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Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor

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Re: Amazon raised Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor

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Post by agwa »

untog wrote: post #64
illegal_in_ca wrote: post #48

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Interesting. I also find myself picking up tech from NewEgg more often than Amazon. And I recently ordered most of the supplies for a cocktail party I was having at Walmart and Bed Bad and Beyond. Amazon prices might beat local retail, but they are only sometimes competitive with other (often more specizlized) online retailers at this point. Also, at least for me, shipping New Egg, Walmart and BBAB was faster than Am…

The issue I have with NewEgg is returns. There's always some condition, or expensive fee for return shipping. By comparison, Amazon makes it very easy

The flip side to Amazon's easy returns is that I regularly receive used/returned merchandise from Amazon that was advertised as new.

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Post by gyrgtyn »

sokoloff wrote: post #5

There were real deals on Amazon hardware devices (Echo, Fire, etc). Most everything else was "meh". camelcamelcamel.com is your friend to research how good of a deal it really is. (no affiliation, just a happy user)

waatcher has a nice graph too

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Post by skinnymuch »

wutthrow wrote: post #55
jostmey wrote: post #52

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I buy almost everything online, comparing prices between Walmart and Amazon. Walmart almost always has the better prices

Second this for most of my small and large purchases. Diabetes test strips and a kent bicycle were both the best price including walmart free shipping. (Throwaway because I don't support Dang's tyranny against postings that run counter to his forced narrative.)

What forced narrative? Genuinely curious. Is it Amazon is the best/something pro Amazon? That's the best I can glean from your passive aggressive hinting.

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Post by shitlord »

janesvilleseo wrote: post #56
SwellJoe wrote: post #46

I've become more and more disillusioned by Amazon over the years. Prices are now almost never the best; I only buy from them when I need something quickly (and can't get it locally). NewEgg (nearly) always has better tech prices. Walmart often has better prices on everyday items and I can have it immediately. I just bought a pair of tweezers at my local grocery store for two bucks that was $6 on Amazon for the same m…

I have saved thousands of dollars thanks to Amazon. Not because I bought from them. No, but because I use their app to compare items and get a price match. Nearly every major store (Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Best Buy, Staples, Office Max/Depot) match or beat Amazon. With Amazons app I can instantly scan all my products at a store. I may only save 2-5 dollars per item, but I do it every time I shop. The other day I…

Home depot does not price match IME. I tried to buy a portable AC a few weeks ago and they wouldn't price match against anyone.

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Post by abecedarius »

SwellJoe wrote: post #46

I've become more and more disillusioned by Amazon over the years. Prices are now almost never the best; I only buy from them when I need something quickly (and can't get it locally). NewEgg (nearly) always has better tech prices. Walmart often has better prices on everyday items and I can have it immediately. I just bought a pair of tweezers at my local grocery store for two bucks that was $6 on Amazon for the same m…

Another such change: charging more and more for Prime on the grounds that it now includes a lot of stuff I don't want, like videos. That might make it a better deal for some people, but I canceled it.

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Post by thirdsun »

agwa wrote: post #91
untog wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The issue I have with NewEgg is returns. There's always some condition, or expensive fee for return shipping. By comparison, Amazon makes it very easy

The flip side to Amazon's easy returns is that I regularly receive used/returned merchandise from Amazon that was advertised as new.

If the product clearly appears to be used I'd say that's a problem with Amazon's quality control for returns (though I never experienced those problems). However what do you think happens to returned items? You don't expect them to be thrown out, do you?

Maybe I'm way off, but I was always under the impression that those returned items are re-packaged (if necessary) and sold as new.

And I think that's fine since I really don't see any other way to handle it. Think about europe, where every shop has to offer a free 14 day return policy, regardless of if you're Amazon or a small Shopify seller.

If the item can't be sold as new, that means the customer overstepped and should be held accountable.

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Post by Fej »

SwellJoe wrote: post #65
ballenf wrote: post #49

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Over and over again I've realized just before or after buying an item from Amazon that I paid way too much. I have finally broken the ingrained habit of leaping before looking. That can't be good for Amazon if too many people do that. On another note, I am beyond tired of the craptacular deals that are >80% fly-by-night products with astroturf reviews. The gold box deals used to be a favorite bookmarked stop.

This is another big one. Amazon is filled with garbage products. It can be very hard to tell what's quality, anymore, and the reviews aren't trustworthy the way they used to be. I used to read reviews on Amazon religiously even if I was buying somewhere else. That habit has kinda faded, though it's still one of the better sources of real world product knowledge.

The bad reviews are useful. The positive ones are almost universally worthless (excluding Benson's).

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Post by jumpkickhit »

SwellJoe wrote: post #46

I've become more and more disillusioned by Amazon over the years. Prices are now almost never the best; I only buy from them when I need something quickly (and can't get it locally). NewEgg (nearly) always has better tech prices. Walmart often has better prices on everyday items and I can have it immediately. I just bought a pair of tweezers at my local grocery store for two bucks that was $6 on Amazon for the same m…

I've fallen for Newegg's slightly lower prices a few times, last two new items i ordered, both were opened up. 2nd one missing crucial parts that someone poked all of them out through the bag inside of the device's box.

2nd item was through a reseller though.

I don't use Amazon too often these days, but Newegg's lost me from these last few experiences. Their support basically said "meh" about both cases.

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