Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Top USB Drives on Amazon are a Scam

kurtisknodel.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

1–10 of 250 posts

Re: Top USB Drives on Amazon are a Scam

#3

Post by sfvegandude »

Arch485 wrote: post #2

Are there any good alternatives to Amazon that don't prominently feature fake products?

Depends on what you are looking for. I've never had any problems with BH Photo Video for technology products. Everything else I mostly get directly from the manufacturer website.

Re: Top USB Drives on Amazon are a Scam

#5

Post by derefr »

sfvegandude wrote: post #3
Arch485 wrote: post #2

Are there any good alternatives to Amazon that don't prominently feature fake products?

Depends on what you are looking for. I've never had any problems with BH Photo Video for technology products. Everything else I mostly get directly from the manufacturer website.

To me, the distinguishing feature of Amazon, is that it's an online "everything store" with a yearly subscription that makes delivery of most products free. Any alternatives that try to "be Amazon" in this sense, while 1. only carrying first-party listings, and 2. not commingling stock? Or, in other words: any stores that attempt to be the Amazon of ~2010, rather than the Amazon of 2022?

Re: Top USB Drives on Amazon are a Scam

#6

Post by kurthr »

sfvegandude wrote: post #3
Arch485 wrote: post #2

Are there any good alternatives to Amazon that don't prominently feature fake products?

Depends on what you are looking for. I've never had any problems with BH Photo Video for technology products. Everything else I mostly get directly from the manufacturer website.

I second going the manufacturer for anything you really care about.

Western Digital and Samsung definitely have their own web sales on their .com domain.

Re: Top USB Drives on Amazon are a Scam

#8

Post by jquery »

Not paying obviously scam prices somewhat mitigates this, although not completely. I still managed to find out the hard way my 1 year old Amazon-bought micro sd card did not have 1tb of storage, despite costing around ~$150-200 which was the market price at the time.

Now I run a full suite of tests on every storage device I get from Amazon (or anywhere else, for that matter).

Re: Top USB Drives on Amazon are a Scam

#9

Post by wombat-man »

derefr wrote: post #5
sfvegandude wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends on what you are looking for. I've never had any problems with BH Photo Video for technology products. Everything else I mostly get directly from the manufacturer website.

To me, the distinguishing feature of Amazon, is that it's an online "everything store" with a yearly subscription that makes delivery of most products free. Any alternatives that try to "be Amazon" in this sense, while 1. only carrying first-party listings, and 2. not commingling stock? Or, in other words: any stores that attempt to be the Amazon of ~2010, rather than the Amazon of 2022?

A lot of stores online ship free now in order to compete with Amazon. Also if you're ordering more than $25 you get free, but slightly slower shipping. I see no reason to have Prime.
Post reply on HN