BrianKrebsWe've been weaning ourselves off ordering things from Amazon, so my wife went and ordered something big from a different retailer, who was actually advertising it at a lower price than Amazon. Well, after a week of waiting for the item to ship, it suddenly just arrived. Turns out the order was fulfilled through Amazon anyway.
AI6YR Ben@briankrebs Yep... happens frequently to me. Aggravating, but also demonstrative of how well locked up Amazon has the market in some product categories.
Led By Gilded Fools@ai6yr @briankrebs we pay the Amazon tax on all products, regardless of where purchased, per @pluralistic
AccordionBruce@MHowell @ai6yr @briankrebs @pluralistic
Major retailer Best Buy in Canada resells 3rd party goods on their website that are delivered by Amazon
I just saw this curious $6,000 ream of paper there
Possibly a #MoneyLaundering token
Way to contribute to the digital printing revolution #BestBuy #Amazon
John Timaeus@AccordionBruce @MHowell @ai6yr @briankrebs @pluralistic
I've run into some things like this lately. One was $500 for a box of #8 wood screws (quantity 100). Turns out that was for a half-gross of boxes -- which is actually a good price if you need 7200 screws.
The only indication was a tiny note you could only see if you expanded the "specifications" pulldown.
DressToKILT@AccordionBruce @MHowell @ai6yr @briankrebs @pluralistic well at least we haven't leapt right to the conclusion that it's child sex trafficking.
Gary Whittaker@AccordionBruce
It would be interesting to know if anybody actually bought it.
It would be interesting to know if anybody actually bought it.