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55 Gallons of Lube? Customers Complain That Amazon #PrimeDay Sales Are Terrible
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | July 15, 2015 | Staff

Posted on 07/16/2015 5:33:35 AM PDT by C19fan

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To: C19fan

One of the reason I like shopping on Amazon is to avoid the sale/discount/clearance bull squeeze that is the retail shopping experience today.

I suspect PrimeDay was mostly a big clearance sale in disguise. They put up a handful of laptops (for example) as loss leaders to get people to see the crap (55 gallon drum of Passion Lube) they wanted to liquidate.


21 posted on 07/16/2015 6:22:05 AM PDT by IamConservative (There is no greater threat to our freedoms than Bipartisanship.)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop; cuban leaf

Amazon’s policy is to drive all profits back into business expansion, hence no profits per se yet relentless buying of other companies and expansion of new service lines.


22 posted on 07/16/2015 6:22:10 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
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To: C19fan

It was great if they were discount-selling what you wanted.
I ordered a small gun safe for the car, but no discount. Looked around other sales for a few minutes, was startled to see a tablet computer for $40 - impressive that it’s possible but nothing I’d actually want to use - but nothing else of real interest. Checked my wish list twice, but nothing on sale.

Meh.


23 posted on 07/16/2015 6:24:54 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
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To: C19fan

I didn’t see anything I wanted!


24 posted on 07/16/2015 6:31:54 AM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: C19fan

I didn’t see anything I wanted!


25 posted on 07/16/2015 6:31:54 AM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: C19fan

I found it to be a lot like black friday.


26 posted on 07/16/2015 6:34:00 AM PDT by discostu (In fact funk's as old as dirt)
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To: Truth29

It was purchased within seconds. The billing address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C. order by one Reginald T. Love.


27 posted on 07/16/2015 6:35:34 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: C19fan

Fifty five gallons of lube on the web
Fifty five gallons of lube...

He takes a mouse
To the bathhouse

Fifty four gallons of lube on the web....


28 posted on 07/16/2015 6:35:34 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: cuban leaf

Well they don’t technically turn a profit because it all goes back into the business. But they make enough money to buy a company every couple of weeks. And not little companies, E-Bay companies. So no it’s not really true. They make tons of money, they just don’t let it sit around in the bank.


29 posted on 07/16/2015 6:36:52 AM PDT by discostu (In fact funk's as old as dirt)
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To: Kozak

Have you read the comments? They are a hoot! The first one is ‘supposedly’ from Mr. Sulu of Star Trek (George Takei).


30 posted on 07/16/2015 6:37:44 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: C19fan

Good thing Amazon pulled the Confederate flag sales...in time to boost their cheesy BlackFriday/Prime sales. /s


31 posted on 07/16/2015 6:38:13 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: C19fan

I didn’t find anything I wanted...

Not one item.
And I buy from Amazon constantly.


32 posted on 07/16/2015 6:43:18 AM PDT by BlueNgold (May I suggest a very nice 1788 Article V with your supper...)
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To: dfwgator
55 Gallons of Lube?

Well maybe there's a market for that in San Francisco.

I know several railroaders that would gladly buy 55 gallon drums of lube oil at a fraction of the $910.25 price tag.

33 posted on 07/16/2015 6:46:45 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: C19fan

I checked out their website yesterday.

It looked like one of those ‘auction’ websites. The ‘good’ items had already sold out. I didn’t want to spend hours clicking through their upcoming bid items.

Walmart’s website wasn’t much better. They had a few deals, if they were items a person wanted. Otherwise, most items were at their regular price.

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One thing I have notice with Amazon Prime for a couple of years — many of the items that qualify for AP shipping are priced higher than the same items on other websites. That causes me to wonder what the ‘draw’ is to have AP — other than their streaming video offerings.

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Both Amazon and Walmart websites had some glitches yesterday, too.


34 posted on 07/16/2015 6:46:56 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Pilgrim's Progress; Kozak

I like this one:

“As UPS discretely unloaded my 55 gallon drum, the driver accidentally spilled it into my driveway. Any amount of cars can now fit into the garage.”


35 posted on 07/16/2015 6:50:07 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: cuban leaf

A Profit? L O L
not needed in this new economy...


36 posted on 07/16/2015 6:53:45 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: CatherineofAragon

Does it arrive in red, white, blue, pink and chartreuse packaging?


37 posted on 07/16/2015 6:56:58 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: Truth29
I see those words and I think Shell Rotella T, or Chevron Delo 100 (for old fashioned 2 stroke Detroits) and Delo 400 for Caterpillar.

Don't put Delo 100 in a gasoline engine though. Delo 400 on the other hand is a-ok. Turbo rated, but there are likely better lube oils available nowadays, even in Chevron's lineup, depending upon what one is needing to, or else trying to accomplish.

One widely used in over-the-road trucks

Extended oil change interval...

38 posted on 07/16/2015 6:57:30 AM PDT by BlueDragon (don't ask me to think I was hired for my looks)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

No doubt, LOL


39 posted on 07/16/2015 6:59:59 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: C19fan

We bought some COQ10, a double-edged razor and stand, a 4 blade razor for traveling, a Roomba and some allergy meds.

Good deals.


40 posted on 07/16/2015 7:01:27 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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