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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by NegativeK on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @12:32PM (#17961215)
As a sibling comment pointed out, cheapest doesn't trump everything -- otherwise we'd be ordering from Aliexpress.

I've spend _way_ too much money on climbing gear in the past three years, very little of which was on Amazon. I simply can't risk getting counterfeit safety-critical goods.

And while I'm not worried about counterfeit mops, I have noticed that the Amazon first habit is now broken in general.

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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by kaitai on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @02:08PM (#17961979)
Small but significant: I don't buy diapers from Amazon anymore, after so many reports of counterfeits. Target has my dollars. (Certainly a different kind of safety-critical!)

The supply chain problems are very worrisome for Amazon.

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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by chabes on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @12:57PM (#17961409)
> I simply can't risk getting counterfeit safety-critical goods.

That’s a good call. I usually buy direct from someone like Black Diamond when it comes to things like that.

Also, like with most industries , it helps to have a friend with a pro deal, if you’re trying to save money on important stuff.

I’ve found that AliExpress is good for cheap electronics that I don’t mind waiting for, but not much beyond that. I haven’t used the site in months (though, I haven’t used Amazon during the same time either)

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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by nkurz on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @02:18PM (#17962055)
I usually buy direct from someone like Black Diamond when it comes to things like that.

Interesting example. Did you see the recent story about Black Diamond sending a cease-and-desist to Walmart demanding that they stop advertising their products: https://www.retaildive.com/news/black-diamond-demands-walmar...

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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by ryanisnan on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @01:47PM (#17961806)
A word to the wise, the first rule about pro deals is that you don't talk about pro deals.
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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by kryogen1c on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @08:54PM (#17964745)
Like Groucho Marx said, "I don't want to belong to any club that will have people like me as a member."
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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by linuxlizard on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:34AM (#17967890)
On my second order, AliExpress asked for a picture of my passport (or other id). Was a bit disconcerting. Did you encounter that?

I found what I needed on newegg and ebay instead.

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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by 83 on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @10:30AM (#17969121)
My first order from Ali (couple weeks ago) asked for a photo id, picture of credit card, and picture of credit card statement. I declined to provide them and the order was cancelled by their system after a week or so.
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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by malandrew on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @08:45PM (#17964706)
This is my situation as well. I buy all my outdoor gear from Backcountry these days because I know I'm getting real products and their gearheads are super useful as well.
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