"I ordered a Dimension 4600 and a 17" flat panel display, etc. for $1,800 and items arrived on time. No problems encountered and I consider it a good buying experience.
I am surprised by the negative feedback here from others. During the past 2 years I've ordered directly or helped others to buy about 10 PCs from Dell. No problems have been encountered with any of them. I work on PCs for a living and I am impressed with quality of Dell machines."
"I ordered two new books from Amazon and they arrived on time and they were properly packaged to prevent scuffing of the book covers. So I am pleased with my buying experience.
Amazon also provides a means for third parties to sell used and new books thru the Amazon website. When these third parties don't perform I think customers tend to blame Amazon. This isn't an Amazon performance issue, it's just their incredibly bad branding mistake."