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These days, I see Amazon as a combination of eBay and AliExpress with faster shipping and prices that are ~$2-3 higher. I still use it a lot, because I'm almos
by leggomylibro 7y ago
These days, I see Amazon as a combination of eBay and AliExpress with faster shipping and prices that are ~$2-3 higher.
I still use it a lot, because I'm almost always happy with what I get with those expectations. But it surprises me when people talk about it like some sort of heavily-curated marketplace.
Even so, it sounds like they haven't done what the title describes for a couple of years. FTA: "An agency source said that while this bidding program ran briefly in 2017, Amazon rolled it back and Amazon’s Choice badges are now driven by Amazon’s algorithms."
- sixothree 7y agoThe need to have the return policy and customer service they have because some of the stuff they sell is just not high quality.
- nutjob2 7y agoThis is arguably true for any store, it's just that Amazon mostly has done it better. Every single store on earth will disappoint you at one time or another.
- rdtwo 7y agoI buy Chinese products that are failure prone from them for this reason. Sure I could get it $10-15 cheaper from China if I wait 3 weeks and forgo the return option but I end up returning that junk so often that it’s worth paying 15% more
- londons_explore 7y agoI have a fairly good eye for products that will fail right out of the box, so I prefer not to pay extra for a returns policy.
- rdtwo 7y agoThere is typically an inverted failure curve on these things, if it doesn’t fail the first 30 days of hard use then there is a good chance it will last another couple years.
- londons_explore 7y agoWhich, when you paid $8 for fancy lab equipment that would cost $800 normally, is fiiiiine.
- Jagat 7y agoIt also surprises me people aren't bothered that all the 'customer friendly' BS will go away once they become an absolute monopoly.