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@gaara, can you please post the pics both front and back of the card. Also read reviews on amazon india usually people post pics and details of fakes. Check 1 and 2 star reviews and see if people say it is a fake or not. Also check most helpful reviews and critical reviews.

 

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So that first thing u buy is a smartphone :P

 

They are going app only..

 

They get more user data

They can cut down on running cost by closing websites

Overall decrease in running cost.

I don't like smartphone...I don't even like carrying normal phone but majboori hai ....kahi na kahi kaam ane lagta hai...

 

Anyways pretty poor decision by them to cut access to normal pc users...not everywhere you can go for cost cutting also.....Flipkart i can live with it...stopped using it quite a lot ..but amazon doing this is really killing online shopping experience for me.

 

I will write a email to Amazon India regarding this. I know nothing much will happen with 1 person but they need to hear.

 

Is maintaining a website THAT expensive?

Even a good road side dhaba's these days have good websites...aur yeh log bc...naya natak laga ke rakha hai.

 

No. Maintaining website, mobile site and app is expensive. Their maximum sales are from apps, so they want to cut down costs of other channels as it's not worth it. Its really stupid decision, but chutiyon ko kaun samjhaye. Also they mine user data through apps. However it will be limited once android 6.0 becomes more prevalent.

 

+1.

I think main reason is getting data. All retail companies believe they can gain a lot from data, like they try to improve recommendations, focus markets etc. From apps they can get more reliable and clean data than web logs.

 

Also think maintaining website and app would cost somewhat similar.

There are millions who still prefer to use computer...India is huge market they are literally cutting access too many of us by doing this.

 

Why give better deals to App people only when website is also there?...

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Browsing with mobiles for stuff you wanna buy is too tough.

 

I can browse through sites like a beast and reduce my searching time drastically via PC. I can buy properly via PC. Blame this on people who shop senselessly from offices just to show off in front of their colleagues with cheap ego thrills of how they seem to have bought what they want at cheaps. In reality they don't have what they want and they could get a better product if they searched more.

 

Thus without a shadiw of a doubt PCis the best for shopping online. These companies profit on people just acquainted to impulse buying.

 

Now people need to be educated on how to buy properly.

 

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Browsing with mobiles for stuff you wanna buy is too tough.

 

I can browse through sites like a beast and reduce my searching time drastically via PC. I can buy properly via PC. Blame this on people who shop senselessly from offices just to show off in front of their colleagues with cheap ego thrills of how they seem to have bought what they want at cheaps. In reality they don't have what they want and they could get a better product if they searched more.

 

Thus without a shadiw of a doubt PCis the best for shopping online. These companies profit on people just acquainted to impulse buying.

 

Now people need to be educated on how to buy properly.

 

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Interesting point about how this is making people impulsive ...I know a friend who was on his mobile all the time while we were sitting during the flipkart billion sale ....

 

Anyways very unethical way of doing business by giving conditions on offers in selected way that can be easily given to others.

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^^Capitalism,love it or hate it,this is the future, I hate it, Hut they don't care.

 

Also it's crap to compare a normal site with an ecom site, with shot loads of product, dat a entry itself is a pain. Add to it dynamic pricing, amount of QA, having differential pricing for app and siteven. Hardware, engineer,managers,qa, hosting,optimization, databases and so on. MaintainING just the FK site would be running them monthly bill of crores. So obviously they have done their home work, success of big billion day proves it for them.

 

Business decisions have to be taken with mind and not heart, a ND they have their mind set.

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Add to all what you are saying...

Mobiles are reaching interiors of the country and computers aren't.

I am privy to lot of board meeting discussions by major retailers and i can say that all they see is how many hits they receive in a day.. The magnitude of hits from apps is far beyond that from websites.

Think of this way.. All you need to reach a customer on app is he to have a ~7k device with even 2g speed net.

Compare that to a pc and shitty broadband in remote areas of the country.

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^^Capitalism,love it or hate it,this is the future, I hate it, Hut they don't care.

 

Also it's crap to compare a normal site with an ecom site, with shot loads of product, dat a entry itself is a pain. Add to it dynamic pricing, amount of QA, having differential pricing for app and siteven. Hardware, engineer,managers,qa, hosting,optimization, databases and so on. MaintainING just the FK site would be running them monthly bill of crores. So obviously they have done their home work, success of big billion day proves it for them.

 

Business decisions have to be taken with mind and not heart, a ND they have their mind set.

 

the running cost be about same running the websites on Apps as well...same things will be applied there as well dynamic pricing..constant changing of price etc.

Add to all what you are saying...

Mobiles are reaching interiors of the country and computers aren't.

I am privy to lot of board meeting discussions by major retailers and i can say that all they see is how many hits they receive in a day.. The magnitude of hits from apps is far beyond that from websites.

Think of this way.. All you need to reach a customer on app is he to have a ~7k device with even 2g speed net.

Compare that to a pc and shitty broadband in remote areas of the country.

Correct me if i am wrong but since when PC internet connection become worse than mobile internet ?

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the running cost be about same running the websites on Apps as well...same things will be applied there as well dynamic pricing..constant changing of price etc.

Correct me if i am wrong but since when PC internet connection become worse than mobile internet ?

Yes almost same, but now they have dual expenses and obviously they are getting huge business from apps and that is there priority.

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I want to purchase the Fossil/Skagen watches on Jabong but its mentioned Factory surplus watches. Not even the customer care can answer exactly what it means...anyone ?

It says "the product may have cosmetic issues which are not convered by the manufacturers warranty".

Have used jabong and their returns are pretty good.. Almost like amazon.

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the running cost be about same running the websites on Apps as well...same things will be applied there as well dynamic pricing..constant changing of price etc.

Correct me if i am wrong but since when PC internet connection become worse than mobile internet ?

Not everyone has internet for PC at home. Heck the number of people having PCs and laptops at home is way less than people using Mobile Internet.
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The reason they are going app only is not because of maintenance costs..

It does'nt cost a whole lot to maintain a website.

They are going app only to prevent privacy of their site..You window shop at flipkart for some shops, after 5 mins if you open some site you'll see amazon or snapdeal ads featuring shoes..

They want to prevent this, its very easy to get users data using cookies on pc.

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The reason they are going app only is not because of maintenance costs..

It does'nt cost a whole lot to maintain a website.

They are going app only to prevent privacy of their site..You window shop at flipkart for some shops, after 5 mins if you open some site you'll see amazon or snapdeal ads featuring shoes..

They want to prevent this, its very easy to get users data using cookies on pc.

I don't know where is this coming from tat it does not cost a lot to maintain an ecom site like amazon or FK, it freaking costs a bomb.

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I don't know where is this coming from tat it does not cost a lot to maintain an ecom site like amazon or FK, it freaking costs a bomb.

 

Be it app or website, when the user uses the domain, it'll access the same servers and data...

So it would'nt reduce a great deal of cost going without website..

I may be completely wrong here, but thats what i believe based on limited knowledge i have..

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Be it app or website, when the user uses the domain, it'll access the same servers and data...

So it would'nt reduce a great deal of cost going without website..

I may be completely wrong here, but thats what i believe based on limited knowledge i have..

Nope not exactly, a bit of it yes but on a whole much more. Let's though chuck it as we going OT :)

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