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Sason:
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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on April 16, 2020, 09:33:38 am ---When I spoke to my father last evening, he told me that whenever he goes to the supermarket where he shops (and uses the pharmacy for his meds), the store is out of toilet paper. As much as I hate to think of him running around to stores, I told him he is going to have to start checking other places (pharmacies and supermarkets).
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This afternoon my dad had to go out yet again ::) :( to pick up a prescription. He told me that today the supermarket was well stocked with toilet paper. He bought 10 rolls, so I will not be trying to buy him any online.
CellarDweller:
Well, bummer that he had to go out, but at least he found his TP!
Penthesilea:
What Chuckie said.
Amazon is, like Ebay, quite overrun by Chinese companies/sellers. But on Ebay, you can set your settings to "sellers from within Germany [US for you] only", which excludes most (but not all) Chinese sellers.
Sadly, on Amazon you can't do this, at least not in Germany. So no matter what your search is, you always get tons of irrelevant Chinese stuff offered. Frustrating.
A few tips to minimize all those crap search results:
* you can put your search words in quotation marks. For example: "Berrybear toilet paper". If there's a brand named Berrybear selling TP, LOL :laugh:
* it also helps to narrow down the categories. Instead of looking for "Addidas sneakers" in all categories, narrow it down to Addidas sneakers in Men's shoes then in Men's sneakers.
* mostly, after searching for a specific brand, you get that brand offered on the left hand side. If you check this box, you'll get offers from this brand exclusively.
* click on "available via Prime", even when you don't have a Prime subscription. This sorts out all obscure goods that are located somewhere, anywhere on the globe and need months to reach you. It leaves only those items, which could be sent to you in a very quick time frame (as Amazon promises this for their Prime customers)
This way, you get good or at least okay search results with few crap/spam in between on the first two pages. Should be enough for most everyday decisions.
And of course you can sort your results from lowest to highest price. You will have more crap in your search results again, but that's easy to overlook when you're searching for something specific and it gives you the advantage of finding the cheapest Addidas sneakers etc. quick.
serious crayons:
Good point, Chrissi. I'd never thought about excluding Chinese sellers per se, but the more specific your search terms the more efficient the search, if they have that item in stock. And good tip about zeroing in on Prime products.
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