Amazon Dash Button

Re:Amazon Dash Button by wspeirs on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @11:40AM (#9297071)

I'd worry about an appliance too quickly re-ordering. My printer refused to print because it thought the toner was all gone. A black marker to the sensor on the side of the toner and I'm back and printing. It's been almost a month now and still going strong.

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Re:Amazon Dash Button by jader201 on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @11:45AM (#9297144)

Similarly, I can definitely see Brita ordering these prematurely, based on their (IMO) very aggressive refill recommendations.

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Re:Amazon Dash Button by teddyuk on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @11:49AM (#9297193)

which is why a button makes so much sense, auto ordering is bad, this seems much better

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Re:Amazon Dash Button by maratd on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @12:22PM (#9297528)

Sure, I would love to press a button that will order things for me without seeing the price I'm going to pay ... oh wait, no, Amazon would love that, I wouldn't.

This is for people who don't care what things cost and that don't have children (children loooove pressing buttons!).

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Re:Amazon Dash Button by cdmcmahon on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @01:13PM (#9298050)

1. It sends an alert to your phone with the price and easy cancellation. (I was actually surprised at this feature, because I cynically agreed that Amazon would use this to constantly be trying to pull one over on customers.)

2. I also believe it said that repeat clicks will not order until the previous order delivers, which should help somewhat on repeat orders.

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Re:Amazon Dash Button by exelius on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @01:09PM (#9298002)

This product isn't really aimed at price-sensitive consumers, but I also don't see Amazon fucking over their customers with this. One thing I like about Amazon is that they don't play pricing games: they show you the best price in the search results, period.

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Re:Amazon Dash Button by ajanuary on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @01:12PM (#9298044)

When you push the button you get a push notification to your phone, which will show you the price and give you the option to cancel it, which at least gives you some way to back out if the price is hiked up.

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Re:Amazon Dash Button by jessaustin on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @01:24PM (#9298174)

children loooove pressing buttons!

Haha as I read TFA I envisioned the UPS guy unloading boxes and boxes of toilet paper at the homes of my young nieces and nephews.

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Re:Amazon Dash Button by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @12:28PM (#9297575)

I can't imagine there wouldn't be a way to limit the price you pay; it might even be illegal otherwise.

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Re:Amazon Dash Button by travisp on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @12:51PM (#9297816)

Most likely you could cancel or return for a refund.

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Re:Amazon Dash Button by tonyedgecombe on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @01:15PM (#9298079)

It does give the illusion of control.

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Re:Amazon Dash Button by TheSoftwareGuy on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @09:43PM (#9301065)

I think they make it so you always get alert when something is ordered, so that you can cancel it.

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