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Yes, yes, quit buying stuff from Amazon. That's what I said when I went to buy compression socks within the last week. I'll just buy from the vendor (OS1). Hey,

Yes, yes, quit buying stuff from Amazon. That's what I said when I went to buy compression socks within the last week. I'll just buy from the vendor (OS1). Hey, they take Apple Pay, too. And, hey, what's this $0.98 that ended up in my cart? "Route package protection"?[0] You mean you're passing on the cost of package insurance to me? Fuck that, you can just cancel that $100 order for that $0.98. If it's not bullshit like that, then my credit card info gets published to the world. So, fake reviews or not, there is a certain appeal to Amazon in that after 20 years I've not had credit card info published nor have I caught them trying to charge me for package insurance. Though I might not trust Amazon reviews, I trust the rest of their process far more than I do some random vendor. Which is why, much as I might wish otherwise, I continue to shop at Amazon. [0]https://route.com https://route.com WTF? Track packages and charge money for it? Who funds this shit?

ecf 6y ago
I got an email from route.com the very same day I purchased a package that was handled via shop.app. I can only guess that Shopify sold my email.
- mikestew 6y ago
  Someone at http://os1st.com http://os1st.com did the same thing, which put me on Route's mailing list. The unsubscribe seems to work, but the whole thing just feels like everybody wanted a piece before passing you to the next vendor in the chain. And now if I see Route's name anywhere near a product, I'll walk out the door to the next vendor that DDG suggests. Too bad, too, as the items I ordered seem to be good quality. They shipped quickly. They take Apple Pay. They were oh, so close, and then pissed it all away because someone at Route told them that if you make the print small enough maybe the customer won't notice the $0.98 you sneak in there. (I didn't notice until after the confirmation email.) Now it becomes "not the money, but the principle".

ecf 6y ago

I got an email from route.com the very same day I purchased a package that was handled via shop.app. I can only guess that Shopify sold my email.

mikestew 6y ago
Someone at http://os1st.com http://os1st.com did the same thing, which put me on Route's mailing list. The unsubscribe seems to work, but the whole thing just feels like everybody wanted a piece before passing you to the next vendor in the chain. And now if I see Route's name anywhere near a product, I'll walk out the door to the next vendor that DDG suggests. Too bad, too, as the items I ordered seem to be good quality. They shipped quickly. They take Apple Pay. They were oh, so close, and then pissed it all away because someone at Route told them that if you make the print small enough maybe the customer won't notice the $0.98 you sneak in there. (I didn't notice until after the confirmation email.) Now it becomes "not the money, but the principle".