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Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by onli on Sunday October 05, 2025 @04:21AM (#45479877)
.de promised to call me, never called. Split an order in three, used a bank account I had already removed from the system, then made me pay a fee three times when the money naturally could not be retrieved. One item in the order was a fake, when I returned it they claimed I kept it - thankfully I still had the receipt that I returned something, together with some stern words that was enough to end that.

Never buy from Amazon, especially not .de. Germany has a bunch of alternative online shops that are better.

Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by Hendrikto on Sunday October 05, 2025 @04:35AM (#45479965)
> Germany has a bunch of alternative online shops that are better.

Such as?

I never ran into such problems with Amazon, but I would like to know the alternatives.

Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by onli on Sunday October 05, 2025 @04:57AM (#45480054)
For electronics: Mindfactory, Galaxus, Coolblue, alternate, Jacob, Proshop, alza, computeruniverse.
Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by patrickk on Sunday October 05, 2025 @05:19AM (#45480167)
Caseking and Alternate.de for PC components.
Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by onli on Sunday October 05, 2025 @05:33AM (#45480222)
All of them are good for PC components :) But right, I forgot Caseking.
Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by taffronaut on Sunday October 05, 2025 @06:46AM (#45480536)
Thomann - for musical instrument stuff
Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by onli on Sunday October 05, 2025 @07:05AM (#45480613)
Plus microphones and headphones :)
Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by mraniki on Sunday October 05, 2025 @05:52AM (#45480320)
Idealo for larger selection and comparison
Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by nixass on Sunday October 05, 2025 @08:16AM (#45480958)
Idealo and Geizhals are price comparison sites and nothing else
Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? by tstenner on Sunday October 05, 2025 @02:47PM (#45484107)
FYI Idealo is part of Springer (Bild), Geizhals belongs to Heise (c't, iX)