Is this the one that would be $24.99 in store? https://www.costco.ca/apc-performance-s ... 08126.html
Pretty sure it's 26.99 in store (not on sale). That's how much I spent on it a few months back.pswart wrote: ↑ Is this the one that would be $24.99 in store? https://www.costco.ca/apc-performance-s ... 08126.html
Yes, I just bought it last week, I will get another one soon.pswart wrote: ↑ Is this the one that would be $24.99 in store? https://www.costco.ca/apc-performance-s ... 08126.html
Its interesting how many reviews their products get (so they must sell alot) - Some of their non electronic stuff we bought seem to be of decent quality, but when it comes to electronic items it really seems its getting worse. So many off brands on Amazon
Prime Cables branded stuff is terrible quality.DVS wrote: ↑Prime cables also has a 12 outlet on sale for their deal of the day at $16.99.
Not sure if the surge protection is as good, but it has more space to fit wall wart power supplies - can fit at least 6 of those plus 6 normally spaced outlets.
https://www.primecables.ca/primecables- ... 0d#reviews
Did you ever tell them? They're pretty good on sending you a replacement or refunding for defective items.matty2013 wrote: ↑ Prime Cables branded stuff is terrible quality.
I bought a 12 outlet unit from them, half the outlets wouldn't receive a plug (misaligned female terminals inside the shell) and when I opened it up the internal wiring and soldering was atrocious. I was concerned that plugging more than one thing into it would put it at risk of fire.
This! I almost bought one last week and after reading many horror stories, decided to go with Belkin BE112230-08 (3780 joules) since I never found the APC one at my local costco
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Amazon started cracking down on this kind of behaviour. They made an example out of Aukey and Mpow, 2 really prominent electronics brands on Amazon, a few months ago. They were completely delisted because they used the tactic you described to boost their review ratings.U4IA wrote: ↑ Worse is the last thing we bought from Amazon came with a 'You get a free $10 gift card if you give us a review and show us' - Totally frustrated since of course we picked it because it had alot of positive reviews. Total BS. (And I know paid reviews aren't new, but this was the first time we've run into it)
The cheap "made in china" crap has taken over Amazon.
That's just wrong on so many levels. A better statement would be "The cheap "Jeff can make more money" crap has taken over Amazon". After all, the place of origin didn't force Amazon to carry their products there or to place Amazon's name on it - Jeff did.
I wouldn't say that Amazon is cracking down on this behaviour... I would say that Amazon is doing this to get rid of the competition on their own site under the disguise of doing the right thing. Amazon has a history of letting others take the risk in sourcing and developing a market for products and then finding the original supplier of said product, making a deal with them and then cutting out the original vendor by under cutting them OR by better promoting them on their website. I would not be surprised if Amazon was in the process of rolling out a line of Amazon Basics products that were top sellers for Auket and Mpow.ShinNoodles wrote: ↑ Amazon started cracking down on this kind of behaviour. They made an example out of Aukey and Mpow, 2 really prominent electronics brands on Amazon, a few months ago. They were completely delisted because they used the tactic you described to boost their review ratings.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/10/22428858/amazon-aukey-mpow-listings-disappearing
They only cracked down on those two (and I believe ravpower) because there were articles about them. Otherwise, based on the inaction up until then, it doesn't seem like they care.ShinNoodles wrote: ↑ Amazon started cracking down on this kind of behaviour. They made an example out of Aukey and Mpow, 2 really prominent electronics brands on Amazon, a few months ago. They were completely delisted because they used the tactic you described to boost their review ratings.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/10/22428858/amazon-aukey-mpow-listings-disappearing
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