Comment on We need a new Amazon

Breve@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• myliltoehurts@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’d honestly pay a bit more to buy from better vendors. Price, options, shipping aren’t the things why I end up using Amazon mostly (despite not liking it).

  It’s the fact that if I need to return something I just click 2 buttons and no questions asked a guy shows up at my door tomorrow to pick it up and my refund is back in my account by the evening.

  If other vendors started doing that without all the caveats and conditions and such, I’d never look back.

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  • Omniforous@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Companies post for free returns by increasing their prices by about 10% to cover the cost of reverse logistics. Most of the items returned in online shopping end up in landfill.

    Most of what it worthwhile to buy from Amazon can be found in a physical store or from the manufacturers website. Do a bit of research beforehand and it’s very easy to be confident that you’re not going to need to return what you buy.

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• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But not shipping. And sometimes, that’s the difference.

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