Eww… Maybe they come with free nits (headlice)? 🤔
In one case it was selected by default (“used - very good condition” for a whopping $1 discount!), so be careful to anyone reading this.
Textile products often come out of the factory with an insane amount of synthetic chemicals that get absorbed through the skin, so washing clothes, bedsheets, etc is mandatory anyway.
Just do the same. I don’t see the problem. Some time ago I bought a pack of “used” steel drinking straws. I think only the packaging was damaged and never actually used, not that it matters. Put them into the dishwasher, as I would have done anyway. Saved 60%.
Real easy fix here: stop giving Amazon money.
I find it so odd that some people only buy from Amazon. There are shit tons of other online retailers around and nowadays Amazon is usually more expensive.
I lived in a remote mountain town and could either travel 1,5 hours in either direction to see if a store happened to carry what I need for a reasonable price (not usually the case) or find it on amazon for a lot cheaper and delivered the next day.
I’m glad I got away from that but it’s really easy to slide into amazon addiction.
I lived in a remote mountain town and could either travel 1,5 hours in either direction to see if a store happened to carry what I need for a reasonable price
Or call them?
“Hi, I’m your AI-assisted chatbot! I’m still learning, so please be patient with me, as I am totally useless, and can tell you right up front that I won’t be able to help you, and you will end this call screaming in frustrated fury.”
Or go to their website. Heck, maybe they even do delivery.
Which for most local companies is just a ‘contact us’ and/or ‘about us’ page.
I am usually surprised about local companies having (primarily local. online retail being secondary) a functional shop/online presence)
Everything I want in one place, with a decent searchable ui and next day delivery? Sometimes I try to get away from that, but that’s a whole lot of convenience you’d have to avoid
Over the weekend I went to the home center for a part, even asked for help finding it, and the guy looked it up and said they no longer carry it. I used the Amazon app in the parking lot for literal seconds , and the part arrived the next day.
decent searchable ui
Amazon:
“Ergonomic Office Chair,Mesh Office Chair with Lumbar Support,High Back Desk Chair with Flip-up Arms,400 lbs Big and Tall Computer Chair with Headrest,Comfy Desk Chairs”Any other decent store:
“Sihoo M57 - ergonomic office chair, gray”Searchable UI ≠ SEO terms set by the seller.
Their search is appalling. They hide stuff, they have terrible filters, and 90 percent of results is stuff you weren’t looking for.
I hate it. I try to buy local, I really do. But everybody is like “we don’t have that, but we can order it for you!”
Goddamit, I can order things myself.
So do.
I did.
In general less consuming helps. Even try cutting what 30% of the crap consumed. It helps.
They built up a reputation for good service in the 2010’s which isn’t really deserved anymore, but vast numbers of people still think of them as ol’ reliable.
I’ve had nothing but good experiences with Amazon itself. When I’ve had bad service, it’s inevitably a flipper selling something they don’t have expecting they can then buy it at a local sale. But when that sale has ended or they can’t find one to generate enough profit, they claim “shipping delayed”. Eventually Amazon cancels and I’ve always gotten my money back, but I feel scammed and no one seems to read bad reviews anymore
Well, some Tanchjim earphones (as an example) are only available there. But I don’t even have an amazon account and want to keep it that way.
What retailer do you recommend?
I haven’t given Amazon money in a decade or more.
Options:
- Local stores if you have any that haven’t been strangled by chains yet.
- The manufacturer of whatever product you’re buying.
- A non-Amazon retailer listed in the “where to buy” section of the manufacturer’s site.
- In those rare cases where a manufacturer ONLY sells through Amazon, just buy from one of their competitors unless the product literally turns lead into gold.
I’m seeing a lot of “but I can get it the next day” in this thread. If my options are to wait a week for a product or to put money in the pocket of a billionaire who is actively contributing to the destruction of the free press, democracy, and the QoL of the working class, like… I’ll find something to do for a week?
Easier said than done
It’s not. Amazon was the easiest tech to leave.
I have several disabilities, and they deliver stuff I need to my house; no questions asked, no fuss, no new accounts, no sign up form, no mailing lists I didn’t ask for, no additional data leak attack surface, no delivery fee, no weird obscure delivery service that takes 4 weeks, no difficult return process (though I wouldn’t personally return an opened pillowcase).
My next best option near me would be something like BigW. However, I just checked, and they don’t even have any pillowcases in cotton unless I go through their “marketplace” third party system. At which point it’s basically just an Amazon seller but worse.
If anything else was as convenient or good, I’d use it; believe me. But it’s just not a thing for me, in my area. Also of course I’d go shopping in person, but I can’t, for various reasons.
The only problem is having to buy it blind. You can’t examine out and see what, if anything, is wrong with it.
Mind you, as others have said, this isn’t someone selling something they used to you, it’s a return. It may have been used, it is possible. It just isn’t likely.
Besides, used bedding needs a wash, that’s it. You gonna turn your nose up at granny’s quilt when you visit someone’s house? No. Because the assumption is they’ve washed it. If you buy damn near anything like that, even new, you can wash it just the same as you would anything you already bought, and it’ll be just as cootie free as the stuff already on your bed.
It ain’t underwear. And even that isn’t some kind of health risk once washed properly. It’s just icky.
I mean, if this mildly irritated you, it’s a good post. Just not sure why something you aren’t obligated to buy would irritate you. Since its also ick the ick factor that keeps it from being as good as anything used ever is, I’m not even sure irritated is not an over reaction to just being presented the option
On some other items it was selected by default, in worse condition as well.
I don’t trust some stranger I never met before to meet any standard of clean and hygienic. In contrast, I do trust grandma, especially because if she shits on my bed we’ll be having words. Can’t have words with the previous owner of my second-hand Amazon return item. Since words cannot be had if the unspoken bedding rules are broken, therefore, I refuse to take that risk.
I think I fucked up that whole paragraph but I’m pretty tired sorry
Edit: also it was more like mildly horrified but I don’t think that community exists. Infuriated is close enough on the emotional spectrum if you squint.
Is it actually used or is it their warehouse deals with the messed up and broken packaging
I’ve bought brand new “used” items that basically were repackaged into brown boxes or clearly were the victim in some warehouse mishaps
So, what do you do at hotels?
I sleep soundly knowing that the staff have purged them of sin using their industrial hellfire machines
Just don’t bring a blacklight with you…
Weird, people usually charge more for the used stuff.
Gamer girl stained yellow pillow. You can really smell the “going to bed before your hair is fully dry after showering”
I was ordering a replacement toilet flush handle recently and there was a option for a used one, like wtf
Its probably returns where people didn’t open it, got it by mistake etc. I mean I hope it’s that
I’d hope so too but I’m not taking that gamble for a whopping $1 off
That’s exactly it.
“But, but, they’re like, new!”
I feel like selling used bedding should be illegal. Like selling used toilet paper
It’s not used in the sense that somebody slept in it. But the packaging seal has been broken because it’s a returned item. The risk of lice is manageable.
I dunno; unless it’s been cleansed in the fires of Mordor, I’m not sure I’d risk it 😂
“Like new” - no
“Very good condition” - hell no
“Fair condition” - I dunno what’s worse than hell noThere is a beautiful thing you can buy called bleach which is hostile to all life forms spanning six orders of magnitude in size.
Yeah true. But I could also just buy the not-used pillowcase instead of going on a biohazard side-quest
