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I think Amazon has two niches where it's still good. * If you know exactly what name brand thing you want to buy Amazon is the best buying / return experience,
by Spivak 3y ago
I think Amazon has two niches where it's still good.
* If you know exactly what name brand thing you want to buy Amazon is the best buying / return experience, usually the cheapest way to acquire it, and the fastest delivery.
* If you don't know exactly what you want it's a pretty good search engine on top of AliExpress. As soon as you see two of the same pictures you can get it for at least half the price buying direct.
- hombre_fatal 3y agoGoogling it, AliExpress still requires the item in its original packaging of you want to return it? If so, Amazon still dominates for anything worth returning. I can even drive the return item to the Whole foods down the street to return it at a dedicated Amazon kiosk.
- zdragnar 3y ago> As soon as you see two of the same pictures you can get it for at least half the price buying direct. I don't know about this. I've certainly seen a few cases where it was true, but the shipping cost always brought it back up to Amazon price levels, or the shipping time was so long that I was happier paying a bit more to get it sooner. Maybe I'm just buying the wrong things...