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Amazon is going down. 20 years ago they had excellent customer service, now they are violating EU laws and cheat the gmp developers out of a CPU replacement: h

Amazon is going down. 20 years ago they had excellent customer service, now they are violating EU laws and cheat the gmp developers out of a CPU replacement: https://gmplib.org/ https://gmplib.org/ Granlund's gcc optimizations probably save Amazon millions in electricity each year. But evidently they don't care about real programmers.

mananaysiempre 1y ago
> 20 years ago they had excellent customer service, now ... you will use them anyway because, customer service or no, there’s a good chance you don’t have a choice that doesn’t cost half again as much. (Regional availability may vary.)
- bgwalter 1y ago
  For the EU, use this search engine: https://geizhals.eu/ https://geizhals.eu/ Amazon is not nearly the cheapest or most reliable one for hardware.
  - biosboiii 1y ago
    I am sorry but this is insane cope, Amazon is still on-top everywhere, also in Europe.
    - bgwalter 1y ago
      Nonsense. Literally the first random example I chose: https://geizhals.eu/supermicro-h13ssl-n-bulk-mbd-h13ssl-n-b-a2952743.html?hloc=at&hloc=de&hloc=eu&hloc=pl&hloc=uk https://geizhals.eu/supermicro-h13ssl-n-bulk-mbd-h13ssl-n-b-... Cheapest price: EUR 675 Amazon price: EUR 875 The vendors with the cheapest price have good customer reviews as well, unlike Amazon, which has terrible ones.
    - nicolaslem 1y ago
      In Poland and neighboring countries, Amazon has some serious competition from Allegro.
    - const_cast 1y ago
      In terms of usage, maybe, in terms of service, probably not. Often the biggest dogs are not the best. They have inertia and marketing, and that's why they're the big dogs. Not because they're providing the best, or the cheapest, good or service.
    - Jensson 1y ago
      Depends on how local you go, there are local alternatives that are bigger in their domain for almost every domain in most parts of Europe. Amazon is much much smaller outside of USA and there are plenty of alternatives with better and cheaper service.
    - Anamon 1y ago
      Also not true in Switzerland. Amazon was ranked #4 overall, #2 in tech, based on sales in 2024, with a massive distance to the leaders. It's not that popular around here, and with current U.S. boycotts I expect it to drop further this year.
- kjkjadksj 1y ago
  They aren’t cheaper anymore. The “real” branded stuff is usually more expensive on amazon than straight from the manufacturers website. The “cheap” fake aliexpress stuff is just that charged at a premium. You can find the same exact product images even on the same products on ebay from probably the same merchants listing on both marketplaces. It has changed dramatically over the past 5 or so years into this.
- rwyinuse 1y ago
  At least for stuff like electronics, random plastic household items etc EU Amazon isn't particularly cheap. Branded stuff costs about the same in many smaller stores, and random Chinese no-name brands can be bought from Aliexpress cheaper.

mananaysiempre 1y ago

> 20 years ago they had excellent customer service, now ... you will use them anyway because, customer service or no, there’s a good chance you don’t have a choice that doesn’t cost half again as much. (Regional availability may vary.)

bgwalter 1y ago
For the EU, use this search engine: https://geizhals.eu/ https://geizhals.eu/ Amazon is not nearly the cheapest or most reliable one for hardware.
- biosboiii 1y ago
  I am sorry but this is insane cope, Amazon is still on-top everywhere, also in Europe.
  - bgwalter 1y ago
    Nonsense. Literally the first random example I chose: https://geizhals.eu/supermicro-h13ssl-n-bulk-mbd-h13ssl-n-b-a2952743.html?hloc=at&hloc=de&hloc=eu&hloc=pl&hloc=uk https://geizhals.eu/supermicro-h13ssl-n-bulk-mbd-h13ssl-n-b-... Cheapest price: EUR 675 Amazon price: EUR 875 The vendors with the cheapest price have good customer reviews as well, unlike Amazon, which has terrible ones.
  - nicolaslem 1y ago
    In Poland and neighboring countries, Amazon has some serious competition from Allegro.
  - const_cast 1y ago
    In terms of usage, maybe, in terms of service, probably not. Often the biggest dogs are not the best. They have inertia and marketing, and that's why they're the big dogs. Not because they're providing the best, or the cheapest, good or service.
  - Jensson 1y ago
    Depends on how local you go, there are local alternatives that are bigger in their domain for almost every domain in most parts of Europe. Amazon is much much smaller outside of USA and there are plenty of alternatives with better and cheaper service.
  - Anamon 1y ago
    Also not true in Switzerland. Amazon was ranked #4 overall, #2 in tech, based on sales in 2024, with a massive distance to the leaders. It's not that popular around here, and with current U.S. boycotts I expect it to drop further this year.
kjkjadksj 1y ago
They aren’t cheaper anymore. The “real” branded stuff is usually more expensive on amazon than straight from the manufacturers website. The “cheap” fake aliexpress stuff is just that charged at a premium. You can find the same exact product images even on the same products on ebay from probably the same merchants listing on both marketplaces. It has changed dramatically over the past 5 or so years into this.
rwyinuse 1y ago
At least for stuff like electronics, random plastic household items etc EU Amazon isn't particularly cheap. Branded stuff costs about the same in many smaller stores, and random Chinese no-name brands can be bought from Aliexpress cheaper.