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Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle

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Re: Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle

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plussed_reader wrote: post #157
freehunter wrote: post #146

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Same thing with Amazon in the US. I want a metal water bottle with a flip-top lid but I can't find any in my local stores. I find them on Amazon, but the reviews always say "I didn't get the brand, I got a counterfeit product" so I haven't bought one yet. I ended up paying $30 extra for my backpack I bought recently because I didn't trust the Amazon items were real after reviews saying they were counterfeit. And thes…

"And these are Prime items, sold by the manufacturer, but they're stilling coming counterfeit." Part of this sentence isn't true.

As in, Amazon says it's a Prime item, and Amazon says the seller is the manufacturer, but when you receive the item they've sent you a counterfeit item.

Re: Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle

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Post by freehunter »

ryanlol wrote: post #159
freehunter wrote: post #146

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Same thing with Amazon in the US. I want a metal water bottle with a flip-top lid but I can't find any in my local stores. I find them on Amazon, but the reviews always say "I didn't get the brand, I got a counterfeit product" so I haven't bought one yet. I ended up paying $30 extra for my backpack I bought recently because I didn't trust the Amazon items were real after reviews saying they were counterfeit. And thes…

It takes less time to get a refund than it takes to read the reviews, why do you care?

Because it takes two days to get to me, then I have to contact support and get a refund and send the item back, then wait another two days to get the item and hope it's real. Or wait two days to get the item, then still have to drive to the store to get the real thing.

And in the meantime, I already used the cable and it burned my house down and now half my family is dead. But yeah, I can get a quick refund no problem.

Why do I care? What kind of ridiculous question is that?

Re: Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle

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Post by nonamechicken »

throwaway6498 wrote: post #106
nonamechicken wrote: post #104

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Regarding the last para, my experience had been the opposite. Whenever I enter my pincode in Flipkart, it would say we don't deliver to your area (which is a small town). Amazon and eBay didn't have any issues. All the items I tried to buy were no bigger than a home router. I contacted Flipkart 2-3 times about it over the last 3+ years. They just gave a generic response that we are trying to expand or something.

What you are reporting is correct and I can understand a customer's frustration due to it. But what you are saying is not the opposite of what I am saying. You are saying: Flipkart is weak at delivering small items to small towns. I agree with this. I am saying: Flipkart is strong at delivering large items to small towns and Amazon is weak at that. Do you have examples where Flipkart did not deliver a large item (cer…

I meant to say Flipkart wont even ship small items to my place. While I didn't try to buy a refrigerator, I did try a 50 inch TV once. I got the same response-that it cannot be delivered. May be they cover some states fully. I am down south by the way.

Re: Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle

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Post by ryanlol »

freehunter wrote: post #162
ryanlol wrote: post #159

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It takes less time to get a refund than it takes to read the reviews, why do you care?

Because it takes two days to get to me, then I have to contact support and get a refund and send the item back, then wait another two days to get the item and hope it's real. Or wait two days to get the item, then still have to drive to the store to get the real thing. And in the meantime, I already used the cable and it burned my house down and now half my family is dead. But yeah, I can get a quick refund no proble…

Amazon has never wanted me to return anything, but I guess YMMV. Refunding stuff over the live chat is a breeze.

Sure, you might want to exercise caution with some product categories and time sensitive things.

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Post by xkcdefgh »

actuator wrote: post #57
actuator wrote: post #19

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That seems like a gross overgeneralization. Yes, there is brain drain but it doesn't mean that the engineers working in Indian startups like Flipkart are the ones who pursued engineering as a safety net. A lot of them are as smart as their Indian counterparts who are working in US in companies like Amazon, Google etc.

Are the downvotes because of the last line? I would love to prove this with a metric but can't just like the parent comment author. The opinion I stated is mostly from personal experience of knowing those people, working with them or having interviewed them.

yc can be weird with downvotes sometimes.

Re: Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle

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wlabs wrote: post #33

Walmart has an awesome research and development labs known as Walmart Labs in Bangalore. Flipkart has its development headquarters in Bangalore too. They have awesome engineers too. Both Walmart Labs and Flipkart hire the best computer scientists and software engineering talent from across the country. They pay as much as and sometimes more than what Google Bangalore pays its engineers. With Walmart now acquiring a m…

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Re: Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle

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Post by xkcdefgh »

Many here may not be aware of this but the tech landacape is quite different in India. Walmart actually has a major development center in Bangalore which attracts a lot of the top talent. No sane engineer in India who gets a job at any of Amazon,Flipkart,Walmart labs would even think of joining google india, a glorified testing centre

Re: Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle

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Post by is_true »

r_singh wrote: post #131
colmvp wrote: post #126

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I'm so jealous. In Canada, Amazon is pretty pathetic. So many things are out of stock, or not available for purchase. The few things that are available for purchase are sometimes only offered by third-parties, who jack up the price by an exorbitant amount.

I've read multiple times on HN that Amazon isn't doing very well in other countries (like US, Canada, Argentina, etc.) and that Prime is super expensive as well. In India, Amazon is so good its hard to imagine how it will be sustainable. I paid $8/year for prime (yes a year) and they're now selling it at $16/year for free 24 hours delivery. However, I can foresee how it may not be as good in the near future. Try buyi…

There's no Amazon in Argentina.

Re: Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle

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Post by r_singh »

is_true wrote: post #168
r_singh wrote: post #131

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I've read multiple times on HN that Amazon isn't doing very well in other countries (like US, Canada, Argentina, etc.) and that Prime is super expensive as well. In India, Amazon is so good its hard to imagine how it will be sustainable. I paid $8/year for prime (yes a year) and they're now selling it at $16/year for free 24 hours delivery. However, I can foresee how it may not be as good in the near future. Try buyi…

There's no Amazon in Argentina.

You're right. I misunderstood a reply that said, "I pay 99USD for Amazon Prime here in Argentina". Didn't think the user was talking about US Amazon Prime purchased from Argentina.
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