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Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by jonlucc » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 4:37 PM UTC

Spooky23 wrote: post #126

brainflake wrote: post #117

I think this is great! Some may complain about all of the branding in their house, but the branding is already there. You have packages of Tide, Bounty, Clorox, etc. You can just place these buttons where you store the products. I'd imagine a column of them stuck to the inside of a cabinet door.

Not me. I get my cat-litter tub of Arm & Hammer from BJ's for 20% of the cost of Tide.

But what if you could have an Arm & Hammer button, then? Edit: I missed the subtle joke, I think.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by baddox » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 4:37 PM UTC

dogma1138 wrote: post #159

kristofferR wrote: post #144

This makes me envious of you Americans. Here in Norway online shopping involves finding an online store that sells what you need (there's no site that sells everything, like Amazon, here), going through a cumbersome sign-up/payment process, paying a lot of money for the shipping costs, waiting several days and having to go to the post office unless the package is really small (or if you're willing to pay even more fo…

I'm pretty sure most Americans will give up amazon for free education, health care, paid maternity and paternity leave and the many other social benefits Norway provides to its nationals.

At this point in my life, I definitely wouldn't, but that might obviously change in the future.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by adeptus » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 4:38 PM UTC

So people have to authorize the purchase via their smartphones anyway, so why not just have a simple amazon app with the list of your frequent consumable purchases and have a 1 click shop button for what you need? That way you can order it even from work if you remember you are about to go out of laundry soap. Less e-waste waste.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by j2kun » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 4:39 PM UTC

What would be really great is if it could learn how often to order refills. Then I don't even have to think about buying essential goods at all, and it could optimize, e.g., how to package goods together to minimize the amount of wasted shipping costs.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by sleepyhead » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 4:39 PM UTC

A Swedish startup launched the same product last year: http://flic.io/

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by millerm » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 4:40 PM UTC

stephengoodwin wrote: post #140

Wait...this isn't an April Fools' joke?

That's what we're hoping at my office. Yikes.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by ilikemustard » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 4:40 PM UTC

afandian wrote: post #151

veeti wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> question your consumption habits "Maybe I can go without wiping my ass this time?"

"Maybe I'll give this new paper that has lower environmental impact a go this time."

What if I know what kind I like and don't want to change that? I don't see why you think it's such a bad idea for people who know what they like and want to make their lives easier with a little button. You don't have to get one, but don't try to make people who want one out to be mindless consumer drones.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by guipsp » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 4:41 PM UTC

baddox wrote: post #182

dogma1138 wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty sure most Americans will give up amazon for free education, health care, paid maternity and paternity leave and the many other social benefits Norway provides to its nationals.

At this point in my life, I definitely wouldn't, but that might obviously change in the future.

The statement "At this point in my life" doesn't make much sense unless you specify the point in your life you're at.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by esteer » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 4:42 PM UTC

kristofferR wrote: post #144

This makes me envious of you Americans. Here in Norway online shopping involves finding an online store that sells what you need (there's no site that sells everything, like Amazon, here), going through a cumbersome sign-up/payment process, paying a lot of money for the shipping costs, waiting several days and having to go to the post office unless the package is really small (or if you're willing to pay even more fo…

> there's no site that sells everything, like Amazon, here

I see an opportunity there :)

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by njharman » Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 4:43 PM UTC

Really, I'm not sure if this is April 1st joke...

pro: It's kind of absurd, impracticably too many products/buttons

con: It's 3/31, no one else is thinking it's a joke...