<story><title>Disk Prices on Amazon</title><url>https://diskprices.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cnst</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t understand why anyone still buys anything at Amazon.  Their Fulfilled-by-Amazon (FBA) idea was quite a game changer, but the implementation with the inventory co-mingling is something that I&amp;#x27;d much rather stay away from as a consumer.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s been oh-so-many reports that even if you&amp;#x27;re buying from the official store of any known brand, with FBA, then you might as well still receive a knock-off, due to the inventory co-mingling issue.  Have they ever resolved this for good, or is noone really bothers to even pay any attention to this anymore?</text></item><item><author>sn</author><text>We stopped buying drives from Amazon when we got drives for &amp;quot;the wrong region&amp;quot; and couldn&amp;#x27;t RMA them.&lt;p&gt;NewEgg is a bit better, but don&amp;#x27;t buy refurbished drives. Provantage is another reputable vendor that usually has decent prices.&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#x27;re local to the SF bay area, check out Central Computers. King Star USA also works if you&amp;#x27;re a business customer making a large purchase.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gambiting</author><text>&amp;gt;&amp;gt;I don&amp;#x27;t understand why anyone still buys anything at Amazon. Their Fulfilled-by-Amazon (FBA) idea was quite a game changer, but the implementation with the inventory co-mingling is something that I&amp;#x27;d much rather stay away from as a consumer.&lt;p&gt;As far as I know it doesn&amp;#x27;t happen in the UK at all. I have placed 200+ orders with Amazon in last year alone and haven&amp;#x27;t had any issues except for a couple deliveries which were a day late(Amazon extended my prime by a month each time). 99% of my deliveries arrive in 1 day as promised. They have exemplary customer service as well. In a way, I don&amp;#x27;t understand why you&amp;#x27;d buy from anyone else but amazon :P</text></comment>
<story><title>Disk Prices on Amazon</title><url>https://diskprices.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cnst</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t understand why anyone still buys anything at Amazon.  Their Fulfilled-by-Amazon (FBA) idea was quite a game changer, but the implementation with the inventory co-mingling is something that I&amp;#x27;d much rather stay away from as a consumer.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s been oh-so-many reports that even if you&amp;#x27;re buying from the official store of any known brand, with FBA, then you might as well still receive a knock-off, due to the inventory co-mingling issue.  Have they ever resolved this for good, or is noone really bothers to even pay any attention to this anymore?</text></item><item><author>sn</author><text>We stopped buying drives from Amazon when we got drives for &amp;quot;the wrong region&amp;quot; and couldn&amp;#x27;t RMA them.&lt;p&gt;NewEgg is a bit better, but don&amp;#x27;t buy refurbished drives. Provantage is another reputable vendor that usually has decent prices.&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#x27;re local to the SF bay area, check out Central Computers. King Star USA also works if you&amp;#x27;re a business customer making a large purchase.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>uncle_j</author><text>&amp;gt; I don&amp;#x27;t understand why anyone still buys anything at Amazon.&lt;p&gt;It is cheaper than almost every other computer store in the UK for the same parts, deliver next day and they don&amp;#x27;t tend to shaft you on delivery cost (if it costs anything at all).&lt;p&gt;Unless you are near one of the large online shops and need something delivered next day there is no other option than Amazon.</text></comment>