A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing

Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by function_seven on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @04:27AM (#27686277)

Just bought a new radiator from Rock Auto. I think it was like 3 clicks to drill down to the part. I just tried your method and was blown away. After I entered the year and make, and was halfway into typing the model, it autocompleted all the way to my trim level and I resumed typing "radia" where it suggested all the relevant things. Hitting enter, I watched it navigate the tree on the left.

Small delights like that are worth serious money.

I love sites that have such a structured categorization of their items. McMaster-Carr is the gold standard IMO, and RockAuto is pretty close.

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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by zeusk on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:00AM (#27686439)

McMaster-Carr is awesome, but I believe they are very business/professional oriented.

I needed some brass thread-ins with bolts and they got the job done but now I'm sitting on a minimum sized order of ~50 pieces that I won't be using anytime soon. Maybe I can resell them eBay. Hah.

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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by Unklejoe on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:14AM (#27688078)

McMaster is great if you need some obscure bolt, but man do they stick you for it.

Want this weird thread bolt? Here's a power plant certified 2mm bolt for $75 each.

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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by driverdan on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @12:12PM (#27690281)

I just bought some grade 8 hardware from them. It was cheaper than Fastenal, even with shipping, and they delivered overnight. I had to buy in higher quantities than I needed but the extras will get used at some point.

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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by technothrasher on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @06:36AM (#27686950)

McMaster is also typically not cheap. Their claim to fame is that they deliver really quickly. We can get stuff from them same or next day about 95% of the time. For slightly slower delivery but better pricing, Zoro Tools has much of the same stuff.

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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by jessaustin on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @08:25AM (#27687619)

For some M16-1.5 bolts I ordered last week (and received the next day), McMaster-Carr was considerably cheaper than any other source. [EDIT:] Although Zoro doesn't seem to carry that size bolt in lots smaller than 25, I'll certainly be checking them for other items in future... thanks for the reference! I just wish they sorted their filter parameters by size rather than by SKU quantity.

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