Mid 7-figure Amazon seller here. Yes, everything in this video is true. Its a giant sh*tshow. I would NOT recommend anyone start selling on Amazon in 2024 UNLESS they have a completely unique, fresh and patent-able idea. Amazon is always losing stuff, and the return scams are huge. Best thing I do is basically scream on all my product listings that we are an American company (ie, not cheap Chinese junk).

@cbhlde

Ай бұрын

You should sell Amazon courses! :p

@patrickcardon1643

Ай бұрын

@@cbhlde Plenty of those around on the internet now, since selling on Amazon FBA is more and more difficult and less and less profitable, a lot of sellers have moved to telling others what to do (which probably is getting more and more difficult for them too). As mentioned in the video and by msau ... it has to be a new product ... and those are not easy to come by these days. Been looking into it for a year now and each time I thought I came up with something, sooner or later you find out it's already out there ... either selling well or not at all. Starting to think private label will have to wait and reselling brand name products might be a good first entry into Amazon

@msau9747

Ай бұрын

@@cbhlde lol my course would be like “amazon sucks. They destroy your margins. They treat sellers like garbage. Stay away.”

@cbhlde

Ай бұрын

@@msau9747 I bet that would sell! Countermarketing to those dropshitting gurus! :) Have a great day!

@hopeseekr

Ай бұрын

@@msau9747 Mid 7 figures means $4-8 million per year.

Amazon has definitely gone downhill. I feel like cutting Prime is going to be the new version of cord cutting in 2024.

@Abhishek-lc2xc

Ай бұрын

I just stopped my Amazon prime account last week. For whatever I need, I don't need to have it the next day. I can wait for it. This way I shop less as well.

@LogicallyAnswered

Ай бұрын

Hahaha, let’s see

@MyBluebelt-bq7sq

Ай бұрын

@@LogicallyAnsweredI feel as if Amazon has been trying to get users from Temu and it’s been a race to make the most trash products snd most cheap products

@roxaskinghearts

Ай бұрын

scamazon & xxxtweets are like iphones gucci premium brands that only ever worked for the rich

@Epic_C

Ай бұрын

Well they already started by showing ads on Amazon prime videos now

I use AliExpress and don’t have to buy in bulk. Very cheap. I don’t understand why use Amazon. Just a middleman with huge mark ups.

@honor9lite1337

Ай бұрын

Depend on the product you buy. Eg. If I want to buy sdcard 1Tb sandisk, better then if i directly buy via their officials store.

@zwerko

Ай бұрын

Much faster shipping would be one of the reasons, although quite a number of AliExpress sellers are setting up warehouses outside of China to alleviate that a bit...

@TheBooban

Ай бұрын

@@zwerko yes. Many items have domestic sellers. But I had to 3-4 months for parts to fix my Ikea sofa as the original European manufacturer only sold them in 100’s. Chinese equivalent I could buy in 10 packs.

@exee1

21 күн бұрын

1) Speed. 2) Return policy. You practically cannot return anything from China as your shipping cost will cost more than the product you bought.

@TheBooban

21 күн бұрын

@@exee1 the thing is to cheap, no need to return it. I hardly ever return things anyways.

Searching on Amazon is like dumpster diving 😢

You finally made a video about this issue. Branded items are sometimes counterfeits.

@TheBooban

Ай бұрын

The counterfeits can be just as good though.

@GroovyVideo2

Ай бұрын

yes i have gotten Counterfeit / fake - low quality

@Teting7484f

Ай бұрын

@@TheBooban not for Levi’s jeans. They smell like chemicals probably cause cancer

@LauraKnotek

Ай бұрын

That's why I never buy from 3rd party sellers. Products sold directly by Amazon are not counterfeit.

@NinjaRunningWild

Ай бұрын

@@TheBooban Not if they're electronics.

Thank you for your research. I find your videos are well done. RIght now I'm keeping an eye on Eledator

Straight to the point… no stupid intros..just straight to it. Nice

No idea what you’re talking about. I’ve had issues with Amazon maybe twice in well over a decade of using them.

@Daniel-Six

Ай бұрын

I agree. They are _crazy_ good at what they do.

