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The marketplace is the reason I don’t use Walmart. The marketplace and commingled stock is Amazon’s biggest problem and Walmart appears to be playing catch-up r
by jm4 6y ago
The marketplace is the reason I don’t use Walmart. The marketplace and commingled stock is Amazon’s biggest problem and Walmart appears to be playing catch-up rather than forging their own path. We don’t need another Amazon. I’ve been using Target, eBay, Best Buy and random sites lately. The Target experience is great even if they don’t have the same selection Amazon does.
- bitexploder 6y agoYeah, I have noticed that as well. Newegg is another one that went down the "Market place" approach and is why I didn't list them. I just use Micro center now. A little bit less selection, but not much and they will order almost anything for you and get it quickly.
- cosmie 6y agoTigerDirect[1] is a solid alternative to Newegg, that doesn't appear to have succumbed to the easy buck of the marketplace model. [1] http://www.tigerdirect.com/ http://www.tigerdirect.com/
- Ididntdothis 6y agoFunny that TigerDirect is now the solid alternative to Newegg. Ten years ago it was the complete opposite. Sad to see how Newegg have destroyed themselves.
- freeopinion 6y agoTigerDirect has a terrible interface for trying to find the product you want. For instance, if you are looking for a laptop you can filter by price and by brand--that's it. MicroCenter has sophisticated filtering ala Newegg, but in laptops for example, there is exactly 1 model that sports any AMD processor at all. After more than 20 years of ecommerce growth, it is discouraging how bad things are.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 6y agoAgreed on Newegg. I am currently dealing with two separate issues for items sold by 3rd party. Thankfully, both items were low cost so even if it ends up being a loss, it is not the end of the world, but I used to swear by Newegg. By comparison, Ebay is all third parties, but they have some way to discourage bad actors. Newegg and Amazon are a disappointment lately. I never thought I would not say it these days, but Ebay has gotten better ( comparatively speaking; maybe others just gotten worse ).
- donmcronald 6y agoAnd BestBuy. It’s shocking how they’re falling all over themselves to destroy their brands with cheap third party trash.
- lordleelu 6y agoBest Buy doesn't have a 3rd party marketplace.
- travellingprog 6y agoI think the US site doesn't, but the Canadian one does. If you follow the link below, you'll see there's a Best Buy Only toggle. That being said, it's nice that the let you quickly hide third party items. https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/brand/Samsung https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/brand/Samsung
- freeopinion 6y agoI really lament Newegg. It was very awesome for a long time in a way that Amazon couldn't match. Lately, the 3rd-party market has really turned me off of them.
- fomine3 6y agomarketplace is fine unless they start fulfillment service, isn't it? Just only buy from the shop, not from thirdparty shop.
- random314 6y agoYou can filter out non-Walmart sellers from the left side filter on search results.
- erichurkman 6y ago> The Target experience is great even if they don’t have the same selection Amazon does. Sometimes this is nice. If I'm buying paper towels, I don't need to be overwhelmed with 800 options.