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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Note that, if you see a product advertised on television, and they give you a website to order it, you should always check Amazon for the same product. Often, you can buy the exact same product from Amazon for a lower price and with free and faster shipping. Sometimes, it is even being sold by the same company.
Another use for Amazon is that, if you are buying an in-stock electronic product or appliance from Best Buy, you can check the price on Amazon, and Best Buy will match the Amazon price. I have done that several times.
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One of Best Buy’s biggest headaches (at least up north before I moved here) was “showrooming”. People would go there to see the electronics and ask questions, then go home and order the product they wanted from Amazon for less money than Best Buy would charge.
Is Amazon becoming a monopoly? They’ve forced substantial changes in marketing which for the most part have benefited the consumer, but if they become the only game in town, so to speak, those “bargains” might not be quite as attractive. I saw an example of this during the height of the pandemic. I’ve dabbled in amateur astronomy and sold a telescope about two years back for about the same price I paid for it, but like for a lot of other items, telescopes were getting hard to come by. The same telescope, on Amazon, which originally listed for $299.00 was later being sold for more than twice that amount on Amazon. Price came down again when more telescopes were available.