I never got this concept. *Maybe* Tide or Charmin, but this?



They're going away.

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Amazon has stopped selling Dash buttons, the $5 pieces of plastic that Prime customers could use to instantly reorder basic household items, as CNET reported Thursday.

Dash buttons launched in 2015, and by the time of their demise there were hundreds of options. Stick a Tide button to your washing machine and instantly reorder detergent when you run out. Stick a Charmin button to your bathroom wall and instantly reorder toilet paper. Fridge: Soylent, Mucinex, Goldfish, Red Bull, various coconut waters, every brand of trash bag. Play-Doh, Nerf pellets, diapers, soup. According to CNET, the biggest hits were condoms, pet food, printer ink, and paper towels.

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/...a-germany-regulation

Never even heard of them. I've been a prime member for years.

Oh I am aware of the "Dash Button" ... always thought it a solution looking for a problem.

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Originally posted by Axtremus:
Oh I am aware of the "Dash Button" ... always thought it a solution looking for a problem.

+1. I had zero interest.

Never seen them either. I order stuff all the time, But I don’t order basic household items.

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Originally posted by jodi:
Never seen them either. I order stuff all the time, But I don’t order basic household items.

...not even basic household items like Calvin Klein underwear?

And never a thought about the environmental impact. Amazon doesn't have a conscience. $b speak louder than preservation of our planet.

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Originally posted by Bernard:
And never a thought about the environmental impact. Amazon doesn't have a conscience. $b speak louder than preservation of our planet.

Corporations aren't supposed to have a conscience, because, despite what the Supreme Court says, they aren't people. People in control of corporations can have principles. Even that's flawed, though, because most large corporations are owned by many people, and they don't have shared principles. Other than a desire to make money.

But, really, we shouldn't expect corporations to have principles. They are organized to make money. They should try to do that in the most efficient, legal way possible, because that's what their competitors are going to do. If there are societal good things that we want corporations to do, we should affirmatively impose those obligations by law and regulation. That way, corporations don't have to worry that they are putting themselves at a competitive disadvantage by failing to act in a profit-maximizing manner.

And here's the key point ... a corporation that fails to act in a profit-maximizing manner is vulnerable. If their profits are less, they are less valuable. If they are less valuable, their shares sell for less. Which creates room for some sharp operator to buy up all those "undervalued" shares, and change corporate practices to maximize profits and make those shares more valuable. So, trying to achieve corporate principles, other than making money, isn't a sustainable business practice for any company that isn't majority-owned by one or a small group of people.

We should have learned that lesson in the 80s.

Why would anyone pay $5 when you can just reorder FREE?

I thought one or two for staples might be interesting to someone, though not me, but only if the manufacturer paid for them. I couldn’t imagine who would pay money for these.

What a stupid idea. No wonder it didn't fly.

I predict they'll become collectible and a favorite trivia question in a few years.

The Calvin one has to be pretty rare.

Never want anything that can automatically spend my money, even from a mistaken bump or word. Are you listening, Alexa?

I would like to interview the consumer who needed a frequent reorder button next to the condom bowl.

meh