[meerkat]

Government plans to make anti-fake review rules mandatory for e-commerce firms


The government is considering to make it mandatory for e-commerce companies to comply with quality norms for consumer reviews after a voluntary push failed to effectively curb fake reviews, a top official said on Monday.

The government issued the new quality norms for e-tailers a year ago, prohibiting them from publishing paid reviews and demanding disclosure of such promotional content.

But fake reviews of products and services on e-commerce platforms are still slipping through, said Nidhi Khare, Secretary at the Consumer Affairs Ministry.

"It's been more than one year that the voluntary standard on 'online reviews' was notified. Some entities claim that they are complying with it. However, fake reviews are still getting published," Khare told PTI.

"To safeguard the consumer interest, now we want to make these standards mandatory," she said, adding that the ministry has scheduled a meeting with e-commerce firms and consumer organisations on May 15 to discuss the proposed move.

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Source : https://www.telegraphindia.com/busin...ms/cid/2019555


... Will it work this time?!
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[throttleAddict]

Is there a megathread where we can discuss about the recurring/upcoming amazon/flipkart seasonal sales ?

[huntrz]

Is anyone aware why is kindle not available on amazon since past 5-6 months. Its available on their US store though. Are they going to phase it out in India? Any other good option for ereaders? Amazon is allowing Kindle competetor Kobo to be sold on their platform.

[whitewing]

Originally Posted by huntrz

Is anyone aware why is kindle not available on amazon since past 5-6 months. Its available on their US store though. Are they going to phase it out in India? Any other good option for ereaders? Amazon is allowing Kindle competetor Kobo to be sold on their platform.

If a majority of your library constitutes of kindle books, avoid other vendors.
However, if you have a good collection of PDFs then alternates may be something to explore (Kindle's pdf handling is shoddy, navigation is a pain)

I had a boox afterglow whose touch screen gave up after ~5-6 years of use. This was a android device and the app store allowed kindle app to be installed, the experience with kindle was not very smooth (ex: the page next button did not work in the kindle app), the app performance was sluggish, but entirely bearable if the collection is predominantly text based.
That said with PDFs the device was outstanding, the reading and browsing experience was extremely good.

[mayankk]

Originally Posted by huntrz

Is anyone aware why is kindle not available on amazon since past 5-6 months. Its available on their US store though. Are they going to phase it out in India? Any other good option for ereaders? Amazon is allowing Kindle competetor Kobo to be sold on their platform.

Paperwhite? It's there on reliance digital.

[dgindia]

Originally Posted by huntrz

Is anyone aware why is kindle not available on amazon since past 5-6 months. Its available on their US store though. Are they going to phase it out in India? Any other good option for ereaders? Amazon is allowing Kindle competetor Kobo to be sold on their platform.

Can also read kindle books online on their website also -
https://read.amazon.in/kindle-library

With this option available I have even stopped using my kindle device nowadays.

[JMaruru]

Originally Posted by whitewing

I had a boox afterglow with PDFs the device was outstanding, the reading and browsing experience was extremely good.

What is the screen size of your boox? If you can, please share the model#.

I am in the market for a budget PDF reader.

[whitewing]

Originally Posted by JMaruru

What is the screen size of your boox? If you can, please share the model#.

I am in the market for a budget PDF reader.

The device I had was a Boox Afterglow 2, it came with a 6inch screen. I bought it in 2015/16.
I don't recollect the exact price, but IIRC this was slightly more expensive than a kindle paperlight.

[JMaruru]

Originally Posted by whitewing

The device I had was a Boox Afterglow 2, it came with a 6inch screen. I bought it in 2015/16.
I don't recollect the exact price, but IIRC this was slightly more expensive than a kindle paperlight.

Doesn't PDF need more than 10" display to provide a better experience?
Is it easier to pinch and zoom on Boox device?

[whitewing]

Originally Posted by JMaruru

Doesn't PDF need more than 10" display to provide a better experience?
Is it easier to pinch and zoom on Boox device?

I think it depends on what is rendered in the PDF. For literature, I found the boox adequate for text based PDFs.
The touch screen is not as sensitive as in a mobile, so zoom was not always fluid.
At time of my purchase, I was in 2 minds on being locked into the kindle ecosystem and was evaluating different options - Barns & Nobel, Pdf books etc. And what I figured out was that the most convenient and economical reading ecosystem is the kindle.

[TheRandomGuy]

Originally Posted by mayankk

Paperwhite? It's there on reliance digital.

I was looking to get a Kindle paperwhite few months back. Noticed reliance digital showing it on their webpage.

It seems like that is just an old listing, there are no stocks with them, atleast in Bangalore. You can't order from the website listing as well.

[RaguHolla]

Amazon pay wallet use to have nice convenient feature where in you could utilize entire wallet amount against any order, even when wallet amount is less than order amount. If order amount is greater than wallet amount, then you will prompt for other payment mode for difference amount. This used to be such convenient where you could simply consume whole amount. This could be also combined for various offers against each order during sale period (combining with CC and Amazon pay). I have amazon pay ICICI credit card where each month point converted to wallet amount, which could be utilized for first order of the month.

Now that this partial payment is removed, thus you can only use one payment method per order. This meant if you want to utilize the amount in wallet, then you need have at least order value in wallet. This is means you might need to load wallet (before placing the order), which was not required earlier. You also need to know that loading the wallet via CC will have additional charges.

Just want let you guys know these changes (apparently happened two months back, I am only noticing now).

[bijims]

I noticed the same a couple of months back and was disappointed, it was something I liked about Amazon Pay, but anyways Amazon pay also used to have an option where you could withdraw the money you loaded to the wallet, I guess that's still available.

[DigitalOne]

I rarely order food online. I prefer to go to the restaurant and do a take-away. It's a chance to walk a bit, and also keeps me away from temptations. While waiting for the food to be prepared, I occasionally check the prices of the same items on Swiggy or Zomato.

Today's takeaway order from a 'cloud kitchen' (they do only takeaways and online orders) 1 km from my house:



And Swiggy's bill for the same items:





Since my house is > 0.3 kms, I am sure they would have increased the delivery charge once I had logged in and given my address.

This post is for information only and not to trigger a "cost vs convenience" debate. I have the time and inclination to do take-aways, hence I do it.

[saket77]

I too have noted that there was a good difference in the prices displayed in Swiggy app & the actual restaurant menu. I guess this is where the discount coupons come from. Just for feel good.