@destructodisk9074

Ай бұрын

Louis Rossmann has a similar video. I think his goes into more detail of the exact problem.

I’ve had 2 used products sent to me since I became an Amazon customer in 1997. Both of those were sent to me in the past few years, and I got a refund for both, no problems. The biggest thing I hate now is the ton of sponsored ads for utter garbage when I am searching for a specific branded product that I know I want. As it costs mental energy to wade through the sponsored crap, I now buy about 50% of my online purchases with the brands directly now (provided they have the option in the UK with their own store).

@patrickcardon1643

Ай бұрын

it's inherent to the way the amazon algorithm works ... keywords and searches ... to be sure to push their product a maximum additional keywords are added even if only remotely connected to the product, in the hope of selling a bit more ... which also explains why you get so much crap results for a specific search. The system is so perfected it's completely rotten (not that Google searches these days fare any better). Maybe next there might be jobs for people looking for targeted and pertinent results instead of algorithms and pseudo AI junk online

@anniealexander9911

Ай бұрын

This is one of the reasons I rarely go to Amazon anymore, and I have used Amazon since 1999. It is painful trying to find something on Amazon now. Many stores have excellent online shopping now and I find it easier to go elsewhere now. The poor search returns, the 85% of companies registered in China (or feels like it on the UK site), and ridiculous reviews like 10,000 5 star reviews for a box of paperclips...Amazon should be nervous to be compared to the steaming pile of 💩that is Temu. There will be few tears shed if Amazon experiences a contraction in its market share

@admiralkaede

Ай бұрын

i mean i guess the ads are to help try make it somewhat profitable

@JonatasAdoM

21 күн бұрын

It's crazy how Amazon has a monopoly in online shopping. There are places that have there own stores. Brands need to set up shop. There's no difference if you buy at the Brick and mortar or online, since you're still buying with them in the end and the store gives you a place to go see the product and test it.

I never buy anything without at least 200 reviews, and always double check who is selling it. The same happened with eBay before, filled with crap.

@anniealexander9911

Ай бұрын

I also have upper limits on number of reviews. If I'm looking for shoe laces I don't expect to see 15,000 reviews for a pack of £2 shoe laces, especially if every item from that 3rd party seller has 10,000 reviews. And the company is registered in China

@JAFOpty

Ай бұрын

@@anniealexander9911 lol, yup! you also have to look out for those fake reviews. Many people still think they are buying from Amazon, don't even notice the actual seller name.

@andrewhooper7603

Ай бұрын

@@anniealexander9911 I hate to break it to you, but western companies are using bots too. That said, when I still used them I had very strong opinions on shoelaces. So strong I eventually phased them out of my life entirely and converted to slips.

Louis Rossmann talked about the high costumer service in regards to easy returns have pushed cheap garbage through while quality products avoids Amazon.

@CrashBandiii

Ай бұрын

My neighbor is customer service for Amazon USA (we are in South Africa) That guys shift is busy!

@admiralkaede

Ай бұрын

yea sure all the major brands are on amazon

@AndersHass

Ай бұрын

@@admiralkaede it is for non high tech products like a fuse won't blow at the spec it was advertised to blow at but way higher.

@admiralkaede

Ай бұрын

@@AndersHass never tried that

@JonatasAdoM

21 күн бұрын

@AndersHass That is a specific item. Similar to how you need to trust the manufacturer that the capacitors are really Japanese.

The vast majority of products are crap in general. Amazon simply makes it easier to buy them.

@TheBooban

Ай бұрын

Was going to say. Even in shops, they also source made in China junk. You just never know what quality it is and once good brands suddenly suck so bad.

@thewhitefalcon8539

Ай бұрын

Most normal stores have SOME quality standards.

@TheBooban

Ай бұрын

@@thewhitefalcon8539 Chinese manufacturers cheat after a while and lower the quality without the brand even knowing. Find your perfect T and then next year it doesn’t last long. You just don’t know anymore.

@tonymouannes

Ай бұрын

​@TheBooban , no the brand wants to keep their competitive prices, so they agree to the alternative quality. China offers all quality tiers and companies chose what they want.

@TheBooban

Ай бұрын

@@tonymouannes that also exists. But what I said is also true.

