Whats happened to amazon?

Phased said:

Apparently the new colour scheme reflects a more anticipatory mental state...

What on earth is that supposed to mean  . I really dislike the orange. Reminds me of years working for B&Q. One of the many jobs in my life I disliked.

Yeah I use World of Books too and hopefully they are not part of Amazon.

I don't think the orange will be staying for long...we can't be the only ones who find it unbearable.

All good answers.  For whatever reason it has got us talking about it...  and that works as free advertising.  That outward image is in some senses a mask - as autistic people I suspect we have a bit of an insight into that 

I've used World of Books before they seem quite good, I don't think they're part of amazon

I think the problems with deliveries are the couriers rather than the company they're delivering for, we're lucky most of our couriers are really good, but we have had stuff just left at the door, or hidden somewhere and no card to say where it is. What amazes me is how so many companies don't care, whether they're companies like amazon or the courier companies themselves?

Well the orange is an assault on my eyes and taste buds, so I will be looking at amazon even less now.

Well you learn something new every day - thanks for the info.

You are welcome Lonehare12 !

Ha ha, well yes, Trump has said himself that he likes the colour of his tan.

Increasing numbers of organisations have become overtly political in the last decades, and they display colours through signs and symbols. I have learned that not everyone connects colours to organisations, countries and political parties, so here are some flags displaying orange, although it doesn’t include all examples of orange used in the US and around the world.

https://fiav.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ICV2531-Manuela-Schmoger-Orange-as-a-political-colourv.pdf

I don’t follow football but I can’t help seeing football & Gaelic (game) flags too. I’m hyper aware of the colours of these & of other signs and symbols too. 

Those were my thoughts when I first saw an orange Amazon. 

Oh  thank you for the heads up about Black Market.!! I didn't know it existed.

I always try to either repair my current item or buy second hand tech. This place is a great alternative to CEX. I've passed it onto a couple of people.

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I use Abebooks all the time. So they are also part of Amazon. I didn't realize. I find their service is really good and very competitive.

I have had this exact same thing tonight. 

I ordered two books from The Book Station (didn't realize they're part of Amazon)

Got home from work at 6.15, the parcel is on my front doorstep, it's fully open at one end and the books are damaged.

So disappointing. 

I don't have an Amazon account but I did look. The new colour looks radioactive ️ . It has a toxic glow. 

Hard to look at, too vivid.

NI and the troubles I can see the connection but that really is quite a small corner of the world and I don't think Amazon would be influenced by it.

I've not really seen orange in US politics much (unless you count the terrible makeup of the president) - is there a party that uses it?

Sorry but I'm honestly unaware of a connection.

Umm, not sure if that’s wise, but here goes, think NI & US. I’m not talking about national insurance, because the abbreviation for a tax causes great confusion in my part of the world.

ArchaeC said:

As in traffic light orange? I had thought the orange was for political reasons.

I've not heard this before - can you explain please?

Phased said:

Apparently the new colour scheme reflects a more anticipatory mental state...

As in traffic light orange? I had thought the orange was for political reasons.

For books, Amazon has Abebooks as well. I used it in the past, but stopped a while ago.

I stopped buying anything off Amazon unless I couldn't get it anywhere else (sometimes books are only available through Amazon) after repeatedly receiving second hand (returned) items when I'd paid for new - the deliveries are often a bit rubbish too (left on the doorstep without ringing the bell when I'm in and even worse would have fitted through the letter box).  Unfortunately some 'new' items sold through ebay are not listed as being fulfilled by Amazon and can have the same problem.

hehe  :-)

So, on a hunch, I asked Google.  We perhaps might not be surprised that it says the answer lies in marketing reasons...

Apparently the new colour scheme reflects a more anticipatory mental state...

Either some marketing guru making a packet for nowt OR (and I strongly suspect this myself) they've done the research and found some evidence to support it.

For a business of that crazy size even a 0.5% boost to business by doing so makes crazy amounts of money...

TheCatWoman said:

what is it and what does it do or sell?

They sell new, refurbished or used technology.

TheCatWoman said:

AliExpress either, did they used to be something else?

I am not sure. They do sell about the same than Amazon; although there is more technology since China is a large scale producer. Some items are not high quality, so one needs to select with caution.

I can't get on with e-bay, I've looked at vinted a couple of times and haven't found anything that fits or that I like and Gumtree is OKish, but I'm not a fan, I've never heard of Back Market, what is it and what does it do or sell? I've not heard of AliExpress either, did they used to be something else? The other one I can't be doing with is Temu, my firend has had some stuff from there and it's 95% rubbish, never believe what they tell you about sizing, colour, fabric or anything. He thought he'd bought a vintage cable knit woollen cardigan, what arrived was a thin synthetic fabric, shirt shaped and printed with a cable knit pattern. They didn't even care that it was so misleading, just said he could keep it. They also try and dispute the law here, if they sell in this country then they do so under our laws, not whatever they feel like. 

The only other website I like for shopping is etsy and thats not as good as it used to be, there's a lot more traders on there now that there used to be, I used to like it because it was all small traders and people working out of their spare rooms.