• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Yeah. Especially if it’s a very specific version of a product you want, and they just link to their “amazon store”, which has terrible search filters, or doesn’t have that model available.

    It’s not just that they give a big cut of their sales to Amazon, it’s that often the manufacturer puts a lot of effort into having different versions of their product with different features. But, then it’s dumped on Amazon. Amazon’s search is “helpful” and gives you similar products and then uses their “recommended” ranking to put products they make more money from at the top.

    • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      That one can be easily fixed by writing to them and complaining.

      I mean not selling via Amazon theoretically too, but the company might not want to play with logistics, so it might be much harder.