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They don't care. In Poland we have a central internet marketplace much like Amazon. It's better to such an overwhelming extent that trying to use Amazon makes m

They don't care. In Poland we have a central internet marketplace much like Amazon. It's better to such an overwhelming extent that trying to use Amazon makes me feel sick in comparison. Amazon feels like one of those fake garbage websites that sometimes SEO their way to the frontpage of search results. For a long time I seriously had no idea it was even a real store.

ufo 3y ago
What is that marketplace?
- Vertius 3y ago
  allegro.pl would be my guess
  - wafflemaker 3y ago
    Remember illegaly selling Tibia in-game currency on Allegro. Think I was between 10 and 13 y old. Good old times. Haven't used Allegro much since I've left the country. Heard that after they got bought by someone, they made some user hostile actions like greatly increased their comissions from each sale. Good to hear that. they are still strong and opposing Amazon.
- omnimus 3y ago
  Places that big tech was not interested in (eastern europe - poland, czechia, slovakia) actualy have competition and while its been condensing (allegro buying lots of competition) there are still many players. Its funny amazon has major warehouses in poland and czechia (fulfillment to germany) but they dont even have czech store. You can buy from amazon.de and have it delivered to czechia but amazon doesnt compete on the market. They try with amazon.pl but i dont think its very popular. Lots of the other companies have things like pickup at physical stores (using packeta.com) or nonstop storage boxes that are everywhere in cities. Amazon would have hard time competing there so why bother. It might show that amazon sttopped inventing in the space. I think its more likely that companies like that will start to successfully compete with amazon in germany. Then again amazon would probably just buy them if it was too threatening.
  - Llamamoe 3y ago
    > They try with amazon.pl The UX is overwhelmingly bad, shipping usually costs more than the free shipping threshold on allegro - it just has no value proposition. > I think its more likely that companies like that will start to successfully compete with amazon in germany. Then again amazon would probably just buy them if it was too threatening. Why do these companies even sell out to Amazon given how much higher their potential value proposition is? Without heavy antitrust monopoly bullshit, I can't imagine Amazon competing with anything that actually tries to be an usable service.
    - omnimus 3y ago
      Yet somehow Amazon is super popular in Germany.
      - account42 3y ago
        There isn't a real alternative that does what Amazon does here.
- neop1x 3y ago
  In Czechia we have Alza.cz and it works so well and is so well-established that Amazon has a hard time competing. For example I can order something 5 minutes before midnight on Saturday and it will be delivered the next day at 6 am to the AlzaBox automated box. If I don't like the thing, I can return it to the same box within 14 days and I get a refund fast. The website is well-categorized and easy to use and everyone knows the brand.
scotty79 3y ago
It's good but they are happily selling faked flash memory and sd cards and do nothing if you point that out.
- projektfu 3y ago
  They told me my review of a fake SD card was against the community rules, though they didn't say which rule. If only they spent a little of that effort blocking fakes.
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ufo 3y ago

What is that marketplace?

Vertius 3y ago
allegro.pl would be my guess
- wafflemaker 3y ago
  Remember illegaly selling Tibia in-game currency on Allegro. Think I was between 10 and 13 y old. Good old times. Haven't used Allegro much since I've left the country. Heard that after they got bought by someone, they made some user hostile actions like greatly increased their comissions from each sale. Good to hear that. they are still strong and opposing Amazon.
omnimus 3y ago
Places that big tech was not interested in (eastern europe - poland, czechia, slovakia) actualy have competition and while its been condensing (allegro buying lots of competition) there are still many players. Its funny amazon has major warehouses in poland and czechia (fulfillment to germany) but they dont even have czech store. You can buy from amazon.de and have it delivered to czechia but amazon doesnt compete on the market. They try with amazon.pl but i dont think its very popular. Lots of the other companies have things like pickup at physical stores (using packeta.com) or nonstop storage boxes that are everywhere in cities. Amazon would have hard time competing there so why bother. It might show that amazon sttopped inventing in the space. I think its more likely that companies like that will start to successfully compete with amazon in germany. Then again amazon would probably just buy them if it was too threatening.
- Llamamoe 3y ago
  > They try with amazon.pl The UX is overwhelmingly bad, shipping usually costs more than the free shipping threshold on allegro - it just has no value proposition. > I think its more likely that companies like that will start to successfully compete with amazon in germany. Then again amazon would probably just buy them if it was too threatening. Why do these companies even sell out to Amazon given how much higher their potential value proposition is? Without heavy antitrust monopoly bullshit, I can't imagine Amazon competing with anything that actually tries to be an usable service.
  - omnimus 3y ago
    Yet somehow Amazon is super popular in Germany.
    - account42 3y ago
      There isn't a real alternative that does what Amazon does here.
neop1x 3y ago
In Czechia we have Alza.cz and it works so well and is so well-established that Amazon has a hard time competing. For example I can order something 5 minutes before midnight on Saturday and it will be delivered the next day at 6 am to the AlzaBox automated box. If I don't like the thing, I can return it to the same box within 14 days and I get a refund fast. The website is well-categorized and easy to use and everyone knows the brand.

scotty79 3y ago

It's good but they are happily selling faked flash memory and sd cards and do nothing if you point that out.

projektfu 3y ago
They told me my review of a fake SD card was against the community rules, though they didn't say which rule. If only they spent a little of that effort blocking fakes.

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