wrote: post #190
bluefirebrand wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> For a person cooking for themselves who isn't inclined to eat the same thing for multiple days in short succession For this person: too fucking bad, that's life If you don't want to live that life then you should pay a premium for the privilege

Does that mean that folks are not free to complain about the price of a burrito at a restaurant? What's your end goal, here?

People can complain about whatever they want and Other People are free to tell them "your problems are trivial, quit whining"

My end goal is hopefully to give people some perspective that "I don't want to eat the same meal two or three nights in a row" is a ridiculously entitled, childish mentality and they should get over themselves

Re: Amazon without the knockoffs

#192

Post by dheera »

Cyberdog wrote: post #7
dheera wrote: post #4

Reality: A few years ago this would have been relevant. Most people can only afford the knockoffs now. My Chipotle meal cost $17 yesterday. It used to cost $8. The $9 difference is going to come out of my budget to buy authentic brands and buy local stuff. If you don't like it, make my Chipotle meal $8 again or double my salary, reduce my taxes, and don't pull random geopolitical shit that crashes the S&P500 every ot…

Make your burrito or bowl at home, and it'll cost $4 or less.

I have work to do. I'd probably get PIP if I did that every day.

Re: Amazon without the knockoffs

#193

Post by martin_a »

chris-mosley wrote: post #129
advisedwang wrote: post #46

This says it's using AmazonBrandFilter's list of brands. Why would we use/support this chrome extension instead of the upstream one [1] which is actually doing the important maintanance task? "Knockoff" seems to be literally describing itself. [1] https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/amazonbrandfilter/m...

AmazonBrandFilter dev here. Yeah. I don't know. I don't love that they're just ripping the list like that, I wouldn't mind as much if they at least helped contribute to the list. That is far and away the hardest part of this thing. But it is what it is, I'll be more peeved if they monetize it (which I'm unsure if they're doing). Maybe I should put one of those buy me a coffee links on the repo, I'd probably be better…

Thank you for your work! Just installed the plugin, hope it will ease the pain of finding things on Amazon. :-D

edit: lol. tried searching for USB C flex cables. WHOLE search result page is gone. Love it! :-D

Re: Amazon without the knockoffs

#194

Post by simonebrunozzi »

chris-mosley wrote: post #129
advisedwang wrote: post #46

This says it's using AmazonBrandFilter's list of brands. Why would we use/support this chrome extension instead of the upstream one [1] which is actually doing the important maintanance task? "Knockoff" seems to be literally describing itself. [1] https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/amazonbrandfilter/m...

AmazonBrandFilter dev here. Yeah. I don't know. I don't love that they're just ripping the list like that, I wouldn't mind as much if they at least helped contribute to the list. That is far and away the hardest part of this thing. But it is what it is, I'll be more peeved if they monetize it (which I'm unsure if they're doing). Maybe I should put one of those buy me a coffee links on the repo, I'd probably be better…

Thanks Chris, great work!

Re: Amazon without the knockoffs

#195

Post by dheera »

bluefirebrand wrote: post #10
dheera wrote: post #4

Reality: A few years ago this would have been relevant. Most people can only afford the knockoffs now. My Chipotle meal cost $17 yesterday. It used to cost $8. The $9 difference is going to come out of my budget to buy authentic brands and buy local stuff. If you don't like it, make my Chipotle meal $8 again or double my salary, reduce my taxes, and don't pull random geopolitical shit that crashes the S&P500 every ot…

You're not wrong. People are going to be on about "just cook at home" but the general point still is correct. Life has just become a lot more expensive. We need to realize that the cost of food at grocery stores has gone up a lot too.

Exactly. My point is the price of everything has gone up, and the authentic "original" brands are no longer affordable. The knockoffs are still affordable, and with them I'm doing great.

I have no incentive to change anything about my spending habits. If the "system" changes itself so that I have a ton more disposable cash lying around then sure I'll re-consider the authentic brands.

About the only situation I still buy authentic brands is if there's an electrical safety or lithium battery involved. But yeah, I'm not spending $52.99 on a nice-looking bike bell ([1] with shipping and taxes) when there's a $10 knockoff of it that looks exactly the same and works just as well.

