Buy.com is now Rakuten.com

[Tommy2000GT]

what a silly name

 

[sonambulo]

Buy got bought out by Rakuten? Crazy.

edit: Doesn't let you tap into the awesome J-marketplace? Lame.

 

[SheHateMe]

what the hell is Rakuten? I've been wondering forever. And Rakuten is a terrible name...are they retarded? Buy.com was money.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I know I've patronized buy.com many times, and always thought "What this site really needs is a harder-to-remember, harder-to-pronounce name."

 

[darkxshade]

Doesn't matter what they call it, they've been irrelevant for quite some time IMO.

 

[SheHateMe]

You crazy, Buy.com has some great deals. I've been shopping with them ever since I started buying from them on Ebay years ago.


I absolutely refuse to call it Rakuten..

 

[iamwiz82]

That's who has been spamming the crap out of me.

 

[uhohs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPGd_Yo7Nuk

:'(

 

[slayer202]

Buy got bought out by Rakuten? Crazy.

edit: Doesn't let you tap into the awesome J-marketplace? Lame.

http://global.rakuten.com/en/

 

[Mixolydian]

I haven't used Buy.com in like 10 years. I love Amazon (especially with Prime).

 

[Corporate Thug]

AFAIK Rakuten.com is the amazon of Japan. Maybe it will bring some competition to amazon?

 

[momeNt]

AFAIK Rakuten.com is the amazon of Japan. Maybe it will bring some competition to amazon?

Not until it has a name that flows from the fingers and mouth.

 

[Nintendesert]

What is a Rakuten?

 

[Wyndru]

What is a Rakuten?

It means optimistic in Japanese.

I remain optimistic that buy.com will continue to redirect to Rakuten, if they are smart anyhow.

 

[surfsatwerk]

What is a Rakuten?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakuten

 

[KlokWyze]

They have good deals sometimes and a point system that actually pays out well. The buy.com domain is money though.

 

[iamwiz82]

It means optimistic in Japanese.

And it means ridiculous in English.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Lame. That explains why their point system was called "Rakuten points" though.

 

[rh71]

I know I've patronized buy.com many times, and always thought "What this site really needs is a harder-to-remember, harder-to-pronounce name."

thumbsup;

 

[Centauri]

I forgot about Buy. May have to keep them in mind now that Amazon has started charging sales tax in Arizona...

 

[bigrash]

And it means ridiculous in English.

lol :thumbsup:

 

[CrackRabbit]

Never had a good experience with buy.com before or after Rakuten bought them. They would have to really change their business model and seriously up their customer service before I would purchase something from them again.

 

[lupi]

I immediately deleted about a weeks worth of emails from them to I saw the pat about them formerly being buy.com. What a crappy name.

 

[DesiPower]

old news, keep up

 

[Soundmanred]

Never had a good experience with buy.com before or after Rakuten bought them. They would have to really change their business model and seriously up their customer service before I would purchase something from them again.

Seriously. They need to be Rakueleven before I'd deal with them again.