Amazon Needs This.
I just sent this suggestion to Amazon, I hope they listen.
It would make my life a billion times easier and better as a loyal Amazon customer if I could filter out results in the Advanced Search feature that did not qualify for Amazon Prime shipping. I pay for Prime, so I am going to use it 9 times out of 10. So why not let me filter out the stuff that doesn’t support it if I want to? I really don’t see a downside for Amazon on this.
It is also highly annoying when sorting search results “Low to High” and all the $0.01 items come up first even though they have a $5 shipping price on them (many of which don’t even have Prime). To me the searching should be an “as-shipped” price if I’m logged in. You know my address, you know how much the cheapest shipping method for that item is. So…?
Optionally just a switch on the search page that says “don’t show Marketplace items” would be fine too. Sometimes I want to search for Marketplace stuff but not every time. Even marking my search as “New” condition doesn’t seem to help, they still show up, since some people list their Marketplace stuff as New.
Basically, my whole problem with the way it works now is there is no way for me to just shop at Amazon if I want to. It’s like I’m in the Amazon store, but a billion other small-time vendors keep running up to me trying to hawk their wares. “Oh, sir, you’re interested in Star Wars novels? Well, I happen to have some right here, no, no, ignore that one that Amazon is selling, mine is NEW! And cheaper!” A real brick and mortar store wouldn’t put up with that, so why do you guys? The marketplace integration is nice, but I need a way to turn it off, too, if I want to.
If you feel the same way I do, please take the time to send them a note about it also. If you disagree, have a nice warm cup of STFU. 