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4 minutes after your post I’m getting 404.
https://www.amazon.com/complete-information-provided-provide... is still up. What even is this?
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They're fine at selling stuff, they're absolutely horrendous at being a place to search for a product if you don't know exactly what you're looking for. The solution is just to look for third-party specialist review sites who know what they're talking about.
> third-party specialist review sites Are there any that you can recommend? Google seems very unreliable in that department these days, it's very hard to say which reviews are honest and which ones are basically ads. There's also the additional complication that some sites that try to be honest receive products from manufacturers, which limits what they can say to keep their manufacturer relationships going.
Using Amazon for shopping is terrible, borderline unusable in 2024. They're hard to compete with because they're giant and have an amazing logistics network, but it also seems like there's a big vacuum in the market for an "everything store" that's actually good.
I'd really like a more 'curated' or vetted everything store. I don't need to see 40 of the same exact item rebranded into various English horrors. Walmart seems most primed to do this, barring third party sales. Or Sears, if they ever had a miraculous turnaround to their old days.
Ah, FOPEAS, that distinguished brand of kitchen counter drawers renowned throughout the world.
Amazon, in general, is not the place to shop for "brands renowned throughout the world." Most of those folks stay off amazon, and If you're lucky enough to find such a brand on Amazon the chances that you receive a counterfeit version are pretty great. Although if I had an endless bag of money to burn it'd be fun to buy an Amazon Rolex [0] just to see how it's handled. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Rolex-Oyster-Perpetu…
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They're fine at selling stuff, they're absolutely horrendous at being a place to search for a product if you don't know exactly what you're looking for. The solution is just to look for third-party specialist review sites who know what they're talking about.
Amazons search is so bad that I typically use google/ddg to search their site for products
When I want to search I use google or Reddit (mainly google across Reddit).
When I want to purchase I use Honey.
When I want to browse (home goods) I use shopDeft.com and switch to photo only mode.
Amazon search is so bad and has so many ads that there are multiple opportunities to do something new.
Ah, FOPEAS, that distinguished brand of kitchen counter drawers renowned throughout the world.
meh, probably not significantly worse than the actually well-known and distinguished furniture brands like KALLAX, HEMNES, FINNBY, or BAGGEBO https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/cat/bookcases-10382/
Using Amazon for shopping is terrible, borderline unusable in 2024. They're hard to compete with because they're giant and have an amazing logistics network, but it also seems like there's a big vacuum in the market for an "everything store" that's actually good.
Honestly I'm surprised that there have not been any larger scale legal consequences given that Amazone seems to be economically harmful to the domestic market (kills domestic competition but in different to the competition manages to avoid a lot more taxes) of most non-US countries and it's given them perfect munition to use PR and legal means under the guise of consumer protection against it.
Just to be clear protectionism is a dangerous tool, which only should be wielded in a generic non target specific way, like requiring online shopping platforms, even if they sometimes just act as a proxy, to fulfill a certain degree of due diligence when it comes to effectively handling fraudulent companies selling through them. That also probably could get ride of TEMU (which is more a tool of spying, economical warfar and other bad stuff then any honest competitive selling platform, they are losing too much money on each sale for that).
I mean a think which had been true before the internet was that if you can't provide a service reasonable safely you can't provide it at all (grossly oversimplified, not that people didn't try and got away with it). No reason this shouldn't apply to the internet. (Many TEMU products are not legal to be imported in the EU, often due to safety reasons, sometimes due to other reasons like being imitations of (Nazi germany time) Nazi artifices and stuff like that).
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My experience is like yours. Amazon has been very reliable for me and the few times I’ve had a problem, their phone support people have fixed it. I think one factor might be what city you are in. I’m in Austin and I think there must be a big warehouse nearby because it’s not that unusual for something I order to show up a few hours later. FWIW, I placed exactly 100 orders in 2023.
That’s the thing, I’m not in a city, my backyard abuts a farm!
There are others. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNNBQYXC/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMFDNP7D/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFWNXYC7/ The product descriptions are pretty obviously AI too, saying a lot without saying anything: * Versatile and Practical: 1 is a product that offers multiple uses, making it suitable for various tasks and ensuring for your money. * Durable Construction: Crafted with sturdy materials, 1 is b…