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Re: Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay

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Post by dataflow »

jasonladuke0311 wrote: post #219
notatoad wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yeah, this is a problem i've solved by learning what brands are internally consistent with their sizing. i know my size in Levi's, and as long as they don't suddenly start making 36/32 jeans fit differently than they used to, i'll keep ordering from them without having to worry about fit.

Levi's is one of the worst offenders. There is such a massive sizing variance that I stopped buying them years ago unless I found them in a store.

Yeah, I've had Levi's in front of me where nominally "smaller" sizes of the exact same jeans were visibly bigger. For the life of me I don't understand why measuring jeans to better than an inch is so hard in the 21st century. How is there no incentive for them to fix this? Do they profit from giving people the wrong size?

Re: Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay

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Post by judge2020 »

bobthepanda wrote: post #212
adrianmonk wrote: post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a company called True Fit ( https://www.truefit.com/ ) which attempts to solve this. True Fit partners with several stores. You go on a store's web site (for example, macys.com), and you tell True Fit about some clothing you already have that fits well (brand, size, style). Based on that, it refers to its database to recommend the best size of the product you're considering now, and it tells you whether it th…

How do I actually use this? I have to intentionally seek out brands and stores they've already partnered with? There's not a directory or anything it seems like.

Looks like this is actually a B2B service that would sell it to existing retailers and/or tailers, not necessarily as something you yourself would sign up for.

Re: Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay

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Post by dataflow »

fortran77 wrote: post #186
notatoad wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yeah, this is a problem i've solved by learning what brands are internally consistent with their sizing. i know my size in Levi's, and as long as they don't suddenly start making 36/32 jeans fit differently than they used to, i'll keep ordering from them without having to worry about fit.

A Levi's "36" today is probably more like 39 inches. In fact, most companies have been "vanity sizing" to make people feel better. The worst offender is "Old Navy" where a 36" is actually a whopping 41 inches. It seems like men won't buy pants that are labeled over 39 inches, so as sizes go up from 30 inches, the "vanity" excess goes up exponentially. See: https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a8386/pants-size-.…

How is vanity sizing not false advertising?!

Re: Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay

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Post by walrus01 »

jcims wrote: post #177
londons_explore wrote: post #60

Small business near me never seem to have online catalogues or stock levels. Hunting for a specific product (for example a washing line) might involve walking into 3 different shops and guessing which shop might sell what you need. When you arrive in the shop, they always arrange aisles differently so unless you have 20 minutes to hunt you might not find it either. Whereas online it's a simple search and click "buy n…

I've wanted to dive into FPV drone flying for some time. Finally pulled the trigger on the components I needed to get started...controller, transmitter, goggles, charger, battery, BNF drone. I did this online because it seemed impossible to sort out locally and the prices I did see were +30% or more in price. Somehow in the process I goofed and ordered batteries with the wrong connector (xt60 v xt30). I spent this mo…

> Somehow in the process I goofed and ordered batteries with the wrong connector (xt60 v xt30). I spent this morning trying to find other batteries or an adapter in the local metro area.

As someone with direct experience in this whole class of hardware (hobbyist grade UAS stuff), you're going to want to have a soldering setup and low cost consumables (heat shrink tubing, etc, extra connectors that cost a few dollars each) to have your own capability to do things like change out DC power connectors. It's totally normal to get a battery with a connector that you might not want.

If you stay in the hobby for the long run it will cost you a lot less money to have the capability to buy discrete parts and repair things yourself (example: buying a new $40 4-in-1 ESC) than buying bind and fly stuff.