As someone with a background in online sales, logistics and residential shipping is the most expensive, it's usually more expensive to ship the product than the product itself, so when I see big items on Amazon I know the quality has to be low low.

@JonatasAdoM

21 күн бұрын

I remember trying to buy a computer table online and MAN, the shipping was the price of it! That's also the catch with some products. It costs pennies, but the shipping is more expensive that what'd you spend buying the same item many times over wholesale or at a physical store.

I have stopped buying from Amazon years ago. From packages going missing to paying extra for things that are in store. It’s literally my last choice.

@doujinflip

Ай бұрын

I remember Amazon suspended my account when I made a credit card chargeback on a fradulent sale, so I started buying off of eBay, Walmart, Newegg, and any other retailer instead. Amazon immediately welcomed me back when I requested to reactivate my account two years later. I can do this all over again if I want to.

Amazon is greedy af

@johnl.7754

Ай бұрын

Not really they have super low margins on their retail e-commerce business

@benchoflemons398

Ай бұрын

Bruh they don’t make any money on ecom

@Coral_dude

Ай бұрын

They make money on cloud nothing else lulz

@mycodingchannel9690

Ай бұрын

aren't all capitalists?

@admiralkaede

Ай бұрын

not really that area of amazon looses money

Yep. Go to brick and mortar retailers that allow physical testing of products before buying on or offline. Pay for quality and craftsmanship whenever possible.

@JonatasAdoM

21 күн бұрын

Demand the product be sealed though. The plus of buying online is that no salesman can push anything on you give you greaves over a defective product. They do not open it for you either (Never understood that).

As an Amazon FC associate, I can confirm that a lot of the stuff Amazon sells is cheap garbage or stuff that comes up broken or busted.

Always buy from the manufacturer. They make more money due to less fees, you don’t have to deal with drop shippers.

@JonatasAdoM

21 күн бұрын

Exactly, they make more and still charge you the same. Same as videogame publishers charge the same price that you'd pay on a physical disc.

I got a alarm clock on Amazon for my birthday it almost started the fire

Louis Rossman says hi!

@LogicallyAnswered

Ай бұрын

Really? That’s crazy

@andrewhooper7603

Ай бұрын

Oh shit, tell Mr. Rossman I said hello!

I went from using brick and mortar stores as a gallery and just buying the products from amazon to using amazon as a gallery and just buying the products from the manufacturer websites

@JonatasAdoM

21 күн бұрын

I'd still prefer a middle man (prices will be the same regardless). At least you can expect not to be screwed over since it would also affect the middle man. I'm talking about stores, not dealerships. Feddx does not have a store for example, only the storing aspect.

Regarding branded items, there are fake branded items on Amazon. For certain there are fake 18 volt tool batteries

@SL4RK

Ай бұрын

Basically the situation is similar to aliexpress For this reason I never buy batteries and flash drives on such sites.

I actively avoid “sponsored” results when I search for something mainly because my perception is that someone is paying to see it, not because it’s any good. Overall, I avoid Amazon if I need something of more-than-shot quality and find out what a local Walmart or Best Buy have in-store today.

I'm gonna be honest, most products online are trash and is so easy to distinguish them, so, I do blame costumers for this. Like, use a little bit of your brain and stop compulsive buying! Anyway, I just stopped buying online, just occasionally buying on other sites when I genuinely can't find it locally.

@tonymouannes

Ай бұрын

True, I rarely have an issue with stuff I buy online. I just do proper research and don't buy things that are too cheap to be true. Even on Temu, there is a certain expected price range, items that are a lot cheaper then similar items are a red flag.

@JonatasAdoM

21 күн бұрын

Brick and mortar stores also dropped the ball big time. They just took the customer for granted and never offered the service you get online. Instead in some countries they also try to go online instead.

Amazon might be Greedy but I love Amazon Shopping

I NEVER had any issue with stuff i bought with Amazon.

@IceBlueLugia

Ай бұрын

Same tbh. Ordered probably $10k worth of stuff from them over the past decade and the quality has been great. Return process has been amazing as well. Certain things will be overpriced when you consider the effort it would take to ship them. Just use common sense for those and check retail stores for the same item.

