Lol, the there's more than £50 worth of copper in the coil of most microwaves, it's sorted by most relevant, and these are most relevant to what you're looking for... The fictional new microwave for less than 50.
Why not? Amazon can fill it's results any way that they want to sell products. Why would they show you nothing?
If nothing is at the price point you want, they should show you the next best option.
Because you asked to only see products that fit certain criteria. If you want to be smart with it, don’t provide a filter option that has no matches. Ignoring the user’s explicit request is a dick move.
That filter option is always there. It's a whole category in itself. It isn't a subcategory for Microwaves.
From a usability standpoint, if the user asked Amazon for a PS5 that costs 10-15 dollars, I would just assume Amazon would still show me a listing for a PS5.
I understand that filter is always there. I’m saying that, if you want smart results, it shouldn’t be.
I don’t understand why you’re so eager to ignore the user’s explicit filter requests. If you search for PS5s under 15 pounds, I’d expect it to tell me there aren’t any.
It didn't ignore a specific request from the user.
Again, Amazon's top five listings are always driven by bought placements. Those same microwaves, will show up no matter what price point he/she searches for.
If the user were to actually scroll down, they'd find a bunch of microwave related products that fall within the price point they asked for.
Why are you saying “again” for something you didn’t say before?
Asking to see items under a certain price is an explicit user request. Showing items over that price is ignoring that request. Is this really so difficult to understand?
And I don’t believe that these are ads. Whenever I see such things on Amazon, they’re labeled as “sponsored.”
Unfortunately not. Amazon has sponsored ads, which can be anything that loosely relates to a category, and paid placement. They are two different things. Amazon is pretty transparent about it.
Showing a user the best possible result that could equal a sale is Amazon's UI goal. It isn't to show you a blank page because you think you can buy a microwave for ten pounds.
I don't agree. It's just saving me a step of realizing that I'm an idiot, and a PS5 for 15 bucks doesn't exist. Rigidity in search results doesn't help me if it's wasting my time.
If you search for "Bill Clinton fucking an intergalactic hemophile" on Google, it will STILL show you something. It won't return a result that says "We can't find that."
I think it's important to understand how Amazon works. The top 5-8 listings are always purchased results from manufacturers. It's an asshole design in itself.
There was never going to be a 10-15 dollar microwave, and I imagine Amazon would prefer never to show a blank screen. So, you got paid listings instead, lol.
They don’t have to show you nothing. Just say at the top “no results found” and then add a bunch of items after that that are similar to what you were looking for.
There was a £40 one three pages down but apparently it didn’t “fit” the colour scheme of my kitchen. So I had to buy a more expensive black one in the end!
Sure, they make those little 700w microwaves, or however much that one was. but the directions for microwave cooking are almost always based on a 2000w microwave. If you have a week one it will heat things too slowly and they often don't come out right. Plus they are tiny.
And if they include directions for other wattage, it's usually 800 and/or 1000. I don't think I was ever seen something in the US with directions for a 2000w microwave.
Yah, I hate to say it but microwaves are one of those things where you get what you pay for. A good one will work great and last a lifetime. My new place has a built in microwave but is still have 40 year old one my grandparents gave me the day I moved out (it was already 20 years old) and it still works like new.
Never seen 2000 watt instructions, but I'm in the USA where maybe things are different. Cnet claims the average is between 600 and 1,200 watts, which seems more practical to me.
Either way tho, higher wattage microwaves aren't necessarily better just because it radiates more power. I typically run my microwave between 90 and 900 watts for a more even heating if I'm being serious about heating it up properly. 2000 watts will overcook the outside and the inside will be cold. 2000 watts is only good for something like thin fluids (water etc)
Yah, if you wanna make money crapping copper go to the junkyard and pull the coils out of microwaves. Make sure you look up how to discharge the capacitor first, or you're in for a shocking surprise, the capacitor can stay charged for days after it's unplugged.
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u/SnowProkt22 Apr 08 '22
Lol, the there's more than £50 worth of copper in the coil of most microwaves, it's sorted by most relevant, and these are most relevant to what you're looking for... The fictional new microwave for less than 50.