it’s because of a new strategy used by sellers on Amazon to flip their product pages to different products. I’ve seen this before in the reviews how the reviewers will review a product that’s kind of like what I am trying to order, but slightly different model or something
Add this to the list of reasons not to shop at Amazon.
Seriously, I only shop there unless I can’t find something anywhere better, and even then I ask myself just how much I want or need this item. Very similar policy to the one I have regarding Walmart.
On a related note, I would say “Fuck Walmart with a rusty spoon”, but I figure that would be a massive insult to the rusty spoon.
In case anyone is interested, Amazon has headquarters in Seattle, Washington and Crystal City, Virginia. They also have data centers in Ashburn, Virginia, Portland, Oregon, and Oakland, California. There’s more, obviously, but those are the ones I have ideas on the location of. The data centers are harder to find. For those you’ll likely need a contact to help you. Your allies will be Amazon employees and meter checkers. You’ll be looking for a building with MASSIVE power draw. And hey. Even if you don’t find an Amazon data center, it’s still good to find buildings with massive power draws because… Well… That’s the worst thing these companies are doing
it’s because of a new strategy used by sellers on Amazon to flip their product pages to different products. I’ve seen this before in the reviews how the reviewers will review a product that’s kind of like what I am trying to order, but slightly different model or something
Yeah if you go deep enough on an item there’s a good chance you’ll find that it was once something else.
Sellers don’t want to start over with reviews so they just take a retired product entry and change the pictures and item.
Some drill bits I bought got turned into or was previously a pair of Bluetooth earbuds
Add this to the list of reasons not to shop at Amazon.
Seriously, I only shop there unless I can’t find something anywhere better, and even then I ask myself just how much I want or need this item. Very similar policy to the one I have regarding Walmart.
On a related note, I would say “Fuck Walmart with a rusty spoon”, but I figure that would be a massive insult to the rusty spoon.
That’s dastardly. Amazon needs to be burned to the ground like it’s waningly verdant namesake
It’s technically against their tos to change the product. But sellers are shady assholes.
There’s no way Amazon is powerless to stop sellers from doing this. They just don’t care.
In case anyone is interested, Amazon has headquarters in Seattle, Washington and Crystal City, Virginia. They also have data centers in Ashburn, Virginia, Portland, Oregon, and Oakland, California. There’s more, obviously, but those are the ones I have ideas on the location of. The data centers are harder to find. For those you’ll likely need a contact to help you. Your allies will be Amazon employees and meter checkers. You’ll be looking for a building with MASSIVE power draw. And hey. Even if you don’t find an Amazon data center, it’s still good to find buildings with massive power draws because… Well… That’s the worst thing these companies are doing
Us-east-1 will go down all my itself thank you and please 🙏
First time I’ve seen someone mention that one by name. Fuck that data center.