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Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Sunday May 09, 2021 @08:36AM (#27095471)
> it isn’t possible to compete with Amazon on ”online” features.

I'm not sure that's a true statement. I've completely ceased buying computing equipment from Amazon because their search is so goddamned useless. Newegg's power search actually works and lets me find what I'm looking for.

Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by Sohcahtoa82 on Monday May 10, 2021 @04:07PM (#27110284)
For computer hardware, I use PCPartPicker to find what I want, and follow their link.

Yes, I know that those will definitely be referral links, but I'm fine with that.

Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @10:23AM (#27118445)
I'm ok paying NewEgg's (sometimes) slightly higher prices because they took the time to put together a good search.
Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by efreak on Thursday May 20, 2021 @01:27AM (#27217738)
I stopped buying from Newegg. Firstly when I made two identical orders once (I intended to get two hard drives, only got one, so ordered the second a few hours later when I noticed), they _silently_ deleted one of them with no indication of what happened, leaving no record of it in my account. This was _after_ I had a purchase confirmation email for both orders. CS was unwilling to apply the now-expired sale price to a new order when I contacted them. Secondly, when someone bought a $3000 camera on my account (had no credit cards attached, they used a gift card) Newegg closed my account when I reported it, and I now cannot use my primary email account with them, as there's an existing closed account with that address. I consider both of these to be their fault--yes, I could have checked my account more often, but I generally rely on email communications for online purchases; and my account could have been restored by resetting password and logging out existing sessions.
Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by fomine3 on Sunday May 09, 2021 @08:11PM (#27101159)
I've been really curious why Amazon can't implement sort by exact price.