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[sixothree]

The need to have the return policy and customer service they have because some of the stuff they sell is just not high quality.

[rdtwo → sixothree]

I buy Chinese products that are failure prone from them for this reason. Sure I could get it $10-15 cheaper from China if I wait 3 weeks and forgo the return option but I end up returning that junk so often that it’s worth paying 15% more

[londons_explore → rdtwo]

I have a fairly good eye for products that will fail right out of the box, so I prefer not to pay extra for a returns policy.

[rdtwo → londons_explore]

There is typically an inverted failure curve on these things, if it doesn’t fail the first 30 days of hard use then there is a good chance it will last another couple years.

[londons_explore → rdtwo]

Which, when you paid $8 for fancy lab equipment that would cost $800 normally, is fiiiiine.

[nutjob2 → sixothree]

This is arguably true for any store, it's just that Amazon mostly has done it better. Every single store on earth will disappoint you at one time or another.