Amazon Shopping Complaints

Users criticize Amazon's poor search results, excessive ads, low-quality products, and overall degraded shopping experience, often recommending alternatives or advising against purchases there.

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Metacelsus Jan 19, 2023 View on HN

One fewer reason to buy things on Amazon.

cyberge99 May 3, 2022 View on HN

I think shopping on Amazon would be a better comparison.

Arizhel Mar 24, 2017 View on HN

Then Amazon probably isn't a good place for you to shop.

bashwizard Apr 28, 2020 View on HN

Why would anyone buy anything from Amazon?

AlexandrB Dec 17, 2020 View on HN

Solution: don't shop on Amazon.

sammorrowdrums Jan 6, 2021 View on HN

The question is why wouldn't someone buy from Amazon

BlueTemplar Sep 4, 2025 View on HN

Wait, but why would you still use Amazon ?

natrius Oct 27, 2008 View on HN

They're Amazon. They already know what most of us like from our purchasing history, but for some reason they aren't using it here.

fluxquanta Jan 15, 2016 View on HN

Anecdotally, 4 or 5 years ago I used to go to Amazon to shop with only a "general idea" of what I wanted to purchase. There were many times when I ended up buying more than I wanted, or something more expensive than I originally intended, because I was influenced by reviews and how the items were presented to me on that site (like "People also bought..." listings).But after getting burned a few times with products that did not live up to the standards presented in bogus re

user5994461 Dec 8, 2016 View on HN

Agree. I'd like to see more spam in favor of Amazon if that's your experience.