Amazon Questions Removed

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UberTiger

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I've noticed recently that list of questions asked from the section from Amazon products has been removed, which I find hugely annoying as I enjoyed being able to browse to see what common or important questions people had about a product.

Now you have to search, which is pointless if I just want to get an overview of issues or questions people have about a product and see which questions are highest voted or most helpful.

I found this great bookmarklet though which links you off to the dedicated questions page for a product, which (at least for now) still exists at


Thought some of you might find it helpful!

Bookmarklet for those interested. Opens this Questions URL, in a new tab, for the Amazon product on the current page:

JavaScript: 
javascript:void%20function(){const%20a=document.URL,b=a.match(/^(http[s]%3F:\/\/[^/]+)\/(%3F:.+%3F\/)%3F(%3F:dp|gp\/product|asin)\/(%3F:.+%3F\/)%3F([a-zA-Z0-9]{10})(%3F:[/%3F]|$)/i);if(b%26%26(scheme_and_host=b[1])%26%26(asin=b[2])){var%20c=`${scheme_and_host}/ask/questions/asin/${asin}`;window.open(c,%22_blank%22)}}();

Source:

JavaScript: 
const url = document.URL;
const regex = new RegExp("^(http[s]?://[^/]+)/(?:.+?/)?(?:dp|gp/product|asin)/(?:.+?/)?([a-zA-Z0-9]{10})(?:[/?]|$)", "i");
const matches = url.match(regex);
if (matches && (scheme_and_host = matches[1]) && (asin = matches[2])) {
    var questions_url = `${scheme_and_host}/ask/questions/asin/${asin}`;
    window.open(questions_url, '_blank');
}
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Source
 
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Louis Rossman is digging in to Amazon and their nonsense lately. Hiding negative reviews, promoting crap products, hiding questions, etc. I wonder how long it'll take before people start waking up and stop using them. I can count on one hand the amount of items I've bought off there in the last year, I enjoy supporting my local economy more.
 
Diddums said:
Louis Rossman is digging in to Amazon and their nonsense lately. Hiding negative reviews, promoting crap products, hiding questions, etc. I wonder how long it'll take before people start waking up and stop using them. I can count on one hand the amount of items I've bought off there in the last year, I enjoy supporting my local economy more.
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I watch a lot of his stuff, but he does go on a bit, so I must have missed the one about hiding questions. This has driving me nuts the last few weeks to finally looked into it this afternoon.

Thekwango said:
i love amazon - living in 3rd world Northern Ireland, local shops are all about how much they can rip you off, unless you drive 20mins to a large(ish) town you get fisted shopping locally.
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Provided they deliver there. A considerable number of items I've tried to order won't deliver to NI, even from Amazon themselves (last item I tried was a UPS)
 
dlockers said:
I am outraged they have hidden questions tbh.

I take total pride in replying to EVERY question I am asked, even if I just reply with "not sure returned it", or "don't know mate".
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Oh yeah, I love those answers, they really help you make decisions as a buyer.

Are you also a connoisseur of such classics as:

It was a present, so I don't know.

and:

I'm not the seller, why does Amazon keep asking me these questions?

:D
 
I was more annoyed when they removed the ability filter on seller, I only tend to buy from Amazon. Thankfully found the following to tag onto the end of the url after you have searched, append &rh=p_6%3A and the Amazon country specific seller code.

Example, UK is:
&rh=p_6%3AA3P5ROKL5A1OLE

United Kingdom: A3P5ROKL5A1OLE
United States: ATVPDKIKX0DER
Canada: A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB
France: A1X6FK5RDHNB96
Germany: A3JWKAKR8XB7XF
Japan: AN1VRQENFRJN5
 
Diddums said:
Louis Rossman is digging in to Amazon and their nonsense lately. Hiding negative reviews, promoting crap products, hiding questions, etc. I wonder how long it'll take before people start waking up and stop using them. I can count on one hand the amount of items I've bought off there in the last year, I enjoy supporting my local economy more.
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I don't support the local economy much.
But I don't spend much on amazon. It's usually random independent companies. That's not because "I'm a great person" it's because Amazon is no longer the best in much at all.

Its OK price and good customer service. But definitely not my go to anymore.
 
dlockers said:
I am outraged they have hidden questions tbh.

I take total pride in replying to EVERY question I am asked, even if I just reply with "not sure returned it", or "don't know mate".
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I love these.
I assume they are noobs.
And they get a question via an email and just answer it?

If scammers got hold of the list of people who reply like this.. It would be a gold mine!
 
My Amazon purchase flow:

Identify product/item I want/need.
I put item into search engine, and look at various reviews from multiple sources.
I go to Amazon and see if they sell item. Check price.
Compare this price to rest of online sellers. If Amazon is within a couple of quid of current cheapest, then I'll order from them - ignoring anything on their horrid product pages.

Some items (TVs for example) I'll only order from a chosen few retailers however for longer warranty periods.

Just do not use the horrid to navigate, completely compromised by fake reviews, Chinese tat marketplace that is Amazon website for actual info on a product.
 
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