Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad
by epage on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:35AM
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Not like I always get two day shipping anyways. They now shuffle things between warehouses so they can say it shipped in two days (from the closest warehouse) but the effective shipping time can be longer.
Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad
by CPLX on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:07AM
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Newegg has cloned the Amazon strategy. They also do marketplace stuff. It’s really just another example of the same thing.
Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad
by dehrmann on Thursday November 24, 2022 @01:37PM
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I look down on Newegg more for its marketplace strategy because it distracted from a niche it served well. By the time Amazon was doing its marketplace, it was already selling everything, so I didn't notice.
Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad
by treis on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:54AM
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NewEgg rather infamously scammed Linus Tech tips and thousands of stories of them doing similar came out (myself included). I don't know why anyone buys from them. They will commit outright fraud and steal money from you.
Amazon at least maintains the fig leaf of plausible deniability and part of that is no questions asked returns.
Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad
by thewebcount on Thursday November 24, 2022 @11:58AM
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Likewise. I ordered 2 sets of batteries for our cordless landline phone from NewEgg. They sent me one set. I emailed customer service and they charged me for 2 more sets and sent nothing. Never doing business with them again.
Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad
by anon7725 on Thursday November 24, 2022 @11:00AM
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Try B&H next time. AFAIK they still ship everything themselves and don’t have marketplace sellers like Newegg or Amazon.
2 day shipping costs more, they didn't even get it here in 2 days, they split my order into 8 orders, each tracked and emailed separately. I've been boycotting Amazon almost 5 years, but their competition really sucks to the point I'm thinking of going back. At least I've been able to avoid a lot of frivolous purchases for a while...