@dorianodet8064

Ай бұрын

I usually sort item throough online opinion and never had an issue before

@viktorakhmedov3442

Ай бұрын

Hi Jeff.

@admiralkaede

Ай бұрын

same tbh never had a problem with anything from there my PC monitor was from amazon as well its been years still works perfectly fine too

@admiralkaede

Ай бұрын

@@viktorakhmedov3442 jeff isnt even the CEO of amazon anymore he stepped down

Amazon needs to go back to having quality products

@NinjaRunningWild

Ай бұрын

They exist. Do your research.

Oh, I love you guys, the best market analysis! Seriously, why not mention Eledator?

FACTS!!!!!! OMG at my job, we were just talking about this. The vast majority of what Amazon sells is Dollar Store quality.

@LogicallyAnswered

Ай бұрын

Pretty much

Amazon is just a more expensive Temu.

@LogicallyAnswered

Ай бұрын

Yws

@anushagr14

Ай бұрын

Though with better customer services and faster delivery

@texchu8331

Ай бұрын

@@LogicallyAnswered You sure Temu didn't pay you off? You know how much money are they losing on airmail? Once they try to make a profit and stop offering free shipping, they'll be more like AliExpress, which was not able to dethrone Amazon. Without a doubt, Temu is better than AliExpress, but you can't compare the current Temu to Amazon. It's going to be a profit-driven Temu vs Amazon, and it's not going to be as clear-cut who wins that one.

@johnl.7754

Ай бұрын

Temu is losing Billions of dollars so the great deals might be temporary

@fischX

Ай бұрын

​@@johnl.7754well Amazon never made money them self so that's just a "who has the deeper pockets" game.

Amazon gets huge discounts from the postal service. That’s one of the reasons the postal service is doing so bad they literally losing money on every Amazon package they deliver. They pay like $3.xx watched a congressman questioning about it in a hearing.

@QuakerPop

Ай бұрын

Old news. They built their own logistics fleet and it's now bigger than UPS

@Thumper68

Ай бұрын

@@QuakerPop usps not ups and ifs not old news they still send a large majority of their packages through usps. That’s how they ship to really rural areas. Where I live the post office gets a pallet of Amazon shipments daily. Then a lot of those are delivered rural route drivers costing more just for that part then they pay total.

@admiralkaede

Ай бұрын

A all of them do its called BULK discounts temu gets those rates all of them do 2 without amazon and them the postal service would be needing a bailout people just do not send many letters anymore how do they "loose money" those routes are already being served also USPS has to take any route even ones that loose money honestly congress shouldnt have a say USPS does not get ANY tax money so i think USPS knows best not some congressman

@admiralkaede

Ай бұрын

@@Thumper68 would those drivers not need to drive that route anyhow

@QuakerPop

Ай бұрын

@@Thumper68 I know the difference. What I am saying is that Amazon now ships most of its packages itself. It has far less reliance on third parties including the usps

A small electronic item (such as charging cable) cost 10 Hong Kong dollar on taobao while costing Canadian dollar on Amazon.

Amazon definitely has its uses but the cheap pseudo-branded garbage is a real problem

That first sentence to start off the video really sets the tone nicely. 👌

@LogicallyAnswered

Ай бұрын

😂

I make the vast majority of my purchases on Amazon and have been fully happy with the products I got. Yes, I had to do research and read reviews, but it wasn't difficult.

Yep. I’ve been a customer, gosh for so long. Enough where it was about 600 individual orders a year. I know, it was a problem. In 2021 I noticed the quality shifting and quit cold turkey and just go to the store now, but that has also really cut down on my spending in general too

Amazon really pissed me off when the price billed to my credit card was higher than the order price. I now shop at Walmart or Home Depot, both often have free shipping and items are delivered fast.

Oof, I bought that exact USB-C hub. It worked well for about a year, and then had some glitches when more than 3 or so ports were used.

You assessment is correct, i have good experience in amazon but i only buy branded stuff and mainly electronic so refund and return are seamless.

Funny, I got that exact USB hub from Aliexpress for $7. By the way its not crap, it works fine. Its just a USB dongle after all, there's not many things that can go wrong.

