Jon Ison
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 posted on 4/1/09 at 04:59 PM |
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Amazon ????
Market research time guys & gals.
How many of you have used or searched Amazon to purchase anything ?
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BenB
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 05:00 PM |
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Might be worth doing a poll!!!
I have used it quite a few times.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 05:03 PM |
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Loads of times.
Phil
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blakep82
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 05:04 PM |
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hmmm, good point. i don't think i've ever purposely searched amazon to buy something. I'd usually search google or something, then
if it shows amazon have it, then i'll look on there as sometimes buy stuff. maybe only bought about 2 things on there in the past year
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flak monkey
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 05:07 PM |
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Most of my xmas shopping came off amazon last year... 
[Edited on 4/1/09 by flak monkey]
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meany
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 05:08 PM |
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the wife does.
dont forget to have a look at Amazon Jersey......can be cheaper 
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chris-p-duck
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 05:16 PM |
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Yup - use amazon quite a bit. Normally good stuff at sensible prices.
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bob
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 05:17 PM |
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amazon are great on sale and service but beware only stick to the amazon site and do not buy of any of the linked sites, amazon have had much grief
because they do not vet other shops selling within there own site.
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Fozzie
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 05:23 PM |
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It was one of the first stores I ever did any internet shopping from......so I guess I have been shopping with them for around 10 years...give or take
a year .
Not so keen now they have linked in stores as bob says ^^..... Doesn't stop me from looking though, just not as 'sure' of them as I
used to be.....
Fozzie 
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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MikeR
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 05:26 PM |
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bought a lot of the christmas stuff from amazon + my camera & lenses. Didn't buy from linked stores (simple check, if its available via
prime or super saver delivery its from amazon itself).
One thing i liked about them is if something becomes cheaper over the following month & you contact them, they'll give you the difference
back
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john_p_b
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 05:32 PM |
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once they were the only place i'd buy from online but then play.com and a few other now well known sites became cheaper and had faster delivery
but for my xmas shopping amazon came up pretty good
built a car, built a home, had a family. lost the family, lost the home, still got the car.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 05:34 PM |
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regular customer
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 05:38 PM |
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me too regular, have bought from linked site too without issue
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 06:04 PM |
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I use it alot but only round birthdays and xmas
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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dhutch
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 06:07 PM |
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Use it a lot for book, not much else. Bought some headphones once.
- Inface i even bought a gallon of degreaser through the amazon market place once becuase it was half the price of anywhere else!
Or inother words, not much, but sometimes.
Daniel
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Shadowcaster
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 06:25 PM |
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Use it all year round, for books, CD and DVD/Bluray they are my first port of call. Also got some DVD and CD's from American Amazon with no
problems.
Cheers Rich
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It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
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big_wasa
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 06:56 PM |
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Bought around a dozen books or so, never anything electrical though.
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gottabedone
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 07:20 PM |
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Regular customer for books/DVD's and electrical. Both Amazon and their partners and never had any problems.
Did the typical bloke thing at Christmas, ordering items at the last minute and everything turned up in time.
Steve
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Echidna
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 07:27 PM |
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Have used it many times only for buying books. Excellent service and shipping times.
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NigeEss
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 07:27 PM |
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Yep, buying and searching and they often come up the cheapest. Always search elsewhere too.
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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geoff shep
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 08:23 PM |
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I use it a lot, for all sorts of non-book or music items (like my reversing sensors, complete kit for £10). I've recently started using their
music downloads, generally cheaper than itunes and not protected at all. Best thing for me is that they use parcel force/royal mail which is by far
the most convenient for me if I'm out when they try to deliver.
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mr henderson
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 08:30 PM |
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I'm guessing that Jon is more interested in whether people have bought from traders that sell through Amazon, rather than Amazon themselves.
I did once, bit slow, but OK in the end. Not sure how safe I would feel doing it again, I reckon I would be looking very carefully through the small
print if I wanted to do it again. I would be wondering if Amazon cover payments to traders that don't supply for whatever reason
John
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Fozzie
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| posted on 12/1/09 at 11:41 AM |
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Jon, thought I would let you know, that on Friday 9th at 9pm I placed 2 orders from Amazon, one was actually a book (The Border Regiment 1914-18) from
Amazon themselves, the other, a usb memory stick, was from an 'outlet' store.
The book arrived at 10.30 this morning (12th)! 
The memory stick (from the 'outlet' store) is due tomorrow.....I will let you know if that turns up on time.
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/1/09 at 12:33 PM |
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I've bought quite a bit of 'other trader' stuff from Amazon, and had no problems. They also have an independent supplier in Jersey
called 'indigostarfish.com' who have VERY close links with Amazon - so much so that you can usually get free delivery under Amazon's
own terms and you don't get charged VAT (I think they're Amazon's VAT avoidance fiddle).
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Fozzie
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| posted on 12/1/09 at 12:46 PM |
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David, just looked at the dispatch notice, and the usb stick is from indigostarfish.com, so perhaps not a 'proper' trial after all! 
...ah well!
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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