
TRACY, CA – JANUARY 20: Boxes move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon fulfillment center on January 20, 2015 in Tracy, California. Amazon officially opened its new 1.2 million…
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)If you often use Amazon to purchase and ship products, you’ll love this! A warning notice of “frequently returned”, is being attached to products that customers ship back to Amazon the most. The company is also suggesting that you should check their product details and especially their product reviews before making a purchase.
Why is Amazon suddenly so concerned with customer satisfaction? The giant continues trying to cut costs in order to increase profits, and reducing returns will be a big help. Processing returns is a huge cost that shrinks profit margins.
Warning you about frequently returned items isn’t the only way Amazon is pressuring sellers to do better. If a product falls below a certain threshold, an algorithm will alert the seller that Amazon might decrease how often it features the merchandise.
These are cost-cutting measures at Amazon that may actually benefit the consumer by weeding out inferior merchandise.
There's even a store in Tampa that is just for Amazon overstock and returns. If you haven't heard about it, the store is called Hotbins and you can find everything under the sun for $12 or cheaper. Check out all the useful things we found there below.
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa
This weekend we checked out Hotbins in Tampa, a new Amazon return bin store. Here's just some of the crazy and useful things we found. Just across the street from Busch Gardens is a new shopping experience for Tampa. Hotbins is an Amazon return bin store that has so much to offer. Not only will you find overstock, liquidated and amazon returns, but you'll also find goods from Walmart, Target, Khols and more. It's kind of a crazy experience, each day the store is almost always a madhouse for these crazy deals.
How does it work? The store opens Friday with a new shipment of goods, each day that week the price goes down in hope to sell out that shipment. The price breakdown goes like this:
Friday: $12
Saturday: $10
Sunday: $8
Monday: $6
Tuesday: $4
Wednesday: $2
Thursday: Closed for restocking to start again on Friday.
Everything is boxed and placed in large bins to comb through. Some boxes are labeled with the product/description, and some boxes are completely blank. The good news is that you don't have to guess what's in the box. Take it over to their unboxing area where an employee will be happy to show you what's inside before you buy!
We drove past the store on a Friday and saw a line wrapped around the building. Instead, we went back the next day on Saturday where everything was $10. It was kind of a mad house, but definitely not as crowded as new stock days. It takes some time to dig through everything, so make sure you don't have any time restraints when shopping. We found a bunch of useful home items, workout gear, clothes, wigs, pool floats, and a bunch of unmarked boxes left up to mystery. We ended up buying a rice cooker for only $10. After some research, we found that the rice cooker was selling for $30 on Amazon, so that's a pretty sweet deal.
Check out all of the other crazy things we found at Hotbins in Tampa. Click here for more information about Hotbins.
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

This was the line wrapped around the building on Friday!
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

Rules/guidelines of the store when you walk in.
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

Price breakdown of each day.
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

Now to the goods! We found multiple luminated picture frames
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

For anyone who needs to spruce up their lawn.
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

Need a new pool float?
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

This is a box labeled "Bowls." Keep in mind you can always take it to the unboxing station to see what they look like.
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

This box was left to mystery! Just an example of you never know what you're going to find.
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

This would make a great stocking stuffer for any handyman!
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

Neat ice cube tray for homemade cocktails.
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

Pretty handy shelf brackets
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

Super useful for any pet parent! Normally $15 or more on Amazon (depending on the brand)
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

Wireless transmitter for Bluetooth! These can go for $30 on Amazon.
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

A sweet rice cooker for $10? Yes please!
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa

Wanna know what's in the box?
11 Useful Things We Found At Hotbins In Tampa