When it comes to photography stuff like tripods or grip equipment, I end up looking on Adorama or something. Much fewer options and kind of pricey but I don’t have to spend as much time sifting through trash.

Na, all usb and rj45 plugs come from the very same factories in Dongguan. I doubt you can buy better hubs elsewhere at a non-crazy price. They are the very same plugs which are used in professional server racks.

@RBLPodcast

Ай бұрын

valid points lol I disagree with this video to some extent :)

@SL4RK

Ай бұрын

The only thing I had a problem with was the sata to usb adapter, probably due to the horrible controller. I also have a sd hub that cost as much as he voiced in the video and haven't had any problems with it, it's a very basic hub and it does its job and doesn't fall apart.

@admiralkaede

Ай бұрын

i agree also a cable is a cable not a whole lot to cheap out on and they are already dirt cheap to make its like that whole tuna thing with subway when tuna is a cheap fish

The number of products I had to return this year is impressiv. I had to order three pliers from three different known brands, just because the quality was so shitty that they just could not do the job they were intended for. Or lightbulbs that should emit warm white light and were in fact green. Or defected RAM. I wonder when they gonna close my account because of this

I have to agree, very hard to find good small business products with so much crap flooding amazon (we all know where most of that crap comes from), I only get branded or direct. Will take a look a temu.

TEMU is being sued for having malware and spyware in their app. BE CAREFUL!!!

@admiralkaede

Ай бұрын

any evidence? a lawsuit means nothing google would have taken it down if it did like the other app as for spyware meh about the same as the rest

I have usb c dongle you showed 😭

@LogicallyAnswered

Ай бұрын

Same, like 5 times lol

I ordered a micro hdmi to hdmi adapter yesterday and I also added in $2.99 overnight delivery (3AM - 7AM) It still hasnt shipped... Or left a facility

@LogicallyAnswered

Ай бұрын

Oof hahaha

@the_real_glabnurb

Ай бұрын

If it's not shipped in time (and with overnight delivery I assume that it should be delivered within 24h) you can just refund the item with reason "delivery not in time". Chances are you can even keep the item.

@viktorakhmedov3442

Ай бұрын

Yeah, that's 2 out of 3 things I've ordered in the past 3 months before I canceled my Prime and gave up on them.

The reason I end up most of the time on Amazon is simple, they have everything. I needed a Blind, in my town the shop has blinds in two sizes of which none was what I needed.

The small business I work for sells quality electronics in a specific vertical market. Our products for consumers start at $600 and go as high as $2,000. Amazon has hollowed out our business in recent years selling what we refer to as "cheap Chinese crap" for under $200 that doesn't perform nearly as well, isn't FCC approved, and has zero technical support. You get what you pay for, folks.

Omg that intro almost killed me🤣

I VERY RARELY shop on Amazon and one of my few purchases was the EXACT MODEL of the Type C adapter you showed💀😭 1:20 that’s crazy

Do you think shipping is just an inefficient system what makes it so expensive the cost of gas or labor? Are we gonna go back to physical stores for everything?

Opener to this video was a certified jumpscare 😂

Their basics line is usually good quality. It is an open marketplace, so it's important to remember their brand isn't affiliated with most products.

Lots of counterfeit products on Amazon as well. I ordered accessories for Fluke testing equipment I use for work because Amazon had the lowest prices. Fluke is known for making high quality products and in many cases, they're the industry standard. The items I received from Amazon were nowhere near the type of build quality I would've expected from a reputable company like Fluke. I thought either Fluke has had a significant drop in quality control or the items were counterfeit. Suspecting they were counterfeit, I ordered the same items directly from Fluke, which of course were much more expensive. Lo and behold, doing a side by side comparison, my suspicions were correct. I left a negative review on Amazon noting that I believed they were counterfeit. Some time later I checked Amazon reviews to see if anyone else had the same experience and found that the item was no longer listed. Cheaper isn't always better.

The last time I bought something from Amazon it didn't even show up at all. I haven't bothered buying anything from them ever since then and very likely never will.

