The UX of the Dash Button is great, shopping for laundry detergent is boring, just one press and it's over. Managing your personal finances has zero to do with the dash button user experience.
I really don't like the fact TFA uses "but you can get Gillette razors cheaper on Amazon without the button". Bad example! Amazon has a huge problem with gray-market (or maybe just fake) Gillette razors that 3rd party sellers sell at a discount, but they only last about half as long. The reviews are full of complaints and advice on how to find the real product. I had almost given up on buying razors through Amazon, but now it's much easier to find the real ones, even if you don't use the silly Dash button.
While Amazon has a real problem to fix with the bogus goods in it's store, that's not a problem with the Dash: rather, the opposite.
Personally, I'd be happy to see a store that had basic sorts of staples that wasn't targeting the cheap-over-everything Walmart shopper! Give me reliable high quality and convenience even at 1.5x the price, please! (Though that's not what Dash is about). Not weird hipster alternatives to staples, either, that's a totally different market.
You might be interested in http://jet.com/ [jet.com] . I haven't used it yet (friend just told me about it the other day). But it seems a bit more targeted than Amazon at non-greymarket goods.
(Note: I don't work for them, or with them or anything... simply heard about it the other day and thought I would pass it on)
A better solution is just to give up on buying disposable razors, or at least the fancy ones. Go and get a butterfly razor [wikipedia.org] and then you don't have to buy the silly expensive blades and can get good cheap ones. The other option is to give up on safety razors all together and go and buy a couple nice straight edge razors [wikipedia.org] and learn how to maintain them.
Tried everything. The disposables are simply better and sharper, for reasons that make good physical sense - or at least they can be, not all brands are.
I was greatly annoyed that at my last trip to Costco I ended up buying the disposable razors for my partner, rather than just the blades of the same brand, because the disposables, despite the added plastic and size/bulk of the package and attendant shipping costs, I could get 14 instead of 8 for approximately the same price.
There are few retail scams bigger than the razor scam. Anyone who is buying "premium brand" cartridges or are buying them in a store are people who wouldn't mind piling their money up and setting fire to it.
Empirically false. I've found something that works for me at an acceptable price, and I tried several things that didn't work well. You're suggesting I should do some work and research to maybe halve what I spend on razor blades. It isn't worth it.
Just false. I've tried the cheap brands/models, they tear my face up. There's a great deal of materials science that goes into a modern blade, you know. And, of course, for a given material, the sharper you make it, the less long it's going to last. I'm sure I could double the life of my razor by shaving with cold water, too (corrosion is the major wear factor if you only shave your face).
And there's little difference in price between the stores and online, unless you're getting the knockoffs.
No, not any more. Sure, they're a step up from WalMart, but they've started to play some of the same games, and selection is quite limited in most stores every since they decided to copy WalMart and be a grocery store too. Plus, brick-and-mortar stores just suck in general.
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Actually great UX for everyone else (Score:4, Insightful)
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I really don't like the fact TFA uses "but you can get Gillette razors cheaper on Amazon without the button". Bad example! Amazon has a huge problem with gray-market (or maybe just fake) Gillette razors that 3rd party sellers sell at a discount, but they only last about half as long. The reviews are full of complaints and advice on how to find the real product. I had almost given up on buying razors through Amazon, but now it's much easier to find the real ones, even if you don't use the silly Dash button.
While Amazon has a real problem to fix with the bogus goods in it's store, that's not a problem with the Dash: rather, the opposite.
Personally, I'd be happy to see a store that had basic sorts of staples that wasn't targeting the cheap-over-everything Walmart shopper! Give me reliable high quality and convenience even at 1.5x the price, please! (Though that's not what Dash is about). Not weird hipster alternatives to staples, either, that's a totally different market.
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You might be interested in http://jet.com/ [jet.com] . I haven't used it yet (friend just told me about it the other day). But it seems a bit more targeted than Amazon at non-greymarket goods.
(Note: I don't work for them, or with them or anything... simply heard about it the other day and thought I would pass it on)
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Tried everything. The disposables are simply better and sharper, for reasons that make good physical sense - or at least they can be, not all brands are.
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I was greatly annoyed that at my last trip to Costco I ended up buying the disposable razors for my partner, rather than just the blades of the same brand, because the disposables, despite the added plastic and size/bulk of the package and attendant shipping costs, I could get 14 instead of 8 for approximately the same price.
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There are few retail scams bigger than the razor scam. Anyone who is buying "premium brand" cartridges or are buying them in a store are people who wouldn't mind piling their money up and setting fire to it.
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Meh. I get ~3 years out of a ~$30 Costco size package of blades. But then my partner likes me scruffy...
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Empirically false. I've found something that works for me at an acceptable price, and I tried several things that didn't work well. You're suggesting I should do some work and research to maybe halve what I spend on razor blades. It isn't worth it.
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Just false. I've tried the cheap brands/models, they tear my face up. There's a great deal of materials science that goes into a modern blade, you know. And, of course, for a given material, the sharper you make it, the less long it's going to last. I'm sure I could double the life of my razor by shaving with cold water, too (corrosion is the major wear factor if you only shave your face).
And there's little difference in price between the stores and online, unless you're getting the knockoffs.
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Your have just described "Target"
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No, not any more. Sure, they're a step up from WalMart, but they've started to play some of the same games, and selection is quite limited in most stores every since they decided to copy WalMart and be a grocery store too. Plus, brick-and-mortar stores just suck in general.