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Amazon pinches sellers: Use our costly logistics services or pay extra fee (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 37 points 3 years ago (3 children)

It's depressing how often I try to buy from the manufacturer, and their shop is an Amazon store.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This is so annoying. Also if a seller is selling the same fake product, it will get binned with the official retailers :) so it's just pot luck.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    This crap has sent me back to physical stores. If they have it in stock, I don't have to wait for it to ship, I just drive there and pick it up. Same with returns too, and exchanges. Same day.

    Plus, I can trust that the company itself has probably looked at and tested the products, and has a real product and not a fake. I doubt I'm the only one going back to brick and mortar as well.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Maybe it's just due to what I'm buying online but if I can't find it for sale on the manufacturer's website I often can get it from a 'smaller' retailer or the webpage for a big box store like Best Buy or REI.

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