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Service to "Buy Nearby" instead of from Amazon


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2021 May 8, 4:38pm   405 views  12 comments

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Web version:

https://buynearby.vercel.app/

Browser extension which puts a Buy Nearby link on Amazon and EBay for you, so you can search on those sites but then buy the item locally:

https://github.com/Bullmeza/BuyNearby

You could install the browser extension from the Chrome Store, but that requires a Google login and lets Google spy on what extensions you download, so I don't do that.

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1   Patrick   2021 May 30, 10:44am  

https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/amazon-primes-free-shipping-promise

Amazon's "free shipping" is paid for by higher prices, duh.

And Amazon then prevents any merchant selling on Amazon from offering lower prices.
2   Hircus   2021 May 30, 11:28am  

It's amazing how fast companies go from being the skilled and efficient underdog that everyone loves, to being a tyrannical mega corp.

I used to love amazon. Google too. But they've changed so much.
3   mell   2021 May 30, 12:04pm  

ThreeBays says
Great idea, have some unknown company's extension spy on your browsing, not.

I'd prefer a site we can search instead of extensions.


Your entire browser is Spyware, won't make a difference
4   mell   2021 May 30, 1:04pm  

ThreeBays says
mell says
Your entire browser is Spyware, won't make a difference


Don't be clueless. There's plenty of browser choice if you're worried about the browser, but giving permissions to random extensions to run... no way.


Just check its source code (or use one with code on github): https://gist.github.com/paulirish/78d6c1406c901be02c2d
Pretty simple. But then again, your browser is already recording everything you do anyways. Better check its source code.
6   Shaman   2021 May 31, 6:20am  

Hircus says
It's amazing how fast companies go from being the skilled and efficient underdog that everyone loves, to being a tyrannical mega corp.

I used to love amazon. Google too. But they've changed so much.


Same. I bought books from Amazon back when books was all they did!
7   mell   2021 May 31, 9:05am  

Booger says
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/amazon-devices-will-soon-automatically-share-your-internet-with-neighbors/


Technically this can be achieved in a secure way if they're careful (it's like a NAT), but Amazon will know the location of the devices piggybacking on the devices connected to the web. So moar location data to exploit, they know where the disconnected plebs are now.
8   Hircus   2021 May 31, 9:29am  

Booger says
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/amazon-devices-will-soon-automatically-share-your-internet-with-neighbors/


I've wanted mesh networking to proliferate for many years. It's too bad it's taken so long, but I suppose our ISP overlords shudder at the thought of networks not owned and controlled by them.

I'm more than a bit distrustful of amazon's implementation though.
9   AmericanKulak   2021 May 31, 9:30am  

Patrick says
Amazon's "free shipping" is paid for by higher prices, duh.


And massive underpricing for shipping from USPS. Yet more Chinese manipulation of the US Government for enrichment.
10   Patrick   2021 Jun 2, 11:05am  

https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/amazons-controversial-hire-to-fire-practice-reveals-a-brutal-truth-about-management.html

They're expected to lose, either voluntarily or through termination, a specific number of employees every year. If you don't, you're expected to make up for it the following year. Managers are even evaluated using this metric, known as "unregretted attrition rate" (URA). Basically, it's the number of people you wouldn't be sad to see leave the company.

We'll come back to that in a minute. First, however, it's worth mentioning that having a goal for attrition isn't inherently bad. In some ways, it's simply acknowledging reality and placing a measurement on what is already going to happen in a healthy environment.

People leave, either because they move on to new opportunities or because they aren't able to perform at a level the company deems acceptable. That happens in every company.

Measuring it can be an important tool for helping managers gain perspective. If a manager knows it's normal to lose a certain percentage of employees each year, she is more likely to look at her teams with an objective eye.

The problem is, that's not what's happening. Instead, Amazon managers are hiring people they otherwise wouldn't, or shouldn't, just so they can later fire them to hit their goal. That completely defeats the point since--if the metric is based on sound business principles--there are people keeping their job who shouldn't, at the expense of the sacrificial lamb.
11   HeadSet   2021 Jun 2, 2:46pm  

Patrick says
Amazon managers are hiring people they otherwise wouldn't, or shouldn't, just so they can later fire them to hit their goal.

Good opportunity for a lazy worker. Get hired by Amazon knowing you will be canned. When canned, collect unemployment for as long as possible. When unemployment runs out, get rehired by Amazon to get fired again. Rinse and repeat.
12   Eric Holder   2021 Jun 2, 4:22pm  

HeadSet says
Patrick says
Amazon managers are hiring people they otherwise wouldn't, or shouldn't, just so they can later fire them to hit their goal.

Good opportunity for a lazy worker. Get hired by Amazon knowing you will be canned. When canned, collect unemployment for as long as possible. When unemployment runs out, get rehired by Amazon to get fired again. Rinse and repeat.


If let go due to poor performance Amazon won't hire you again. They maintain a blacklist.

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