Looks like I’m spoiled for choice. Temu has exactly the same for 11.29. Not that I’d be purchasing from either place; it’s just another example of Amazon’s enshittification.
Looks like I’m spoiled for choice. Temu has exactly the same for 11.29. Not that I’d be purchasing from either place; it’s just another example of Amazon’s enshittification.
So I just got a steam deck… A little birthday present to myself.
My local microcenter sells nothing for it… Neither does best buy. And if best buy did I wouldn’t over pay anyway at that failing store.
So… Amazon it is. 40 bucks and two days later I have a silicone case, anti glare screen protector and a cheapo dock.
I didn’t want to get all that shit off amazon… It was just the most convenient place and in my case the only place.
If anything amazon needs to crack down on these bs Chinese sellers.
I haven’t bought anything at Amazon for like 6 or 7 years now. Alternatives always exist, but you have to look for them. So many people act like there is no option but to submit to Jeff
Like what? 2x the price for worse hardware?
Feels like the only alternative for reasonable priced stuff is AliExpress (in regards to electronics)
They have a near monopoly on certain goods. I built my home gym using Amazon 2 years ago. I couldn’t find most of the stuff anywhere else for anywhere near the same prices.
Things have changed. I don’t use Amazon anymore. Out of curiosity I checked some prices on my gym equipment and a lot of it is 50+% more now. The squat rack I have is almost double the price.
Prices elsewhere haven’t gone down. It is still probably cheaper to buy the double the price squat rack from Amazon. But I’m done, Amazon is full evil.
So what you are saying is you found the items somewhere else but you are not willing to pay the price it takes to pay without literal exploitation of everything? So in the end you just don’t care about the consequences because our prince deserved cheap gym equipment.
People make me sick.
Huh? Do you think workers are not exploited at physical stores? Do you think most of the stuff isn’t made identically and then rebranded differently for Amazon or for other stores?
Do you think workers at your typical physical store face the same level exploitation as packaging employees at amazon? Then look for a different store. But its just one example, again Amazon uses every bad practice in the book.
Two things can be true at the same time.
No, I’m saying that I bought some stuff then changed my ways. I didn’t look elsewhere previously. I am looking elsewhere now, and I will not give Amazon money. I was highlighting the problem that tons of people run into - shit is still cheaper at Amazon even if it is much more expensive than it was 2 years ago.
Countless governments subsidize amazon one way or the other by letting them employ people for less money they consider enough to survive so they get paid welfare money from said governments. But its not only that, of course no one can compete. But it only stops when people stop buying their shit or start electing people that regulate those topics. One way or the other, people need to start thinking about what they are doing and how it impacts the world we live in. Everyone is always making it something’s or someone else’s fault that they act the way they do
Sometimes Amazon has the stupid low priced widget that I need, at a lower price than anywhere else, with next day delivery…
Like… Fuck…
They have a most favored nation policy, meaning that people who sell on their platform can’t have a lower price anywhere else than what they have on their platform.
Yeah I had the same thing happen with a smartwatch. I want a new band made of fabric instead of the silicone rubber or whatever it is. It is extremely frustrating to find one anywhere but Amazon. I don’t use Amazon anymore, so I guess I’m getting my random Chinese products from ebay now. Not sure if that’s any better.
Two major differences between Amazon and eBay eBay has longer shipping times but a significantly better rating system which holds the buyer accountable as much as it does the seller.
But since I like and enjoy instant gratification Amazon’s faster shipping times are a little better for me especially as a consumer rather than seller.