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Amazon Will Start Charging Prime Members for US Grocery Orders of Less Than $150

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Re: Amazon Will Start Charging Prime Members for US Grocery Orders of Less Than $150

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I typically find the same items on Taobao and Alibaba for a fraction of the price. I've been returning some items as they accept returns if you "find a better price elsewhere." There were some weenies who said this was abuse of the service, however, the option to return an item because you found a better price elsewhere is literally not a terms of service violation, it is a prefilled option. I have been a member for…

> I have been a member for over a decade and probably return half of my purchases because they are low quality and over priced dropshipped goods. And you didn't get flagged as a bad customer?

I return half of my purchases now because the quality of the service as well the selection of products has deteriorated.

If you bought eggs from a vendor for 10 years and in the past 3, they provided half of the viable eggs per carton, you wouldn't be a bad customer for returning the cartons in which you are not receiving the value for which you have paid. Unless you use the most abusive and bad faith interpretation of what a customer is I suppose.

Re: Amazon Will Start Charging Prime Members for US Grocery Orders of Less Than $150

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post #80

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I'm not doubting that there are a shit ton of counterfeits on Amazon, but I am wondering how I've managed to avoid them so well. I have literally never received something from Amazon that I thought even had the possibility of being fake. Could it have to do with the specific categories I shop in? Maybe the stuff I buy from Amazon just isn't profitable enough for the bad guys to bother counterfeiting?

Maybe you do have one that’s counterfeit but is functionally ok? I had several items that didn’t pass (a Braun thermostat and a wheeled kitchen stool).

I suppose that's possible, but if the thing I got works just as well as the thing I ordered, what's the difference?
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