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Re:Amazon's minimum order size for free shipping is now $35 by therobot24 on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @11:29AM (#6592528)
- inventory is limited? which amazon website are you visiting?

- anecdotal, but in the several years of using amazon, never had a problem with any of the 'non-amazon' sellers. There are ratings for a reason. That's like saying you didn't get what you wanted from one ebay listing so all of ebay is bad

- reviews don't mean nothing..what's your problem with the current reviews. Like anything you read, take it with a grain of salt. Amazon also includes verified reviews, as in, people who actually purchased the product. Search google if amazon isn't enough for you

- based on the rest of your post you ordered what you thought was an arduino from a non-amazon seller off of amazon, found out it was a clone, and was pissed cause you thought the reviews would have made that more clear

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Re:Amazon's minimum order size for free shipping is now $35 by Pxtl on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @11:38AM (#6592593)
> - inventory is limited? which amazon website are you visiting?

Idunno, maybe he's Canadian? Amazon.ca is a joke compared to the American inventory.

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Re:Amazon's minimum order size for free shipping is now $35 by graeme on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @11:56AM (#6592751)
Fellow Canadian here. Check out amazon.ca again if you haven't looked in the past few months.

It's still far from amazon.com, but they just added quite a few non-book items. I recently ordered three electronic items that normally I would have had to get shipped across the border.

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Re:Amazon's minimum order size for free shipping is now $35 by Aldo_MX on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @12:11PM (#6592864)
If you believe Amazon.ca is a joke try Amazon.com.mx
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Re:Amazon's minimum order size for free shipping is now $35 by marincounty on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @01:16PM (#6593324)
Why do they continue to let resellers sell clones, or what I have seen is counterfit times, or blatant misrepresentation? Alfa wifi adapter by DBOROTH?

It's a good company, but I have seen them start to slip. I still buy from them, but I don't just click like I used to.

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Re:Amazon's minimum order size for free shipping is now $35 by lookingsideways on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @12:26PM (#6592984) 

  - inventory is limited? which amazon website are you visiting?
The amazon.es selection is much more limited than amazon.co.uk's selection. I typically end up buying from the UK and having it shipped across as it will usually be cheaper despite the extra shipping charges.
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Re:Amazon's minimum order size for free shipping is now $35 by km3k on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @09:30AM (#6598550)
> That's like saying you didn't get what you wanted from one ebay listing so all of ebay is bad

That could be what is being said. Almost everyone I've talked to that doesn't like eBay essentially says something like this.

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Re:Amazon's minimum order size for free shipping is now $35 by gcb1 on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @01:02PM (#6593244)
feel free to buy from any random seller. if you filter by products sold by amazon their inventory diminishes to the point that you cant choose more than one brand
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