Amazon paid ads are a bit of a spoof. As a customer I am keenly aware by now that if I scroll once or twice down the page, the same item will show for 10-20% cheaper than the promoted item. Its obvious to me Im paying the marketing cost in that difference. If you need to "promote" your item on Amazon that just means that someone else is definitely selling the same item for cheaper, otherwise you would have no reason to promote it for the most part

Disagree with the premise in this video. You can get any product at any price point. If you just pick the cheapest item- you will get the crappiest item. Amazon’s retail model is similar to most other online marketplaces

Yes. I am sick of the garbage on Amazon.

I have had good luck with Amazon. I do shop more on Aliexpress too though

Amazon can't ship liquid Tide detergent to save their lives. 100% of my multiple attempts have ended up with a shattered and leaking mess every single time. And it's not like this is an insurmountable obstacle. They supply those plastic air pillows for a lot of packages i get from them. Why not this particularly fragile item? They claim to be so great at logistics, so why do they sometimes fail so badly at it? I mean, if they constantly get feedback about certain items breaking, maybe that should be a huge red flag to do something different with their packaging?

@moetocafe

Ай бұрын

or it should be a huge red flag to you, where you spend your money and what you get in return. But I suppose making multiple attempts within the same environment and expecting to get a different result makes more sense to you lol :)))

@Coder-jy5ih

Ай бұрын

@@moetocafeI wanna learn how to be passive aggressive like you one day

@TomikaKelly

Ай бұрын

Some items just shouldn't be shipped. Buy the powder or pods.

@moetocafe

Ай бұрын

@@Coder-jy5ih 😅

@MikeTrieu

Ай бұрын

@@moetocafe Eh, it actually didn't cost me anything as I always got a full reimbursement from Amazon, but the environmental toll of all that waste from the literal spillage of the material to the energy that was burned to transport it was enough for me after three attempts. And if I can't trust Amazon to get that particular shipment right, that really calls into question anything they sell.

I'm not sure how if the thing on Amazon is bad getting it direct from the manufacturer fixes that. You paid less, waited two months, and still got junk.

Add always, your video is very good. BUT for me the problem is, that in the last years I wasn't able to buy high quality products in certain categories AT ALL. I tried, for example, to get flicker free LED panels or USB switches. It wasn't possible to find any non-Chinese, non-crap products on Amazon.

Amazon is like a tool. You can't use a butter knife for every use for a screw driver or scraper. For example my cloths dryer broke down. I opened it up and found out the rubber belt broke. I looked at the dryer model number and the part number on the broken rubber belt. I was able to order the part and the belt arrive the next day, installed it and got it working. Amazon saved me time looking and driving around to hardware stores or appliance repair shops. Know how to use the tools properly.

I've started shopping exclusively at specialty shops for this exact reason. Especially when it comes to electronics and furniture, Amazon is just a complete crapshoot.

I try and buy as little as I can from Amazon. Usually only books and a few brand name items I can't reach the free shipping amount on from the brands homesite.

Best intro statement to a video I've heard in a long time. 👏

"Amazon are not the bad guys!" CONTROVERSIAL AT BEST.

I have shopped multiple stuffs from Amazon since like 2017.. Never met with a substandard product but infact I got what I expected from a store in person.. May be I was lucky or may be I buy stuffs based on youtube reviews, ratings, and product reviews and from a reputable/rated seller

Branded products still incur the risk of being repackaged, already used or returned (or not being original anyway, since they're all mixed together). No wonder Apple is using the holographic tape now.

Mr. Bezos really pulled a "XD" in the thumbnail.

Only ordered two thing from Amazon the last year, and both times the packaging and padding was subtandard, despite the cost of shipping being more than the item. Then when i wanted to complain in the item review, the review was rejected because you arent allowed to criticise the vendor for that. Thankfully in Asia there are plenty of options, so ill never order from them again. Garbage platform.

I get that Amazon's kind of shitty, but are you really trying to push the idea that TEMU is any better?

@Yummynomnom123

Ай бұрын

i love temu, i know the ccp is watching me through the spyware they put on the mouse i bought from there

@anushagr14

Ай бұрын

​@@Yummynomnom123you are getting social credits before benovelont ccp takes over the world.

@TheBooban

Ай бұрын

@@Yummynomnom123why not AliExpress?

