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by joshstrange 1071 days ago
Prime day is the same as Black Friday, aka “clear out the warehouse”. There haven’t been good deals in a long time but with CamelCamelCamel or the plug-in I use, that’s escaping me right now, I’m sure I’d be tempted.

I’m in the market for large hard drives (20TB) and so I figured I’d go look. Not only was the price I got last week better ($1,200 for 4x20TB with $60 off coupon, today the best price is $350/ea or $1,400) but Amazon’s search/filter tools (which have always been bad) are an absolutely joke. My options are a bunch of tiny GB ranges, 1TB, 1.5TB, 2TB, 3TB, and 4TB & Above.

“4TB & Above” is just silly in the age of 20TB+ drives. And it’s not like drives shot up in size overnight, I’ve been buying 16TB drives for the past few years, they’ve had plenty of time to adjust.
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hoofhearted 1071 days ago
Prime day is actually a copycat of Alibaba’s Singles Day that happens on November 11th.

Also, Amazon doesn’t “clear” out their warehouses. They charge sellers to story inventory in their warehouses. The longer items sit unsold, the more amazon makes off of the seller in FBA fees.

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CodeWriter23 1070 days ago
> The longer items sit unsold, the more amazon makes off of the seller in FBA fees.

Really depends on the volume of the item and the selling price. I'm sure Amazon would prefer shipping the item and collecting the 15-20% closing fee in most cases. The alternative is building more warehouse, so the decision comes would they rather continue expanding existing fulfillment centers or build new ones in strategic locations.

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hoofhearted 1070 days ago
Amazon doesn't build warehouses either. They lease them from Prologis and others as they grow capacity.
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CodeWriter23 1070 days ago
Same logic applies because leasing > $0
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joshstrange 1071 days ago
> Also, Amazon doesn’t “clear” out their warehouses. They charge sellers to story inventory in their warehouses. The longer items sit unsold, the more amazon makes off of the seller in FBA fees.

Yes but 2 things can be true at the same time. Amazon can make money of stuff sitting in the warehouse and they/their clients can want to sell stuff so that they can make room for more stuff or just clear old inventory off the books. I'm not sure how you get "included" in Prime Day but I assume sellers do something to opt-in.

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