Letsbuy.com now integrated with Flipkart.com
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tkin
Back to school!!
No one can click it once.
blademast3r
In the zone
A good company (letsbuy) bites the dust. Flipkart is too much hype. Despite all efforts they still have the SLOWEST shipping out of ANY online shopping portal in India. And i live in bangalore. Not some remote area
KDroid
Cyborg Agent
saikiasunny
Ambassador of Buzz
actually my mouse is starting to show problems (its a 3.5yr acer one). And was looking for budget gaming mouse! So you can understand
bad luck they have cancelled it
OP
Terabyte
In the zone
d6bmg
BMG ftw!!
Bad luck for me
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Fun's over.
If 4-5 days at max can be classified as slowest delivery time, then what about HS18?
blademast3r
In the zone
Come Again!?Slowest? dafaq?
Yes. I am surprised people havent made a big deal about this yet. Books are shipped fast. I agree. But electronic items take a long time. And here is why.
When you place an order from 1-2 days the status is "processing". I would love to know what exactly they "process" during this period. The funny thing is the actual shipping itself is really fast. So whatever they do AFTER "processing" is good. Their self shipping is extremely reliable and quick. This processing cycle is what makes the shipping take 4-5 days on average. While actual shipping is maybe 1-2 days.
I have seen some individual stored on ebay ship next day. Also nextworld.in is one service where I always receive something a day after it is shipped (From delhi to Blore in most cases). So if flipkart truly wants to emulate what amazon does in the US (offerring even same day shipping) They still have a long way to go.
Again, I really like the site. I want them to improve this "processing" cycle.
Fun's over.
If 4-5 days at max can be classified as slowest delivery time, then what about HS18?
You've missed the point here. 4-5 days IS really slow for a company of Flipkarts stature. Guys like HS18 etc are JUNK. And if Flipkart really even thinks about comparing themselves to these cheap sites then I'm afraid they have already lost. IMO they are the only ones who can come close to offering "same day delivery" promise and they should gun for that.
Soumik
Padawan
This is simply monopolization... if there is such a word!!!
Letsbuy.. to me was awesome. I ordered from them 8-9 times and each time i got my tracking id within 24hrs-36hrs (for 2-4 day delivery items) each and every time. The delivery and service offered by Letsbuy was very good. A friend of my used to buy books from flipkart... and their service was equally good. But as blademast3r said, they delivered his camera way after the promised delivery time. So, our equation was simple... books from flipkart, anything else, from Letsbuy.
Also, though i never tried this with Flipkart, Letsbuy's customer care seemed very good on phone even after 1am.. when i ordered something once at that time.
Even 2 weeks back i was ordering pendrive for my friends, and most of them were around 50-100INR more in Flipkart than in Letsbuy. Dont be fooled by all those media attention... its just an indication that they have pretty much got the monopoly and gonna raise the price of making adds by increasing cost of all their products.
In short... i will miss Letsbuy. They introduced me to online shopiing.
May you rest in peace in your after life.
Simple example of the monopoly :
Transcend Jet Flash 600 16GB Pen Drive | Pendrive | Flipkart.com
I got the smae pendrive from Letsbuy 2 weeks back for 699INR, and it was 750INR at Flipkart.
After Letsbuy is gone.. same pendrive is priced 1006INR ar Flipkart. F this Sh*t. Am boycotting it as of now!!!
Letsbuy.. to me was awesome. I ordered from them 8-9 times and each time i got my tracking id within 24hrs-36hrs (for 2-4 day delivery items) each and every time. The delivery and service offered by Letsbuy was very good. A friend of my used to buy books from flipkart... and their service was equally good. But as blademast3r said, they delivered his camera way after the promised delivery time. So, our equation was simple... books from flipkart, anything else, from Letsbuy.
Also, though i never tried this with Flipkart, Letsbuy's customer care seemed very good on phone even after 1am.. when i ordered something once at that time.
Even 2 weeks back i was ordering pendrive for my friends, and most of them were around 50-100INR more in Flipkart than in Letsbuy. Dont be fooled by all those media attention... its just an indication that they have pretty much got the monopoly and gonna raise the price of making adds by increasing cost of all their products.
In short... i will miss Letsbuy. They introduced me to online shopiing.
May you rest in peace in your after life.
Simple example of the monopoly :
Transcend Jet Flash 600 16GB Pen Drive | Pendrive | Flipkart.com
I got the smae pendrive from Letsbuy 2 weeks back for 699INR, and it was 750INR at Flipkart.
After Letsbuy is gone.. same pendrive is priced 1006INR ar Flipkart. F this Sh*t. Am boycotting it as of now!!!
dfcols71
In the zone
unbelievable deals never workout on flipkart me too got my mouse order G500 cancelled,now have to wait 5-7 days to receive my money,this why i prefer buying from delta,primeabgb,hardwire,their price fluctuation isnt as drastic as flipkart,plus the prices on their sites are more or less correct & they deliver equally good products @ better prices and good packaging
saikiasunny
Ambassador of Buzz
I know most of the products are overpriced. But sometimes they provide really good prices. For eg cm 690 2 advance costs 5.5k on flipkart. But the same costs 6.3k on other sites and shipping costs extra! And don't forget the COD option. Many newcomers are attracted to it, and thats the reason for its popularity. Though most of the products are overpriced!
Shankar9822
Broken In
I did place an order for canon Laserjet which was cancelled after 7 days. Had to wait for 7 days to get the status....
Flipkart is definitely loosing its reputation......
Flipkart is definitely loosing its reputation......
sriharsha_madineni
Cyborg Agent
That is nothing, Panasonic Lumix FZ150 was priced at 22.5K on Letsbuy with a free 8GB card in addition to 4GB bundled card, where as Flipkart was selling the same for 24.5K without the 8GB card.
Been hearing that a lot these days. Not to mention the pricing errors
ssdivisiongermany1933
Still in war with allies
Iam not very frequently buying from flipkart ....
For computers ..Nehru Place local market is best
and for book either Homeshop 18 (almost less than 20% compared to flipkart) , HS18 service is fine ..or ebay for other things
flipkart not very much frequent buying ,but I must say service is very good
For computers ..Nehru Place local market is best
and for book either Homeshop 18 (almost less than 20% compared to flipkart) , HS18 service is fine ..or ebay for other things
flipkart not very much frequent buying ,but I must say service is very good
devilsalive
Broken In
This had to happen, Flipkart and Infibeam (Two major Indian online player) had to be ahead of the race, till amazon comes full fledged in the market.
In the near future, we will see more merger and acquisition in the world of online retail as, no small Online retail shop would be able to keep their prices low compared to giants like amazon(Junglee in India)
But closing down sites like this, i dont think it is a good move....
Flipkart may well lose some valuable letsbuy patron.
Instead they should have kept different portals, but could have combined the operations (Logistics, warehousing etc)
In the near future, we will see more merger and acquisition in the world of online retail as, no small Online retail shop would be able to keep their prices low compared to giants like amazon(Junglee in India)
But closing down sites like this, i dont think it is a good move....
Flipkart may well lose some valuable letsbuy patron.
Instead they should have kept different portals, but could have combined the operations (Logistics, warehousing etc)
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