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It is more naivety than stupidity. Many people are not wised up to online buying so they are taken advantage of. I do not think they are to blame. Many older people are just not clued up on online buying and are confused by digital purchasing.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: Flyingclaydisk
I was at jo-ann fabrics last weekend with my wife.
Just wandering around while she was on a mission I came across some steel wool.
Two pieces of steel wool in a little package was $6.
You can buy a 8 pack at any hardware store for $3.
So yes, Amazon and every other store thinks we're stupid cuz I think there are a lot of stupid people out there proving them correct.
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: usernameconspiracy
Along your same theme, I needed some key chains. I was looking for a certain kind (I forget what they're called). After much searching I found some on Amazon. They wanted like $7 ea. for them. I looked around some more and found the generic name for them. Using this I searched again on Amazon and found them...$2.99...for a bag of (20) of them!!!!
I actually consciously thought about opening up an Amazon seller's account over this. I could buy bags of (20) of these things for $2.99, and turn around and sell them for $7.99 a piece!
Oh, and the $7.99 seller had hundreds of reviews with people raving about what a great deal they got for $7.99.
I went and taught my pet rock to "play dead" instead.
Guess the jig was already up, then- the guy selling them for $8 has been had and will wind up sitting on a bunch of product he can't move for a reasonable profit because he was already undercut
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: lordcomac
They showed up the next day.
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: lordcomac
They showed up the next day.
ETA - But you bring up a good point. A point I've contemplated as well. The basic theme is 'risk'. I wondered how all these sellers can maintain stock of every bizarre item you can comprehend. I mean this stuff is coming over by container ship by the mountain load. Somebody has got to be maintaining stock of all this crap because otherwise it could never show up the next day. So, there's got to be a lot of 'risk' there. Two container loads of rubber dog crap, if it doesn't sell, is gonna' cost some cheddar to store. Seems like some guys are attempting to pass along unreasonable amounts of risk.
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: usernameconspiracy
And then there were "Pet Rocks".
**sigh**
originally posted by: lakenheath24
a reply to: rickymouse
Sorry to go off topic...but no trouble codes???? You took it to autozone for a free check?