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It's sort of funny - the author's first complaint was about the query "purple wig". Perhaps I'm getting better results since I'm using an adblocker, but is thi
by joenot443 3y ago
It's sort of funny - the author's first complaint was about the query "purple wig".
Perhaps I'm getting better results since I'm using an adblocker, but is this not what the author was after? [1] I see lots of wigs in lots of different styles, all purple, all around $20. If I went to a costume store it'd be a little cheaper, but that's the idea of Amazon, is it not? They're concerned they've never heard of the brands (do you know any wig brands?), but remember this is for a kid's halloween costume.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/s?k=purple+wig https://www.amazon.com/s?k=purple+wig
Look, at the end of the day, the consumer is still largely coming out on top here. They get what they want, shipped free, tomorrow. If you pitched that system to someone in 1999 they'd laugh you out of the boardroom, it's only due to Amazon's gargantuan scale that it's become possible. Of all the annoyances online these days, sponsored Amazon listings have never struck me as the ones to be distressed over.
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- jhbadger 3y agoI think the argument was there was no way to know which (if any) of the wigs were good quality because of their weird off-brand status as opposed to branded Raquel Welch, Jon Renau, etc. Of course many of the off brand wigs may be made in the same factory as the big names, but it is impossible to tell.