Re:Amazon, the world’s most remarkable firm, is just getting...
by Arizhel on Friday March 24, 2017 @11:23AM
(#13949494)
Amazon has gotten so bad about this stuff that I consider those "shady sellers" on Ebay to be a better bet than the ones on Amazon.
At least on Ebay, I can tell right away if a seller is shipping from China. I can't see that on Amazon until I go to the checkout, and see that it'll take several weeks to arrive.
Re:Amazon, the world’s most remarkable firm, is just getting...
by sharemywin on Friday March 24, 2017 @12:27PM
(#13950039)
I goto aliexpress I paid $9.70 for a 1m micro usb cable. oh, wait that was 10 of them. versus $2.86 for one on ebay or 4.99 on amazon. versus $10 at the store.
not affiliate with them, but if your going to by cheap shit from china why not go direct and get it the cheapest.
Re:Amazon, the world’s most remarkable firm, is just getting...
by makomk on Friday March 24, 2017 @02:10PM
(#13950930)
Plus, when you go to look at reviews on Aliexpress you know they're from people who bought from the seller you're buying from, not some unrelated supplier whose genuine listing a scammer has subsequently latched onto.
Re:Amazon, the world’s most remarkable firm, is just getting...
by cryptarch on Friday March 24, 2017 @11:38AM
(#13949612)
Ebay is pretty good, just use the Spamhaus tools to check out all negative and neutral reviews and look for weird stuff.
Ebay has a lot of experienced sellers with hundreds/thousands of transactions and only a few neutral/negative reviews a year.
Instead you're forced to buy from 3rd party sellers. Now go and look at some of those sellers. There are tons and tons of sellers who have either 0% positive feedback, or they just started and have no feedback.
I'm worried that more items are going over to this Ebay-like model of shady sellers.