Topic: [ANN] BitcoinStore.com (Beta) - Electronics super store with over 500K items! - page 11. (Read 75367 times)
January 18, 2013, 06:51:19 PM
The store is a great thing, I wish them great success!!!
January 18, 2013, 03:51:42 PM
OK, thanks for the helpful comment. I guess bitcoinstore.com should be aware that misleading or posting price comparisons may affect some potential customers.
However, it doesn't change the fact that bitcoinstore.com will have a competitive advantage vs Amazon due to no credit card transaction fees.
Let's move on to the next thing that can help bitcoinstore.com and assume they will take this feedback and learn from it (I assume they will).
Pointing out additional inaccuracies will not accomplish anything. And, I still think it's the easiest way to promote bitcoinstore.com by giving people a use case that explains how they will save money. Try not to focus too much on the examples unless you've printed them on paper, b/c online numbers will be dynamic.
However, it doesn't change the fact that bitcoinstore.com will have a competitive advantage vs Amazon due to no credit card transaction fees.
Let's move on to the next thing that can help bitcoinstore.com and assume they will take this feedback and learn from it (I assume they will).
Pointing out additional inaccuracies will not accomplish anything. And, I still think it's the easiest way to promote bitcoinstore.com by giving people a use case that explains how they will save money. Try not to focus too much on the examples unless you've printed them on paper, b/c online numbers will be dynamic.
January 18, 2013, 03:33:24 PM
Amazon.com $422, with $499 being the 1st party price when in stock.
3/4 though this time, so there's really no reason to throw in a 4th example that happens to be a dishonest one unless you just have a problem making an entire post without some sort of lie in it.
You are aware that these change based on your location and the time in which you click refresh, yes? So why don't you think before you post something stupid? Or do you not like to think before you post?
http://camelcamelcamel.com/Hewlett-Packard-M451DN-Laserjet-Enterprise/product/B006X2FE1O
Tracking amazon prices is trivial. It has been $449 first party when in stock steadily and unchanging for over the last 6 months, and when not in stock first party, have always had it available for under $460 through a third party stocker over the same period.
January 18, 2013, 03:22:56 PM
Amazon.com $422, with $499 being the 1st party price when in stock.
3/4 though this time, so there's really no reason to throw in a 4th example that happens to be a dishonest one unless you just have a problem making an entire post without some sort of lie in it.
You are aware that these change based on your location and the time in which you click refresh, yes? So why don't you think before you post something stupid? Or do you not like to think before you post?
January 18, 2013, 03:11:31 PM
Amazon.com $422, with $449 being the 1st party price when in stock.
3/4 though this time, so there's really no reason to throw in a 4th example that happens to be a dishonest one unless you just have a problem making an entire post without some sort of lie in it.
EDIT: Fixed typo in price.
January 18, 2013, 10:28:37 AM
Awesome!! Definitly going to make a few purchases
January 18, 2013, 09:27:10 AM
I had a problem with my order and hence needed their support. I got the first reply within an hour and everything went smoothly, certainly more and better than I have come to expect from amazon and likes.
January 18, 2013, 09:02:49 AM
Stop lying about amazon prices.
Bentar,
Stop spreading FUD.
Here are some current examples as of Jan 18th 2013
to be fair, your initial example didnt compare the exact same products and all your new example compare your prices with prices from a 3rd party selling on amazon, not amazon itself. that might not be lying but it leaves enough room for a little of the U and D in FUD.
January 18, 2013, 08:39:15 AM
Stop lying about amazon prices.
Bentar,
Stop spreading FUD.
Here are some current examples as of Jan 18th 2013 in which Bitcoinstore.com is clearly cheaper than Amazon.com
Adtran Bluesocket 1840 - Wireless access point
BitcoinStore $454
Amazon $471
HP LASERJET PRO 400 M451DN CLR
BitcoinStore $494
Amazon $509
Wine Enthusiast Silent 12 Bottle Wine Refrigerator
BitcoinStore $124
Amazon $145
Mitsubishi DLP Projector - 1080p - HDTV - 16:10 (UD8350U)
BitcoinStore $9,022
Amazon $11,719
Bitcoin store is not cheaper than Amazon for every item, but it certainly is for at least tens of thousands of items, and possibly for more than one hundred thousand items.
For just about everything else, Bitcoinstore will certainly be competitive with Amazon.
You also seem to be forgetting the very best part, you can pay with Bitcoin!
