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Amazon hides cheaper items with faster delivery, lawsuit alleges (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Gonna go against the grain and say Amazon is still good value on a lot of things in Australia and cheaper then going into a physical store.

Which is more an indictment of how badly we've been getting fucked over on pricing here all our lives.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Yea, Amazon is still a decent value in America too, frankly I just don't understand where people are getting these comparisons from.

Sometimes Walmart is cheaper, sometimes Amazon is cheaper, a lot of the times they're neck and neck, but I don't have to step into a Walmart with Amazon so that's a huge plus for me lmao and a lot of the items are same day or next day

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You don't want to wait in a self checkout lane for forty minutes to buy a single extension cord?!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Or you could buy an extension cord from such brands as HUANCHAIN, Mifaso, YISHU, POWRUI or Addtam and maybe it will ship in 4 to 5 days

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Because it depends a lot on where you live.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

In Canada, at least in a city, it's rare that I can't find things for the same price or cheaper in local stores. Amazon comes in handy for harder to find items though I've been using Aliexpress more for those items lately.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

same with Japan, unfortunately. Furniture is crazy expensive in stores here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If it's handmade hardwood Japanese joinery furniture than it's worth every penny, it'll outlast you and you'll hand that down to your kin.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

yeah no I'm talking about the garbage from home center valor lmao