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Time-Button4999 t1_j9adh59 wrote

Reply to comment by jordanManfrey in Samsung's next-gen display to add blood pressure and sugar level monitoring by xcalibre

>It makes you re- calibrate every 30 days

Having purchased and returned a blood pressure monitor from Amazon last week for mine and the wife's new watches, this makes me sad.

Have to increment them every 2 weeks and calibrate off eachother :D

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Reeybehn t1_j9aft5w wrote

Great so you saved a few bucks and there’s now a device that can no longer be sold and was made dirty by you going to a landfill. Top job man 😒 excellent use of resources

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scirc t1_j9ajats wrote

Pretty sure Amazon takes all returns, pallets then up, and sells them in bulk regardless of what they are. Maybe for like, sex toys, they'd throw stuff away instead.

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Reeybehn t1_j9ajv05 wrote

Some things get resold in bulk, many others like wearables, medical devices you use on skin etc might well be thrown away. Either way it’s just a scummy thing to do still.

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Reeybehn t1_j9alh23 wrote

It’s the blood pressure sensor he’s talking about not the watch l. Either way it’s still a dick thing to do. Buying products you plan to use once to then return. Wastes resources nonetheless. Product needs to be checked again, repacked etc and is only probably sold again in a bulk

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Not_as_witty_as_u t1_j9aom1h wrote

No, even if it costs less to clean, refurbish, repackage etc the profit margins are so small that it’s not worth the time so it goes in the trash. There’s plenty of articles about it, the waste is gross.

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UsecMyNuts t1_j9apsf8 wrote

And they’re carried over to the supplier, not amazon.

Why even bother talk if you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about?

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Reeybehn t1_j9bwbly wrote

It’s not about money man. Unused stuff ending up in the trash is bad for all of us for multiple reasons. It’s a waste of money, sure. It’s also a waste of resources packing and shipping. Waste of resources used to make the product.

Then when enough people do this the price of shipping and returns (not generally as relevant for Amazon but definitely for other retailers) goes up and everyone complains. Price of products goes up (definitely also relevant for Amazon) to compensate for the money they spend on this waste and guess what, everyone complains again. Its a net loss for everyone involved: produced, retailer, consumer, and our planet.

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