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Re:The best Cyber Monday deals according to Alexa: any Amazo... by tzs on Thursday December 05, 2019 @03:46PM (#21716294)
> I dont go to Amazon to buy Kirland, anymore than I go to Best Buy to buy an Echo

I actually do go to Amazon to buy Kirkland. The nearest Costco is far enough away and not sufficiently cheaper than the Walmart supercenter a mile from my place to justify a Costco membership.

Best Buy is actually a good place to buy Amazon devices if you have a nearby Best Buy. They price match so the price is generally the same (and better if it happens to be a time when Best Buy is having a sale and Amazon is not), and you get the thing right away. Oh, and Best Buy takes Apple Pay and cash.

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Re:The best Cyber Monday deals according to Alexa: any Amazo... by basch on Thursday December 05, 2019 @04:10PM (#21716558)
Buying Kirkland on Amazon, means someone walked into a costco, bought it, and resold it. From both a cost effective and auditing a warranty trail standpoint, that sucks. Incentivizing people to stock their homes full of costco products to resell is a market failure, we shouldnt encourage that behavior, but instead address the market failure. You can buy costco products at costco.com without a membership.
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