So this weekend I played around with Amazon's new TextBuyIt service. The concept is pretty cool, I think. So let's say you're at a store and you spot something you wanna buy. A DVD maybe. Text the UPC code or the name of the DVD to 262966 (AMAZON) and they text you back with the Amazon price for that same item. If it's cheaper at Amazon and you wanna buy it, just text back and they'll call you to confirm your order. In theory it's cool, but I had a few nitpicks with it. 1)You still have to pay s&h, 2)Amazon doesn't always have the lowest price, and my biggest nitpick 3)if you do buy it via SMS at Amazon, you then gotta way for them to ship it to you. There's a more detailed feature of it coming up soon on dealnews, but that's essentially my beef with it.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Amazon's SMS Store: Nice Try, Guys
So this weekend I played around with Amazon's new TextBuyIt service. The concept is pretty cool, I think. So let's say you're at a store and you spot something you wanna buy. A DVD maybe. Text the UPC code or the name of the DVD to 262966 (AMAZON) and they text you back with the Amazon price for that same item. If it's cheaper at Amazon and you wanna buy it, just text back and they'll call you to confirm your order. In theory it's cool, but I had a few nitpicks with it. 1)You still have to pay s&h, 2)Amazon doesn't always have the lowest price, and my biggest nitpick 3)if you do buy it via SMS at Amazon, you then gotta way for them to ship it to you. There's a more detailed feature of it coming up soon on dealnews, but that's essentially my beef with it.
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