Advantages: Earns money for your unwanted items
Disadvantages: Postage costs

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is Amazon? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amazon.co.uk is a website where you purchase literally anything. Amazon.co.uk has been around in the UK since 1998 and it started off a website mainly for selling PC & Video Games, Books, DVD's and similar items, now it still stocks all those items but now have expanded its items to Health & Beauty, Clothes, Shoes, Electrical Equipment, you name it, Amazon probably has it. If I'm looking to purchase something I usually always check out Amazon, as they're prices are always competitive and I know I can rely on them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is Amazon Marketplace? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amazon.co.uk Marketplace is a section of Amazon.co.uk which provides a venue for you to buy and sell new, used, collectable and refurbished items, it is displayed in the same place where... Read review

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Advantages: see op
Disadvantages: none

...I’m sure most people know of Amazon as an online retailer that is available in many countries around the world. However Amazon offers many more services than simply that of a typical retailer! I first came across Amazon a few years ago when my Dad ordered some videos from the American version of the site. This allowed him access to many titles that are unavailable in this country, and since he had just purchased a new VCR that plays NTSC (American format) tapes, he was able to play all these titles here. From this, I discovered an Amazon UK site and it is one of my favourite shopping sites! -- WHAT IS AMAZON? -- Well, as explained above, Amazon appears to be a typical online retailer, and the company specialises in selling entertainment products such as books, videos and DVDs, computer software, electronics and music. Many... Read review

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Advantages: So many services and details to add to your shopping experience
Disadvantages: None really. See opinion

...Amazon is one of the most advertised and well-known sites on the internet; a shopping site that is most known for selling books. But this is not all Amazon has to offer, also selling CDs, DVDs, Software, Computer games and music among others. Being a virgin in the world of online shopping I decided to test Amazon as my first experience for Ciao. They are also one of the very few major sites that will allow their customers to pay by cheque and, as I am in the middle of trying to wrench my credit card back from the tight grasp of Halifax, this was ideal for me! Just to give you the quick low-down on me; I previously worked for a university book supplier and now work in the acquisitions (purchasing) department of a very large university library. I therefore know a considerable amount about books, publishers and suppliers, with over... Read review

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Advantages: Good selection
Disadvantages: Sometimes more expensive than elsewhere

...****Update of one of my first ever reviews on this site**** Amazon is probably one of the best known shopping sites on the Internet. As the first real e-commerce site I used I was fascinated at the items they stocked and the savings I could make over some highstreet stores at the time. A few years on and that pretty much remains true. Their stock has been expanded and their prices remain better than offline, yet newer, more interesting internet retailers have begun to chip away at that podium upon which Amazon has proudly sat. On with the review... {If I have forgotten to list anything here please let me know} Look of the site: Looking at the Amazon site it is nothing special. The American one has just been updated slightly in an attempt to make it sleeker. The UK site will probably follow suit as it has not had a dramatic... Read review

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Advantages: Wide selection Of Products, Speedy Delivery, Better Prices Achieved Than Ebay For Selling
Disadvantages: Charges For selling On Marketplace Are Expensive

...Amazon.co.uk is a massive online organisation and to do the site justice it would probably take around 3 opinions to introduce its range of products and services. There are hundreds of opinions and some fantastic ones at that so I am concentrating my review on one particular aspect of Amazon, The Marketplace. At first I found it