Three people are working on the site full time, and it will only get better with time.
January 18, 2013, 07:10:48 AM
I would really love to buy SD cards or CPU coolers, but I've checked the shipping costs for France, and they are equal or more expensive than the product, so I can't buy them...
Have you planned a solution to this ?
Have you planned a solution to this ?
January 18, 2013, 02:21:11 AM
You may have your dev to look into validation of your web form. Seems like they take all kinds of input.
Apart from that, a great great idea, and I wish you the best of luck!
Apart from that, a great great idea, and I wish you the best of luck!
January 18, 2013, 12:00:04 AM
http://camelcamelcamel.com/SanDisk-Sansa-Fuze-Player-White/product/B0041G62V0
The highest it's been in the last 6 months on Amazon (as in being sold directly by amazon and not a 3rd party vendor) was $69.99 btw.
If you want to buy/sell directly in BTC, yeah, hype up the reasons for doing that.
Lying about easily checkable Amazon prices just makes it look shady.
The highest it's been in the last 6 months on Amazon (as in being sold directly by amazon and not a 3rd party vendor) was $69.99 btw.
If you want to buy/sell directly in BTC, yeah, hype up the reasons for doing that.
Lying about easily checkable Amazon prices just makes it look shady.
January 17, 2013, 11:21:07 PM
They don't change vastly enough for his earlier claim to be true. He wasn't even quoting the actual amazon price, just one of the third party dealers that go through amazon, and the most expensive of those third party dealers at that.
That's fair, I'm ok with just expecting my 3% discount on the site (credit card transaction fee eliminated).
I agree that trying to be more aggressive on price competition doesn't really seem valid or possible since I don't understand where the money would be coming from.
January 17, 2013, 10:58:33 PM
They don't change vastly enough for his earlier claim to be true. He wasn't even quoting the actual amazon price, just one of the third party dealers that go through amazon, and the most expensive of those third party dealers at that.
January 17, 2013, 10:14:31 PM
Amazon Price: $62.99
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Sansa-Fuze-Player-White/dp/B0041G62V0/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1358469318&sr=1-2&keywords=SDMX20R-008GW-A57
A) amazon prices change daily, possibly by the minute.
B) Amazon prices change by IP address/ location. - tried to find a link to the Wallstreet Journal article I read a couple weeks ago, but failed. Sorry.
January 17, 2013, 08:19:28 PM
January 17, 2013, 08:06:42 PM
I would like to buy a raspberry pi for bitcoins 
January 17, 2013, 07:34:50 PM
Stop lying about amazon prices.
January 17, 2013, 10:54:12 AM
I made an order of ~400$, shipping to europe was very reasonable 1.112btc for two ssd hard drives. Im fairly certain that the delivery time will work out to be roughly a month, there were several different delivery options available, I would of have guesstimated the fastest ones to reach me in two weeks at most vie FedEx, but I was not in a hurry so I went with the cheapest one. i know I'll be paying 24% ontop of that in import taxes, the bottom line is that the service in it's current state works for Eu customers... but we do need a bitcoin retailer within the Eu.
January 17, 2013, 08:49:06 AM
2 remarks, don't know if they have been addressed before:
1) I can't find the "comparison list" (easily, and it should be easy). Does it exist already? If so, you might want to make 'comparison list' clickable in the message you get after you click "Add to compare"
2) I believe you only accept payments in bitcoin. While I think your website is great for the bitcoin community and its advancement of legal businesses, why not accept alternative (meaning the traditional) means of payment too, but give like a 5% reduction for using bitcoins. That way your target audience grows substantially, and you'll have a better shot at becoming profitable, or am I overlooking some effects?
1) I can't find the "comparison list" (easily, and it should be easy). Does it exist already? If so, you might want to make 'comparison list' clickable in the message you get after you click "Add to compare"
2) I believe you only accept payments in bitcoin. While I think your website is great for the bitcoin community and its advancement of legal businesses, why not accept alternative (meaning the traditional) means of payment too, but give like a 5% reduction for using bitcoins. That way your target audience grows substantially, and you'll have a better shot at becoming profitable, or am I overlooking some effects?
Put another way, you could have a "Credit card fee" but I think that goes against the credit card companies TOS, so that's probably why. Not sure if Dwolla would let you include a surcharge (probably somewhere in their TOS that doesn't allow it), but then we'd be promoting Dwolla and not bitcoin...
Might just be easier to leave it the way it is...
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