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If they commingle, I don’t feel that it will matter if you filter by seller. That’s one reason we buy much less from Amazon.
It would not matter, but Amazon used to advertise that they commingle, so I know they do, whereas I do not know for sure if Walmart and Target do or do not.
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Apple reviews start over unless you explicitly ask for all versions. This is mildly obnoxious but works okay. Amazon could easily show reviews for the current product and a nice display of predecessor products and their reviews.
This would only work with the assumption that the owners of the product listing would update the version of the product in good faith. It would only be in their interest to do so if the current version of the project would get better reviews than the older version, and what I would imagine normally happens is the old version is made better to get better reviews and is then modified to be cheaper and worse later on.
Personally experienced this. I bookmarked a keyboard I was interested in purchasing in a month or so. When I went back it was a completely different item with the same reviews. Just today in fact, I was looking for an office chair seat cushion and found a very telling reddit comment from 3 years ago[1]. I know Amazon has a bulletproof return policy for the most part but I don't want to be hassled with returning every…
Even though I came out happy it further inched me to my current position of "never buy from Amazon".
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Unfortunately Walmart, Best Buy, and New Egg have Marketplaces too now :(
True, but so far they are either better curated or just have less spam. B&H is my favorite as I believe it has only them as a seller.
Yeah, it's a pity. It use to be a no-brainer shopping at Amazon. But now, I waste more time sifting through a bunch of cheaply made home goods that I'm just more inclined to look for sturdy, well-made products elsewhere. Also, it seems like they mix the inventory from different vendors, so it ends up being a crap shoot whether you get the original, or a knock-off, and the reviews reflect that.
> I'm just more inclined to look for sturdy, well-made products elsewhere. Any tips?
Also asking on reddit on the appropriate subreddit is pretty helpful.
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If you get their Payboo card you don't have to pay tax. Took me like 2 minutes to sign up. They just closed the program but are re-opening it in January.
Opening a line of revolving credit, with a 29.99% interest rate, and a promise of cash back rewards that match the tax you pay (rewards which you technically are supposed to pay income tax on) isn't exactly the same as no sales tax. As as for "re-opening" the program, we'll see what they actually have for a new program when it is announced.
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Two wrongs are two wrongs no matter which way you slice them. Still, it’s an amusing comment. Amazon is complicit in aiding a third party to commit fraud. Not all of us are just, up right, mature adults, of sound mind and strict morals. Sending them back a steaming pile of dog shit is kind of amusing.
No, because some minimum wage worker has to unpack it. You don't tskr revenge on the people responsible, but on a poor sob that just wanted to earn a living.