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Every time I do that I get frustrated: - shipping sometimes goes to from day(s) to weeks - suddenly their ads start going to email - please review us emails

by 0x457 3mo ago

Every time I do that I get frustrated: - shipping sometimes goes to from day(s) to weeks - suddenly their ads start going to email - please review us emails I'd rather bezos get his cut.

delichon 3mo ago
I bought a weed whacker directly from the maker about 5 years ago, and since then have received literal tons of their catalogues in my tiny mailbox. They send > 80% of all the mail I receive. I've regretted it ever since. Now I feel like I need to keep my address a secret unless there's a good reason not to. Amazon has had it since the last century and has never abused it. I'd buy more from such if it was easy to hide my personal info from them.
- pocksuppet 3mo ago
  Can't you get a few thousand dollars by suing them for spamming you?
  - TylerE 3mo ago
    Not for physical mail.
    - mrweasel 3mo ago
      Yeeeeey for living in a country where physical mail is prohibitively expensive. A standard letter, 2 - 5 business days, costs $3.50.
      - 0x457 3mo ago
        In US, USPS (government snail mail) literally has program that allows you to send^W spam marketing mail: https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm
        mrweasel 3mo ago
        Do they make it up on volume or is postal workers just incredibly cheap?
        munk-a 3mo ago
        They're forced to deliver it at a loss and then yelled at by congress when they fail to turn a profit. The system just works.
- drnick1 3mo ago
  > Now I feel like I need to keep my address a secret unless there's a good reason not to. No business gets my real phone number, and the email I provide is companyname@mydomain.com. The minute I start receiving unsolicited email, I revoke the alias and spam will bounce.
1970-01-01 3mo ago
This. Amazon has the best checkout and delivery system in the world, and that alone is worth a few extra dollars. The excess crap gets caught in the appropriate filters and I just end up with my item in a box.
- 0x457 3mo ago
  > This. Amazon has the best checkout and delivery system in the world, and that alone is worth a few extra dollars. IIRC amazon yeets you out of their marketplace if you sell items cheaper than on amazon.com. Which you can work around by giving our coupon on your website, but that results in email/sms spam.
- mrweasel 3mo ago
  Amazons checkout is terrible though. Maybe it's better if you're in the US, but here you're not told the actual price, after currency conversion and shipping costs until the very last minute. Their shipping is awful, because it doesn't integrate with anything, so you can select a pickup point, and shipping is often weeks rather than next day.

by 0x457 3mo ago

Every time I do that I get frustrated: - shipping sometimes goes to from day(s) to weeks - suddenly their ads start going to email - please review us emails I'd rather bezos get his cut.

delichon 3mo ago

I bought a weed whacker directly from the maker about 5 years ago, and since then have received literal tons of their catalogues in my tiny mailbox. They send > 80% of all the mail I receive. I've regretted it ever since. Now I feel like I need to keep my address a secret unless there's a good reason not to. Amazon has had it since the last century and has never abused it. I'd buy more from such if it was easy to hide my personal info from them.

pocksuppet 3mo ago
Can't you get a few thousand dollars by suing them for spamming you?
- TylerE 3mo ago
  Not for physical mail.
  - mrweasel 3mo ago
    Yeeeeey for living in a country where physical mail is prohibitively expensive. A standard letter, 2 - 5 business days, costs $3.50.
    - 0x457 3mo ago
      In US, USPS (government snail mail) literally has program that allows you to send^W spam marketing mail: https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm
      - mrweasel 3mo ago
        Do they make it up on volume or is postal workers just incredibly cheap?
        munk-a 3mo ago
        They're forced to deliver it at a loss and then yelled at by congress when they fail to turn a profit. The system just works.
drnick1 3mo ago
> Now I feel like I need to keep my address a secret unless there's a good reason not to. No business gets my real phone number, and the email I provide is companyname@mydomain.com. The minute I start receiving unsolicited email, I revoke the alias and spam will bounce.

1970-01-01 3mo ago

This. Amazon has the best checkout and delivery system in the world, and that alone is worth a few extra dollars. The excess crap gets caught in the appropriate filters and I just end up with my item in a box.

0x457 3mo ago
> This. Amazon has the best checkout and delivery system in the world, and that alone is worth a few extra dollars. IIRC amazon yeets you out of their marketplace if you sell items cheaper than on amazon.com. Which you can work around by giving our coupon on your website, but that results in email/sms spam.
mrweasel 3mo ago
Amazons checkout is terrible though. Maybe it's better if you're in the US, but here you're not told the actual price, after currency conversion and shipping costs until the very last minute. Their shipping is awful, because it doesn't integrate with anything, so you can select a pickup point, and shipping is often weeks rather than next day.