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On 23/11/2025 20:14, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 23 Nov 2025 09:59:48 +0000, wasbit wrote:

The last time I booked a (UK) hotel, by booking direct we got free
parking unlike those who booked through a comparison site.

The carrot works better than the stick!

Yes but I didn't know that comparison site customers had to pay until I
saw someone paying at reception.
When I later checked on the comparison web sites I think there was only
one that mention parking was an extra.
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On 2025-11-22, Mechanicjay <mechanicjay@sol.smbfc.net> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:57:21 -0700,
Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 21:00:12 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

I read it as "PROFIT for me, but not for thee", though the end result is the same BS.
Sent from my Personal DECstation 5000/25

Rethinking this, I wonder if it indicates Amazon is making more profits
off of advertising than it is off of the sales of the product? Or at
least, sufficient profits that it is unwilling to compromise the revenue stream.

I avoid Amazon these days as best I can.

Cool Decstation 5000/25!
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Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

I avoid Amazon these days as best I can.

I successfully avoided buying from them until this year, when I
bought something from Ebay and it turned up in an Amazon bag (no
padding whatsoever) with an Amazon Prime recipt inside. Turns out
the Ebay seller just orders items from Amazon with your address for
delivery, and sets their Ebay listings to about the price Amazon
offer normal customers without the discounts they get. I wouldn't
mind if they disclosed that in their Ebay listing, but I'm not very
happy about my surprise first Amazon purchase.
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In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

I successfully avoided buying from them
until this year, when I
bought something from Ebay and it turned
up in an Amazon bag (no
padding whatsoever) with an Amazon Prime
recipt inside.

I have had this happen with both newegg and etsy. It seems to be highest
risk with new, generic items. Seller feedback may help, but I haven't
had it happen too often.

Sure does deflate attempts to avoid "that bastard Bezos"[*].

[*] Affiliate link text fragment to buy dvds from a review site I read.

Elijah
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On 2025-12-01, Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

I successfully avoided buying from them
until this year, when I
bought something from Ebay and it turned
up in an Amazon bag (no
padding whatsoever) with an Amazon Prime
recipt inside.

I have had this happen with both newegg and etsy. It seems to be highest
risk with new, generic items. Seller feedback may help, but I haven't
had it happen too often.

Sure does deflate attempts to avoid "that bastard Bezos"[*].

Had that just happen 2 weeks ago, when purchasing via AbeBooks!
I thought it was wierd.

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In comp.misc, Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:

Had that just happen 2 weeks ago, when purchasing via AbeBooks!
I thought it was wierd.

Um, hate to break it to you, but Abe Books is owned by that bastard
Bezos. (And Zappos. And Audible. And Goodreads. And Imdb. And Twitch.)

Elijah
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Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote in news:slrn10j3fcp.3ja.jj@iridium.wf32df:

On 2025-12-01, Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

I successfully avoided buying from them
until this year, when I
bought something from Ebay and it turned
up in an Amazon bag (no
padding whatsoever) with an Amazon Prime
recipt inside.

I have had this happen with both newegg and etsy. It seems to be highest
risk with new, generic items. Seller feedback may help, but I haven't
had it happen too often.

Sure does deflate attempts to avoid "that bastard Bezos"[*].

Had that just happen 2 weeks ago, when purchasing via AbeBooks!
I thought it was wierd.

I tried to order an item from the manufacturer's site last week. It wasn't possible. All searches by the two web browsers I use were effectiviely returned from said manufacturers site by Google Search (lists?) that included the real product and nearly 20 other compeating products similar to it that got displayed. No matter which correct product I selected to order it came
up as a Amazon order for a competing product. I finally gave up and called the manaufacturer to place said order.
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On 2025-12-05, Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

In comp.misc, Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:

Had that just happen 2 weeks ago, when purchasing via AbeBooks!
I thought it was wierd.

Um, hate to break it to you, but Abe Books is owned by that bastard
Bezos.

Shit. Did not know that.

(And Zappos. And Audible. And Goodreads. And Imdb. And Twitch.)

Elijah
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2025 08:21:01 -0000 (UTC), David LaRue wrote:

I tried to order an item from the manufacturer's site last week. It wasn't possible. All searches by the two web browsers I use were effectiviely returned from said manufacturers site by Google Search (lists?) that included
the real product and nearly 20 other compeating products similar to it that got displayed. No matter which correct product I selected to order it came up as a Amazon order for a competing product. I finally gave up and called the manaufacturer to place said order.

Did you try any other search engine?
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