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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by tjr225 on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:23PM (#17528211)
I simply find the entire experience to be unenticing. Pay an ever increasing rate for 2 day shipping per year? Nah. Sift through an onslaught of phony reviews and hope You get some working cheap crap? Nah. It's just not that great. I'd rather drive to Trader Joe's or Safeway or even wait a week or so and order it directly from the company who sells the product.

I can see it being pretty awesome for small business users who need stuff like paper, pens, ink, etc on a regular basis - but honestly ever since I stopped compulsively buying crap on amazon I can't say that my life has gotten any worse. In fact I'm probably way better off.

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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by j79 on Saturday July 14, 2018 @01:34AM (#17528990)
> Sift through an onslaught of phony reviews and hope You get some working cheap crap? Nah.

A major reason I've stopped shopping Amazon are the reviews. It's crazy thinking that my on-line shopping changed from:

Researching for the best price (or searching for a coupon)

to

Researching if the reviews are actually "legit".

The last few products I purchased, where even "Fakespot" gave an "A" grade, the product was absolutely piss-poor in quality.

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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by azhenley on Friday July 13, 2018 @10:40PM (#17528500)
The price of everything seems to be ever increasing.

The cost of Prime seemed to be underpriced, and now it is just correcting.

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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by dingo_bat on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:48PM (#17528307)
> Pay an ever increasing rate for 2 day shipping per year

Just get a prime subscription and never pay for shipping again.

> Sift through an onslaught of phony reviews and hope You get some working cheap crap

I read reviews from all over the web and then just buy it from Amazon. Never got a fake product.

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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by astura on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:59PM (#17528352)
You're still paying for shipping; Prime is not free.

(Not only that but not all items on Amazon are eligible for Prime)

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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by swsieber on Friday July 13, 2018 @10:26PM (#17528444)
Indeed - I think that's what tjr225 was actually referring to:

"Pay an ever increasing rate for 2 day shipping per year?"

(Emphasis mine)

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