Back in the days when the original was $5 and the knockoff was $1, I might be willing to pay for the original.

[1] https://us.knog.com/products/oi-luxe-bike-bell

Re: Amazon without the knockoffs

#196

Post by [deleted] »

bluefirebrand wrote: post #191
ssl-3 wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does that mean that folks are not free to complain about the price of a burrito at a restaurant? What's your end goal, here?

People can complain about whatever they want and Other People are free to tell them "your problems are trivial, quit whining" My end goal is hopefully to give people some perspective that "I don't want to eat the same meal two or three nights in a row" is a ridiculously entitled, childish mentality and they should get over themselves

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Re: Amazon without the knockoffs

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Post by jcranmer »

dheera wrote: post #4

Reality: A few years ago this would have been relevant. Most people can only afford the knockoffs now. My Chipotle meal cost $17 yesterday. It used to cost $8. The $9 difference is going to come out of my budget to buy authentic brands and buy local stuff. If you don't like it, make my Chipotle meal $8 again or double my salary, reduce my taxes, and don't pull random geopolitical shit that crashes the S&P500 every ot…

> My Chipotle meal cost $17 yesterday. It used to cost $8. [...] make my Chipotle meal $8 again or double my salary

I don't know what the date brackets are for your meal ranges there, but the largest component of the price increases in things like takeout meals over the past few years has in fact been wage increases for low-wage workers like the people making your Chipotle meal. In other words, it's more expensive because their salaries have doubled.

Re: Amazon without the knockoffs

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Post by panopticon »

resoluteteeth wrote: post #182
paxys wrote: post #85

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“Knockoffs” can be of many different types: - Coming from the same factory line with the same quality control, just rebranded (Costco famously does this a lot) - Factory seconds, goods with very minor defects (sometimes not even in the product itself but in the box etc) - Manufacturers copying specs and running illicit production lines without the company’s authorization - Complete knockoffs, where the external desig…

Also one very common subtype of the first option nowadays is that some company is just buying the exact same product from alibaba that you could buy from a random company on amazon or aliexpress, marking it up, and spending a few bucks on an internet presence and advertising to try to seem like a more legit company but doesn't really offer any more support or warranty than the brands that seem like a random combinati…

I get so many ads on Instagram for things that are available alibaba but with fancy packaging and a huge markup. This seems like an evolution of the drop shipping hustle.

Re: Amazon without the knockoffs

#199

Post by bberenberg »

chris-mosley wrote: post #129
advisedwang wrote: post #46

This says it's using AmazonBrandFilter's list of brands. Why would we use/support this chrome extension instead of the upstream one [1] which is actually doing the important maintanance task? "Knockoff" seems to be literally describing itself. [1] https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/amazonbrandfilter/m...

AmazonBrandFilter dev here. Yeah. I don't know. I don't love that they're just ripping the list like that, I wouldn't mind as much if they at least helped contribute to the list. That is far and away the hardest part of this thing. But it is what it is, I'll be more peeved if they monetize it (which I'm unsure if they're doing). Maybe I should put one of those buy me a coffee links on the repo, I'd probably be better…

Allow users to opt into you injecting referral links. If they opt in, when they land anywhere, you rewrite amazon links to your referral code. Costs users $0, it's opt-in, and you make money.

Re: Amazon without the knockoffs

#200

Post by thedrake »

chris-mosley wrote: post #156
thedrake wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you really the dev or just the person who signed up with this name? The profile was created 6 minutes before this post and the only one ever.

Yeah my buddy sent it to me. I don't usually visit ycombinator. I just created an account because I'm basking in my small amount of recognition. But if ya want some proof I'm about to update the filter list with a bunch of mosquito repellents in like 10 minutes :)

nice. So in a way it is great that it was released as it brought more attention. Also may of provided you a way to see a path forward on how to make it more available.

Are you really going to be upset that what you originally built would be built upon and potentially monetized? The money will allow more fuel to make it better and better (hopefully)

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