Comment by gshakir
7 years ago
Amazon has a big counterfeit problem. The reviews are entirely gamed, so can’t trust those any more , even the 2-star or 3-star ones.
So I recently dropped Amazon prime and ended up buying popular name brands. Even those you can get price matched with other retailers and Target even gives you 5% percent discount and BestBuy gives you points.
Unless you are a person who is not mobile, there are several options now.
I'll occasionally buy some more expensive or more complex items from amazon, and never anything that I'll be putting on or in my body. Otherwise I'll order directly from manufacturer or head into a store. If it werent for the Whole Foods discounts I'd have absolutely no reason to pay for Prime.
Enjoy price matching while you can. Nobody price matches craigslist for example and as Amazon trustworthiness dives towards craiglist levels one wonders if said policies will continue.
Eh? So what. If everybody stops price matching because nobody buys from Amazon anymore because everything they get is compromised, then GOOD. We'll be in a better more honest place.
Nobody price matches Craiglist because Craigslist operates as a bazaar...
Best Buy and Target will price match eBay prices if sold by the product maker's ebay account.