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Re:Is Amazon’s Stock Price Justified? What It Means If It Is... by anonuser123456 on Saturday July 10, 2021 @11:58AM (#27794271)
What do you think is easier, for Amazon to fix their ratings system or for a competitor to implement the worlds most sophisticated vertically integrated logistics operation? If customer really start caring, they will fix it.

The ratings thing is a blip for them. Only sophisticated customers are aware of it... and sophisticated customers are the exception, not the rule.

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Re:Is Amazon’s Stock Price Justified? What It Means If It Is... by pessimizer on Saturday July 10, 2021 @12:08PM (#27794350)
> Only sophisticated customers are aware of it.

It doesn't take an extraordinary amount of "sophistication" to notice that the products that you ordered are cheap, broken and/or counterfeit trash when they arrive. They don't deliver any more quickly than anyone else anymore either. Unless you're on Prime; I think they prioritize Prime.

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Re:Is Amazon’s Stock Price Justified? What It Means If It Is... by jefftk on Saturday July 10, 2021 @12:40PM (#27794632)
> notice that the products that you ordered are cheap, broken and/or counterfeit trash

My experience with the products I've received ordering from Amazon has generally been very good, comparable to products I bought in person. Things are generally as advertised, and work correctly. My guess is that Amazon is doing well because mostly people have an experience similar to mine, and are happy to keep ordering?

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Re:Is Amazon’s Stock Price Justified? What It Means If It Is... by helij on Saturday July 10, 2021 @03:18PM (#27795746)
I have the same experience.
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Re:Is Amazon’s Stock Price Justified? What It Means If It Is... by ghaff on Saturday July 10, 2021 @12:46PM (#27794675)
And, yet, I order from Amazon all the time and I don't see this that I'm aware. I do wonder how my behaviors are different from those who claim ordering from Amazon is a total crapshoot.
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Re:Is Amazon’s Stock Price Justified? What It Means If It Is... by spoonjim on Saturday July 10, 2021 @12:00PM (#27794285)
Grocery stores, Walmart, Target, etc have an equally sophisticated logistics system. After getting one counterfeit product from Amazon I shifted all of my purchases of kids products (diapers, lotion, sunscreen, etc) to brick and mortar retail.
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Re:Is Amazon’s Stock Price Justified? What It Means If It Is... by pessimizer on Saturday July 10, 2021 @12:12PM (#27794382)
Me, too. Locally you get to inspect the product, which eliminates most Amazon-class difficulties, and also there's somebody who has to physically hide from you if you have a complaint.
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Re:Is Amazon’s Stock Price Justified? What It Means If It Is... by sjg007 on Saturday July 10, 2021 @06:32PM (#27796953)
Target and Walmart are the most likely. They just have to work on their search and recommendation engines.
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