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Scamazon just sucks now. It was once good, but every time I go to use it I waste time and get frustrated. I now only seem to buy stuff where the trade off on re

Scamazon just sucks now. It was once good, but every time I go to use it I waste time and get frustrated. I now only seem to buy stuff where the trade off on research vs going to store is not worth it and buy their probably crappy prime brand batteries. I've been floating like $100+ of amazon credits for months because I keep getting damn gift cards and more credit from returns. Sure there is things I kind of want, but I end up saving it for things I need, and then when I waste time researching what to buy on Amazon, I end up not buying it on Amazon because of their awful fake reviews and cloned YGGFSS named brand items. It's a real shame that brick-and-mortar stores don't realize their advantage is that I'd rather pay more and drive to pick something up TODAY than waste time waiting and risking garbage on prime, yet they flood their own stores with "online seller marketplace items" or nothing is ever in stock.

chrisbaker98 4y ago
> YGGFSS What does this mean?
- chihuahua 4y ago
  It was probably meant to be an example of the millions of machine-generated nonsensical names that a certain kind of 3rd party seller uses. Typically these names are a bit more pronounceable - the algorithms that generate them usually include some vowels. Examples from a search for bike fenders: TAGVO, XINBOUS, MEGHNA, NICEDACK, RBRL BRL, ENLEE, FETESNICE, JIVMEE
  - banana_giraffe 4y ago
    And sometimes the machine generated product descriptions seem to have gone live seemingly without someone that speaks English giving them a once-over: https://imgur.com/a/kvvO7dM https://imgur.com/a/kvvO7dM
- aendruk 4y ago
  Nonsense all-caps throwaway brand name?
- nicwolff 4y ago
  Wow this thread is the only Google result for "YGGFSS" that isn't a catalog site.
- CosmicShadow 4y ago
  Yes, it was a nonsense example brand name meant to look like how they are all 6 capital letters.
PaulHoule 4y ago
I used to like Best Buy but increasingly I am frustrated with their wide but shallow product line. They stock grills and washing machines and even stock one entry level mirrorless camera but no lenses or quality accessories. Out of 10 parts I need to build a PC they stock maybe 2. I think they kid themselves into thinking I will drive there just to buy the 2 parts and then buy the rest online with somebody else but it doesn’t work that way. I was happy to be able to spend a credit I had on a DVD of The World of Susie Wong because I can’t count on them having particular movies. AMZN is killing them based on the strength of their product line but killing themselves because the product listings are flooded with bogus results that you just don’t get with reputable but failing retailers.

chrisbaker98 4y ago

> YGGFSS What does this mean?

chihuahua 4y ago
It was probably meant to be an example of the millions of machine-generated nonsensical names that a certain kind of 3rd party seller uses. Typically these names are a bit more pronounceable - the algorithms that generate them usually include some vowels. Examples from a search for bike fenders: TAGVO, XINBOUS, MEGHNA, NICEDACK, RBRL BRL, ENLEE, FETESNICE, JIVMEE
- banana_giraffe 4y ago
  And sometimes the machine generated product descriptions seem to have gone live seemingly without someone that speaks English giving them a once-over: https://imgur.com/a/kvvO7dM https://imgur.com/a/kvvO7dM
aendruk 4y ago
Nonsense all-caps throwaway brand name?
nicwolff 4y ago
Wow this thread is the only Google result for "YGGFSS" that isn't a catalog site.
CosmicShadow 4y ago
Yes, it was a nonsense example brand name meant to look like how they are all 6 capital letters.

PaulHoule 4y ago

I used to like Best Buy but increasingly I am frustrated with their wide but shallow product line. They stock grills and washing machines and even stock one entry level mirrorless camera but no lenses or quality accessories. Out of 10 parts I need to build a PC they stock maybe 2. I think they kid themselves into thinking I will drive there just to buy the 2 parts and then buy the rest online with somebody else but it doesn’t work that way. I was happy to be able to spend a credit I had on a DVD of The World of Susie Wong because I can’t count on them having particular movies. AMZN is killing them based on the strength of their product line but killing themselves because the product listings are flooded with bogus results that you just don’t get with reputable but failing retailers.