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Really? For me it will order whatever I ask for (it'll report the first result of the search, tell me the price, and ask if I want it).

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And this is the reason I'll never use that feature.

The quality of many top Amazon results is often not accurately portrayed with all the fake comments, swapped products, etc. plus, with the various seller and shipping options, I frankly don't trust Amazon to pick the best product and options for me.

For some things, sure. But if I just want batteries or something? It's fine, and saves me some time.

Funny you use that example. There's actually a lot of issues depending on what batteries you buy as some sellers swap in expired batteries, or off-brand replacements. It was so hard to find a certain battery I needed once that was legit, that I just ended up going to my hardware store and getting whatever namebrand they had.

How about a pony?

No, a pony will take a nice trot up to you and politely ask if you know what you're ordering.

Unless you've ordered a pony before in which case it'll be happy to have the company.

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