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goodcow

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I don't know how new this is, but one huge annoyance for me with Amazon was that when you searched, you often got a ton of items from third parties which of course didn't qualify for free shipping, or items which were out of stock.

Well, it's simple to fix, and I don't know why the hell they don't publicize this...

Make your search, and just add "amazon.com" to the end of it.

For example,
juice
becomes
juice amazon.com

Find juice in these categories:
Home & Garden (2,686)
Kitchen & Housewares (2,435)
Books (1,452)
Gourmet Food (Beta) (1,254)
Health & Personal Care (Beta) (646)
Sports & Outdoors (Beta) (307)
Tools & Hardware (254)
Popular Music (206)
Automotive (159)
Apparel (106)
Outdoor Living (86)
Beauty (55)
Musical Instruments (Beta) (45)
Electronics (33)
Toys & Games (32)
Everything Else (20)
Video (17)
DVD (14)
Computers (14)
Office Products (8)
Magazine Subscriptions (5)
Classical Music (2)
Camera & Photo (2)
Baby (2)
Jewelry, Loose Diamonds, and Watches (2)
Computer & Video Games (1)
Software (1)
Restaurant Menus (2,237)
Industrial Supplies (98)
Lifestyle & Gifts (62)
Arts & Hobbies (60)
Medical Supplies (42)
Scientific Supplies (40)
Home Furnishings (20)
Free Music Downloads (1)
zShops (813)

vs.

Find juice amazon.com in these categories:
Home & Garden (58)
Kitchen & Housewares (55)
Books (9)
Electronics (4)
Sports & Outdoors (Beta) (3)
Tools & Hardware (3)
Health & Personal Care (Beta) (3)
Computers (2)
Gourmet Food (Beta) (1)
Arts & Hobbies (2)
Restaurant Menus (1)
Lifestyle & Gifts (1)

A HUGE difference. Hell, you can even see this way that Amazon sells V8 directly with free shipping on 40 pounds! (B0009XQSZY)

Or maybe you perfer 24 cans of Spaghettios! (B0009XQS2W) The possibilities are ENDLESS.

So anyway, I just managed to stumble into this... and I wish I had done so a long time ago.

Oh, and it's not absolutely perfect, but it really narrows those damn results down.
 
I've never used amazon, is it a good site goodcow?
 
That is quite helpful, thanks.

I am pissed with the site at the moment since I ordered a game from a third party and they have yet to send it. >:(
I sent them a mail so hopefully it will be ok.
 
I honestly can't believe goodcow hasn't been banned yet. LOOK AT HIS POST HISTORY! It's hilarious.
 
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