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Re:Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ... by hedora on Sunday May 30, 2021 @09:37PM (#27338991)
Pay pal doesn’t solve the low transaction friction problem at all. They’re less convenient than entering credit card info over and over again. The last time I logged into my account, their site was half-down.

On top of that, you could fill a large book with descriptions of esoteric con jobs that only work on PayPal.

Elon builds rockets because of a well-timed exit, followed by lots of hard work and success building Tesla.

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Re:Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ... by tjr225 on Sunday May 30, 2021 @11:07PM (#27339610)
I don’t know when you last used PayPal but it is an incredibly convenient way to pay on vendor websites. I use it 75% of the time I do online shopping.

I would almost always prefer to click “pay with PayPal” than start some new account or fill in details on a given vendors site.

I would go so far as to say that if large enough retailers who already have storefronts were savvy enough, PayPal could make Amazon obsolete.

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Re:Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ... by SpelingBeeChamp on Monday May 31, 2021 @06:54AM (#27342656)
Amazon is more than minimal-friction payment, though. It’s also discovery.
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Re:Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ... by tjr225 on Monday May 31, 2021 @01:45PM (#27346501)
I don’t like their discovery, personally. I know I don’t represent the average shopper- but I generally know what I want before I buy it online or I am using a specialty retailer for discovery.
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Re:Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ... by mgoetzke on Friday June 04, 2021 @11:02AM (#27394273)
And a sensible history of sales, search across it, and find out how sold me what.
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Re:Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ... by davchana on Monday May 31, 2021 @12:10AM (#27340002)
I too, on usps.com, on domain websites, on subscriptions, basically everywhere non-Google properties. On Google I use the card itself, because Chrome has all of my cards saved in.
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