Re: Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay

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Post by notatoad »

dataflow wrote: post #223
fortran77 wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A Levi's "36" today is probably more like 39 inches. In fact, most companies have been "vanity sizing" to make people feel better. The worst offender is "Old Navy" where a 36" is actually a whopping 41 inches. It seems like men won't buy pants that are labeled over 39 inches, so as sizes go up from 30 inches, the "vanity" excess goes up exponentially. See: https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a8386/pants-size-.…

How is vanity sizing not false advertising?!

because they don't make any claim that a size 38 is 38 inches.

they used to be, but these days a "size 38" designation doesn't carry any more actual meaning than women's clothing sizes like "size 0"

Re: Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay

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Post by notatoad »

jasonladuke0311 wrote: post #219
notatoad wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yeah, this is a problem i've solved by learning what brands are internally consistent with their sizing. i know my size in Levi's, and as long as they don't suddenly start making 36/32 jeans fit differently than they used to, i'll keep ordering from them without having to worry about fit.

Levi's is one of the worst offenders. There is such a massive sizing variance that I stopped buying them years ago unless I found them in a store.

heh. i guess i knew my size in Levis, it's been more than a few years since i actually bought a pair of their pants.

Re: Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay

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Post by jdasdf »

sokoloff wrote: post #38

I’d be happy to support local merchants, but they have to get the overall value proposition somewhat competitive. For the most part, they aren’t. Maybe it’s pricing, selection, policies, hours of operation, or some combination, but other than grocers and large chains, I’m not even sure they’re trying. Amazon is winning by serving the customers. Local shops will continue to have a hard time if the primary value prop i…

> I’d be happy to support local merchants, but they have to get the overall value proposition somewhat competitive. For the most part, they aren’t. Maybe it’s pricing, selection, policies, hours of operation, or some combination, but other than grocers and large chains, I’m not even sure they’re trying.

This.

I actively avoid local businesses because with few exceptions they always try to screw you, whether that's prices, low quality service, or something else.

Even something as simple as canceling an order that hasn't yet been paid or shipped I get senseless push back from local businesses.

When it's easier and less stress free for me to return a 1200€ drone to Amazon 3 times, than it is for me to cancel a 80€ chestnut order that hasn't been paid or shipped from a local business, the problem isn't Amazon and the solution is obvious.

Re: Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay

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Post by [deleted] »

hoppyhoppy2 wrote: post #161
BenjiWiebe wrote: post #140

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The GP said to tell the employee to get off his butt, which is usually interpreted as rude.

They didn't mean you should literally say those exact words. You could say something like "Would you mind checking it for me yourself? I'd really appreciate it."

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Re: Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay

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Post by adrianmonk »

bobthepanda wrote: post #212
adrianmonk wrote: post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a company called True Fit ( https://www.truefit.com/ ) which attempts to solve this. True Fit partners with several stores. You go on a store's web site (for example, macys.com), and you tell True Fit about some clothing you already have that fits well (brand, size, style). Based on that, it refers to its database to recommend the best size of the product you're considering now, and it tells you whether it th…

How do I actually use this? I have to intentionally seek out brands and stores they've already partnered with? There's not a directory or anything it seems like.

Yeah, it doesn't seem set up to help you discover retailers where you can actually use it. Their site does have a list of retail client partners (https://www.truefit.com/Partners/Retail-Clients) which gives a starting point.

I tried visiting several sites and got these results:

Works for me: Macy's, J.Crew, JCPenney

Doesn't work: Kohl's, Dockers, Lands' End, Ralph Lauren

In all cases, I picked a random (except for avoiding store brands) men's casual shirt and looked on the details page near where you select a size.

Re: Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay

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Post by robbrown451 »

tgsovlerkhgsel wrote: post #194
spicybright wrote: post #184

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Guy jeans are real easy because those numbers are actual measurements. Woman's jeans just change that to a single number that changes through the years. Uhg, so annoying.

No they aren't. I got two pairs of jeans from the same (house) brand in the same store at the same time. I tried on one of them in the store, and naively assumed the other would fit too. There was a 5 cm (2 inch) difference.

I don't think she was implying that the sizes are always correct. But they are actual dimensions, i.e. inches. As opposed to "size 8", which is relatively meaningless.
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