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sirmaru · 10-26-2013, 03:04 PM

Many if not most of the third party products are purchased by Amazon from the manufacturers and stocked in their own warehouses. That is how they can make 24 hour delivery.

Other products are shipped by the third party producers but even they have fast deliveries and Amazon will help to get them to take back unwanted products.

Warehouse shipments come with free delivery with Prime membership. 3rd party shippers may charge for deliveries.

The key advantage on all their products is that you do not have to share your credit card number with anyone but Amazon. Plus, none can reach you direct other than by going through Amazon email. Credit card security and being kept off email marketing lists is a great advantage.

Direct 3rd party shippers are all rated by the customers and one gets to select which ones to use.

The big advantage is the ability to search and buy at just one location thousands of products most of which have never been seen by the customers before buying.

Many folks go to the big box stores, look for items they like and then buy them from Amazon anyway. Amazon even supplies a smart phone app to scan products in brick and mortar stores and then compare to Amazon prices right at the spot. Those stores are being driven under by that practice and most refuse to match Amazon prices.

One feature I like with the HD 2012 and HDX 2013 is the ability to listen to songs on the radio and then instantly access the Amazon store via those devices, enter the pass code and buy the song right there if I like it. That beats marking down the name and artist and then shopping in Sam Goody's as I used to do 20 years ago while most of the songs were never even carried by Sam Goody. I do find that some very new songs are not in the Amazon catalog when I try it and that is where they can improve a bit.

When I hear about good books on TV or on the internet, I can immediately go to Amazon and get their price and number of pages. Then I enter all that into an excel spreadsheet and sort by pages / dollar. I always buy the most pages for the buck.

10-26-2013, 03:04 PM	#49
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 2,426 Karma: 6561538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014	Many if not most of the third party products are purchased by Amazon from the manufacturers and stocked in their own warehouses. That is how they can make 24 hour delivery. Other products are shipped by the third party producers but even they have fast deliveries and Amazon will help to get them to take back unwanted products. Warehouse shipments come with free delivery with Prime membership. 3rd party shippers may charge for deliveries. The key advantage on all their products is that you do not have to share your credit card number with anyone but Amazon. Plus, none can reach you direct other than by going through Amazon email. Credit card security and being kept off email marketing lists is a great advantage. Direct 3rd party shippers are all rated by the customers and one gets to select which ones to use. The big advantage is the ability to search and buy at just one location thousands of products most of which have never been seen by the customers before buying. Many folks go to the big box stores, look for items they like and then buy them from Amazon anyway. Amazon even supplies a smart phone app to scan products in brick and mortar stores and then compare to Amazon prices right at the spot. Those stores are being driven under by that practice and most refuse to match Amazon prices. One feature I like with the HD 2012 and HDX 2013 is the ability to listen to songs on the radio and then instantly access the Amazon store via those devices, enter the pass code and buy the song right there if I like it. That beats marking down the name and artist and then shopping in Sam Goody's as I used to do 20 years ago while most of the songs were never even carried by Sam Goody. I do find that some very new songs are not in the Amazon catalog when I try it and that is where they can improve a bit. When I hear about good books on TV or on the internet, I can immediately go to Amazon and get their price and number of pages. Then I enter all that into an excel spreadsheet and sort by pages / dollar. I always buy the most pages for the buck. Last edited by sirmaru; 10-26-2013 at 03:16 PM.