Subj : Re: Intel NUCs
To   : Adept
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Aug 16 2023 02:00 pm

  Re: Re: Intel NUCs
  By: Adept to Nightfox on Wed Aug 16 2023 03:59 pm

 Ad> I deliberately avoid going to Amazon. And generally pay a price to do so,
 Ad> with varying levels of success.

 Ad> But it's a challenge. There are a variety of things I really dislike with
 Ad> Amazon (on a per-purchase basis, rather than a general, "this is bad"
 Ad> sense, like their forcing people to have higher prices on their own
 Ad> sites.).

 Ad> E.g., how they'll bin products. So you can have one reputable supplier,
 Ad> and one scummy supplier. Neither pays the extra fee to separately bin
 Ad> their products. Scummy supplier gives product that's of lower quality /
 Ad> less tested / whatever. Reputable supplier does not.

 Ad> Person orders, choosing the reputable supplier, but is given one of the
 Ad> items from the scummy supplier.

That makes sense when buying from the 3rd-party sellers.  A lot of what I buy from Amazon is from Amazon themselves rather than 3rd-party sellers.  I tend to be weary of 3rd-party sellers, though on the occasions I have bought from 3rd parties (used movies & music, etc.), generally they have been okay, and accepting returns if the item is bad.

Nightfox
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