@devbhise

Ай бұрын

Maybe​@@Yummynomnom123

@codyrobinson6094

Ай бұрын

No, he literally said that the price matches what you get, $5 vs $20

can you do a video on CNBC or wall street journal, since they cover everyone except for themselves

@LogicallyAnswered

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion man!

@southcoastinventors6583

Ай бұрын

Great suggestion

Selling on amazon requires the sellers to abide by usa laws, undergo satfey testing and make sure the product is compliant and the costs that go with it . Temu on the other hand doesn't, sells binned items that look similar but bade with hazardous plastics. Temu is able to circumvent this due to how the laws are structured about not requiring the product to meet any compliance laws if its imported from outside usa. I believe that it will be fixed soon by the lawmakers.

@TheBooban

Ай бұрын

Abide by USA laws? I don’t think that actually happens.

@anniealexander9911

Ай бұрын

Have you seen Louis Rossmann's video testing fuses from Amazon?

Don't be so sure that the name brand item (particularly TV) is the same you see on the manufacturer website. Companies (Samsung included) are known for selling TV's that have the same model number in two different stores but are very different in terms of performance. Do research first, make sure Amazon isn't creating deals with manufacturers to make a lesser quality product under the same model for less money. The best indicator for this is price, if you see a TV for below MSRP of the manufacturer website, it is likely NOT the same TV you saw on the manufacturer website. Say what you want about BestBuy, but from my findings, BestBuy pretty much sells the exact model you see on the manufacturer website.

From what I know, pretty much every item is pretty much almost the same, and competing in sells. I have learned that, yeah products are more expensive but ordering online is always a choice people like to chose because its so simple and open. Every thing, every tool, every piece, amazon could sell it. and with the benefit of 2 day or overnight shipping, people wont hesitate to buy it. Quality isn't entirely an issue, look through reviews and make sure its good, they have a system where it takes in all the things people said and summarizes it to be either good or not. Example, there's a cool headset that has 2k reviews on 4 stars, but looking at what they say, its summarized as, low build quality, low battery, Mid sound quality, and Great comfort. That you can see which part of a product is made for and succeeded in and if something like a 4 star 2k reviews is summarized as good on all ends, then most likely its a good product.

Latest Amazon purchase? From Hydro Flask. $40. Arrived with a dent. Even branded sucks on Amazon.

You left out the part above overcharging for digital goods, especially books. We're talking about something that has close to ZERO unit production and delivery cost. I have seen titles with Kindle edition prices higher than for paperback. They may be dealing with some legal problems over this. Also, AWS provides a nice income stream.

Yeah… you missed huge point that makes Amazon here to stay. Customer service. 90% of manufacturers out there have terrible customer service if something goes wrongs. Compared to Amazon where I can just drop the item off at ups, sometimes not even re-package. Maybe I’m in the minority here but I rather take the chance of receiving garbage knowing I can easily return and reorder a different brand than dealing with a manufacturer. I’ve had times where price is lower on oem website but I would just rather deal with Amazon. I cringe to be defending the megacorp here but they just got the service down.

Is this a re-upload? I feel like I've already seen this on your channel...

If it isn't sold direct by Amazon, or I found it from quality review sites I won't buy it.

Personally I now just use Amazon for some niche items. For most stuff, normal stores/other webstores are way better deal. Always look for stuff outside amazon first. And frankly, now many stores are moving to serve ordering online same way food is delivered, picked up from restaurant/store. Just while ago I bought pc extension cable that I found out I needed to complete my pc build and it was delivered in hour or something, maybe bit more. Tech store partnered up with common third party food delivery company and since they are big customer, delivery was cheap.

Amazon is not the bad guy? Ask any british person how they treat their employees...I was working for them in the UK and they had such impossibly high quotas to do that if one of the girls went to the bathroom she would lose her bonus and be left behind....not to mention that the stores were designed in such a way that the band where those girls were working was right in front of a bay door that was constantly being opened and closed and if you pair that up with chilly winter weather you see why people were getting sick and fired because the agencies that hired them didn't accept their sick leave and preferred to fire them instead. Also the law states that if you are hired for 1 year as an agency worker they have to give you the same legal treatments like a full time employee (which of course amazon did their very best to abuse and fire people after 6 months....they would look for any reason to fire you from having shoe laces untied and being considered a safety risk just to get rid of you asap so they don't have to give you any sort of decent treatment like full medical benefits or a higher pay with the mother company ). So please let's not talk about how is not a bad guy...it's a dumpster fire and the only reason they are not banned in the UK is most likely bribes to government officials.

