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Amazon Dash (necro)

Despite it likely being an april fools joke, it's really quite smart. I don't know how many times I've noticed that I'm running out of something and forget to put it on a grocery list only to have to scrounge or otherwise.

Would be fairly trivial to make a small wifi based or even bluetooth transmitter that automatically purchased it or added it to a shopping list to be purchased later.
 
Even if ti was an April fools, this is half the point of IoT. Having things that order/re-order/let you know when things are running out.

The fridge that tells you what food you have isn't a new idea, this isn't a new idea. Even if it's not real and was an April fools, this is what things are supposed to be like in the near future with being able to order things easily.
 
Haha, I thought "it ain't gonna be very long until this thing is real" but I guess it's not an April Fool's thing? I'm not sure how much I'd use this but I think I'll sign up anyway to check it out (Prime member ftw).
 
Rakehellion said:
You should probably keep the button and the laundry detergent away from children.
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also:
Quote from product page:
Amazon sends an order alert to your phone, so it's easy to cancel if you change your mind. Unless you elect otherwise, Dash Button responds only to your first press until your order is delivered
 
Can't wait till my child presses the button 500 times in a row! Oh boy oh boy! Regardless if it only orders one, the concept is nice, but will have flaws such as the above.

You're also going to run into "Shit, I need fabric softener, not washing liquid!"
 
Or the fact that you're basically setting yourself up to purchase name brands of generic products at a premium price. Do I really need to wipe my counter with the quicker picker upper?
 
Ayrahvon said:
Or the fact that you're basically setting yourself up to purchase name brands of generic products at a premium price. Do I really need to wipe my counter with the quicker picker upper?
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Yes, you're blind-buying an item without doing a modicum of price comparisons. And paying shipping on top of that.

It's basically for the laziest of lazy and a great plug for Amazon.
 
Rakehellion said:
Yes, you're blind-buying an item without doing a modicum of price comparisons. And paying shipping on top of that.

It's basically for the laziest of lazy and a great plug for Amazon.
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Yeah - I'll just tell Alexa (Amazon Echo) to put detergent or fabric softener on the shopping list if that's the case.

They'll track me one way or another.

:hmm:
 
I'd honestly be surprised if it's an April Fool's joke. The technology is there (BT 4.0 LE, Zwave Plus, etc.) - a lot of smarthome window/door sensors have 6 or 12 month battery lives. And really, this addresses one of my barriers to using Prime - I have to remember to order stuff using it, which involves pulling out my phone, going into the app, finding it, blah blah blah. If I'm doing laundry & running low on detergent, it'd be awesome to simply push a button & have a refill show up 2 days later. Make it convenient & I will use it!
 
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