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Walmart is a retailer. Do people really think they (or Amazon, or anyone else) test every single one of the hundreds of millions of products sold on their site? If people choose to trust a hard drive made by "XGeek", well, that's on them. This is exactly why branding is a thing. Just stick to Seagate or WD next time.
maybe good fodder for raid with capital R and I
ofcourse nowadays you've got to dodge those shingled drives...
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What I find particularly annoying is that these online “marketplaces” are not curated - they literally sell anything, probably drop shipped. It used to be that you would shop at a branded store, and there was a level of expectation that they had curated their collection so that it was of a quality that matched the stores brand. Some of their wares may be under their own branding, but they would sell other bands too t…
Are sold by "Amazon", "Walmart", "NewEgg" not curated? Amazon also has multiple curated store fronts, or collections, to my knowledge. In 2022 if you aren't buying "Sold by " on one of these market places then I think you should know what you are getting into.
Normal users don't understand this. They think they're shopping at Amazon, not at QUBAGZI's storefront on Amazon's website. That concept doesn't even make sense to most shoppers. If they typed in "amazon.com", they think they're getting something from Amazon in Seattle. (I mean they don't literally think that every item is coming from Seattle, but they assume that Amazon vets their products like Trader Joe's or Kohl's down the street does.)
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Sure, it’s called Costco, it’s great
was gonna say, that sounds like costco. just that they don't usually deliver.
[0] https://www.costco.com/my-life-costco-grocery-online-deliver...
I'm shocked that the response to this is that people want curation of products, old retail style. Sure lets go back to the days when an HDMI cable cost $30 and things like phone chargers were overpriced. The better answer is that marketplaces should have to have reasonably consistent return policies. Push the risk back onto them so that it stops the fraudulent products. Keep the part that lets basically anyone start…
...and then to reduce that risk the marketplaces will start curating what they sell.
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So basically shit cake without the shit icing?
How?
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By contrast, Apple has let their App Store become a scam marketplace
I've found that it's been years since I browsed in there, are people still putting out interesting new things? Besides the safari app and a big-name apps that you already know you want/need have been sufficent
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Luckily, I have not seen evidence that Walmart/Target commingle inventory, so restricting searches to sold by Walmart/Target should work. But who knows what is happening behind the scenes. Amazon removed the wording that made it clear they commingled inventory, but I am sure they still do.
I don't think Walmart handles any fulfillment for 3rd parties so commingling wouldn't really be possible.
The marketplace-ization (is there a word for that?) of every retailer feels so short sighted. I’ll throw out an example I’ve noticed lately - furniture manufacturers. Search for any item on Crate & Barrel or West Elm’s website and you’ll first see a handful of exclusive pieces that are clearly built for the brand. Keep scrolling and the search results gradually become a bunch of generic third party items that you can…
And in Walmart's case, it's particularly egregious - the value proposition "Here's a website where you can buy anything that's sold at Walmart, for cheap-ass Walmart prices and we'll ship it to you, and you don't have to go into some crappy Walmart to do it" is appealing and seems like it would generate billions in revenue. But the reality is terrible; lots of stuff is 'in-store purchase only', some of it they won't…