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Re:Amazon still hasn’t fixed its problem with bait-and-switc... by coldpie on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @12:05PM (#25583401)
Limited brand selection is actually a benefit. I don't want to spend an hour flipping through shitty USB-C cables to find the one that won't nuke my device. I want to pay the buyer at the retailer a few cents to do that for me.
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Re:Amazon still hasn’t fixed its problem with bait-and-switc... by zucked on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @03:26PM (#25585674)
You're just shuffling the effort of finding a good quality cable upstream to finding a good quality retailer.
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Re:Amazon still hasn’t fixed its problem with bait-and-switc... by fuzxi on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:14PM (#25586813)
Well, yes. The difference is that once you find a trusted retailer, you don't need to put in the same effort every time you need to buy something. You just trust them to have vetted their products for you.
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Re:Amazon still hasn’t fixed its problem with bait-and-switc... by KirillPanov on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @11:15PM (#25589527)
That's okay. I use retailers way more often than I buy cables. Find a good retailer and you can buy several products from them over time, not just one.
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