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Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad by kennend3 on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:31AM (#33732430)
> I ended up spending an hour trying to get to the one I wanted to buy.

As someone who has been in the same situation I just go to my local Lowes/Home Depot now. The lighting section actually shows you what they look like turned on which is nice.

After doing some competitive price shopping it is rare that amazon's prices are competitive. I guess not having to go to the store is convenient?

> I much rather prefer a curated list of products so someone else has done the weeding out.

With amazon's commingling of inventory this isn't a workable solution.

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Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad by ajmurmann on Thursday November 24, 2022 @11:04AM (#33732855)
The dreaded comingling of inventory is just the cherry on top. A curated list is there opposite of Amazon Marketplace. For years I wished that it was easier to just keep all the marketplace offerings hidden permanently since I want to buy from Amazon and not someone I've never heard of. At this point it's all such a blurred mess.
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