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I have an Alexa in every room of my house. But ordering things is too cumbersome by audio only. And even reordering is a no go. I need to see what I paid last time and compare a bit. I've found that a lot of items I might want to reorder can go way up in price.

I think the vin diagram of Alexa owners and those with lots more money than time, that don't care about a good deal has little overlap.

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If you don't mine me asking, what do you use an Alexa in every room of the house for?

Mine provide a stereo service and control my aircon and lights, housewide

You can enable a nice intercom feature if you want "Alexa call kitchen"

She also makes clocks obsolete "what time is it" also arithmetic and spelling is near 100% accurate, although obviously very slow because of the speech UI. "Alexa what time is it in Brisbane?" "The time in Brisbane is 11:27 pm" uh OK I'll call client tomorrow.

It’s been a bizarrely good talking point with dates who make it back to my place, too.

Control the lights, thermostat, intercom system, playing music, ask the time, set a timer (especially helpful in the kitchen with sticky hands), ask the weather, wake up alarms, and on and on.

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