TEMU: hold my beer

Oh please...this is a plug for Temu and everyone knows it...what is being said here about Amazon goes TRIPLE for Temu, who just wants American dollars going to a Chinese (PDD Holdings) version of a mega dollar store....I detest this type of marketing strategy...it lacks integrity and so does Temu's products.... 🛒🗽

One problem: Returns for defect/not as advertised on TEMU? You probably just eat the loss.

@huckleberryfinn6578

Ай бұрын

Exactly. Even if I get trash on Amazon, I will get it replaced without questions. I got 4 USB-C dongles replaced from Amazon. Good luck with that on Temu.

@dirremoire

Ай бұрын

WTF are you talking about? Temu has the same 30-day return policy. You print the label and take it to the UPS store. Done.

@tonymouannes

Ай бұрын

You can return items on Temu, but most of the time it's no5 worth it. Also Temu is much better than Amazon at showing the exact specs and usage examples. Everything I've got from Temu so far was as expected. Also for the reduced price, I can easily absorb the cost of a defective product from time to time and still have a good deal. It's never worth it to pay 3× more for a more lenient return policy.

Amazon lost my respect when they charged my card for prime for almost a year. I guess because I just felt like it. They did it to a lot of people, there is a class action lawsuit. 4ever despised prime. I always have and I always will. If I need something overnight then I pay for it overnight. Got people peeing in bottles so you can get your stuff right away, ridiculous. Buy local, we need $$$$

"You can't slap your logo on some random Chinese product, mark it up a bunch, and sell it to western consumers." Thank you my dude.

For me Amazon has worked wonders. No other retailer has so many products, with plenty of reviews to help me choose and with a mostly troubleless refund process. However, I do see an overall drop in the quality of products, but tbh this is a much more general pehnomenom. Even with "high-end" brands, not only Amazon.

I read the reviews on Amazon before I buy anything the good & the bad reviews helps me make purchasing decisions

@patrickcardon1643

Ай бұрын

If it's on Chinese products sold by Chinese resellers those might not even be correct, smaller resellers cannot do it but those Chinese "come and go" stores definitely rake in a huge amount of (illegal) ratings and reviews very quickly. So quickly it's not organic normal feedback. It's so bad Amazon is stepping up actions against it, but the Chinese have so much resources paid for by the CCP it's not going to have much effect I'm afraid.

@Derekzparty

Ай бұрын

Unscrupulous people have had legit items with good reviews and simply changed the title and pictures to a totally different product keeping the reviews and star rating intact. For example selling a netbook at cost for a few months and then switching over to counterfeit Del Aplitudes and hoping nobody notices.

This is the first time I feel compelled to argue with Hari. I spend a _ton_ of money on Amazon, and they basically never let me down. Just do your research, read the reviews carefully and make shrewd buying decisions. It's still the best place to shop by a wide margin.

That's less of a quality issue & more of a price for that quality issue. Unless we're going to bring manufacturing back to the US (or other countries who produce good quality), we're not getting quality. At that point it's a cost-benefit analysis like anything & time spent is a factor in that equation.

Only buy brand name items...example John Deere D125 oem oil filter is $19.95 at Home Depot...exact same product on Amazon sold by a hardware store $7.50 inc free shipping...BTW, Amazon delivery has gone downhill since USPS stopped delivering their items (I can't believe I'm defending the post office). Items get lost frequently, called Amazon they said can you look around the neighborhood for it, seriously.

I liked this episode because it revealed some of Logically Answered personal background, that he has attempted doing ecommerce on amazon fba

Long-term hold belief: Revux fundamentals are rock solid!

I've bought products from Amazon for years. Majority of what I received works.

lol Temu is junk too.

Setting the bar: Revux security features are unmatched!

you should do video about ebay constantly rising commisions , even take commisions out of shipping cost. no longer is it wort to sell small items on ebay