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Re: Amazon without the knockoffs

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Post by samspot » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 5:26 PM UTC

mrweasel wrote: post #79

mikert89 wrote: post #67

I stopped buying from amazon unless its a known brand, anything random I am just buying from costco instead. Had enough of the trash, or used product i keep getting from amazon

The fact that Amazon doesn't care enough to implement this filter themselves is a strong indicator to just not buy of the site. Amazon doesn't give a shit if you're being hustled. If they have to issue a refund, that's the sellers problem, in all other cases they make money. There is so much junk of Amazon that's just not worth it. The only reason I ever shop at Amazon is if I truly cannot get the item elsewhere. The…

The no hassle returns from Amazon mitigate everything. I recently bought direct from someone and had to return because they didn't send the advertised item. I had to pay return shipping and a restocking fee, costing me $40 and a lot of my time. I tried to work it out with the seller not realizing that I only had 30 days to dispute with Paypal, so I was screwed there. My overwhelming takeaway was I should have bought from Amazon. (and, if you use paypal open a case with them asap instead of talking to the seller first).

I don't particularly like Amazon and would like to shop somewhere else, but it is sooooo convenient that it's hard to quit.

Re: Amazon without the knockoffs

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Post by otikik » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC

ssl-3 wrote: post #265

otikik wrote: post #260

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He says it right after returning from the store. Like "I bought this bag of 12 tortillas, I only need one for this burrito, obviously I would be using the rest for other things".

Sure. Tortillas can indeed last for quite a long time without any particular extra effort. Those 11 unused tortillas account for $4.39. We'll take that off of the total. The cost of the singular burrito has now been reduced to ~$30, which still seems rather expensive.

I'm not going to do the whole split here. If you want, watch the video. If you don't want to, just take my word for it that there's plenty of leftovers besides the tortillas.

Re: Amazon without the knockoffs

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Post by chris-mosley » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 3:47 PM UTC

therealdrag0 wrote: post #223

chris-mosley wrote: post #209

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ha, oh yeah USB chargers was a huge pain. Something I've actually found I do is I just leave the addon in debug mode all the time. It's more verbose about what it's doing but it also highlights instead of hides listing. Which I've found I really like. So I think I'm actually going to make that into a feature, highlighting vs hiding.

Yes, that feature was my very first though.

And now that feature has shipped! I plan to add custom colors at some point but it's definitely low priority.