Amazon, I know they deliver to your house but can we get back to stores? And leave Amazon. Store employees actually send customers to Amazon and tell customers we dont carry that.
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Seriously tho. I can't hardly find anything at my local Walmart or barely any other store around me. Things I remember going with my dad to pick up as a teenager just aren't around at a physical retail store anymore. It's all bulk of the same 2 or 3 items
That is, basically, what I am saying The stores themselves don't carry anything today. Because Amazon carries it all. Plus delivered to your door-which sometime, on my property causes a mess, they ride on the grass around my driveway and Amazon (doesn't) fix any property issues that I know of.
Exactly. Not only that but sometimes I need said item like, right now. Not in 2-7 business days
That I completely understand.
Amazon has single handily killed brick and mortar stores.
Ironically brick and mortar stores killed small family-owned businesses.....
Progress??
I don't see progress with Amazon. Although I may be seeing incorrectly.
With the help of COVID 😃
I always buy from ebay if possible
Here is what “we” get for becoming such a lazy ass world.
Yes, true. In my opinion also.
I tried to get some thumb drives at target because I wanted them right away but the prices were astronomical compared to what I would pay on Amazon. Same with deodorant and many other personal care items. Some things just don’t make sense buying from brick and mortar because they have to overprice due to THEFT.
Your first mistake was going to Target. I've always said that they were like K-Mart -- only with higher prices. 🙄
But, if you notice Target doesn't carry Amazon gift cards. What will make prices come down if not getting places like Amazon...
Huge job losses. Replaced Americans with Indians. Destruction of Main Street. Humanity should create a brand of its own. For the first 10 years, there is a lowering percentage of share ownership you get when you buy products from the NewCo. The People who support the infancy, are rewarded.
Honestly, I can get things cheaper on Amazon, and usually do. My money is tight and I need to look for the deals.
I went to Sprouts (like Whole Foods, but cheaper) to get a few things, and I wandered around the whole store twice to find where they put what I needed. Snacks? Baking? Where is it? After all that, they only had coconut flour, not coconut pieces dried, so I ended up ordering off Amazon. I needed Walnuts, and I could either pay $11.98 a pound for a smaller amount, or get 3 pounds for $19.99. I, of course got the 3 pounds even though I didn't need that many.
Anyhow, It was a waste of time, money and gas. I looked at Amazon when I got home, and I could have saved the time, money and gas AND saved myself about $20 on that trip, PLUS I ended up getting the coconut pieces off there anyhow.
I told my SO that now I understand why people use Amazon. I have better things to do than wander around a brick and mortar, and going to another store to see if I can find what I need.
If I need something, let me sit in my rocking chair, pull up EXACTLY what I need, even in the color I want if necessary.
I do remember pre-internet, we settled for second best or just skipped what we needed if it wasn't at the local store. Now, I know I can get what I need, I don't have to drive to town (a 30 minute drive for me), and it's dropped off at my door.
Sorry, but I am a creature of convenience. We owned a brick and mortar store for 14 years, just closed it in August. I think some things are good in a brick and mortar... but most things are and will always be purchased on the internet. Amazon just needs some competition that sticks.
"I do remember pre-internet, we settled for second best or just skipped what we needed if it wasn't at the local store. Now, I know I can get what I need, I don't have to drive to town (a 30 minute drive for me), and it's dropped off at my door."
This is true.
And so is this:
We're in a rural area. There never has been and never will be a local store that carries everything we need. It's either Amazon, ebay or nothing now that Sears is a dried out husk of what it used to be. Really, Amazon has taken the historical place of Sears Roebuck.
I can understand, but I hope if it is competition that Amazon needs, it comes quickly because they got in the business early. I will say that Amazon, for returns worked a sweet deal with UPS and that will never hurt them. Most things don't even need boxes, but I did notice more things needing to be boxed when you send them back. Returns were always a hassle when you needed them, we will see if some brick and mortar stores make a comeback and some stay away forever.
unfortunately, shady companies come in on the internet and undercut brick and mortar. We had people bringing crap stuff they bought off the internet asking us to repair it. They'd also come in for information from us, take up our time and our employees time that they could have been doing something for us, and then the customer would leave and go get their crap on the internet using the free information they got from us. We sold high value items, and they would use us for all they could. Then they'd demand free stuff, free or discounted repairs, expect us to exchange their shoddy crap for our quality items, telling us that they may have got it off the internet, but it's nice stuff. They'd want us to price match. It was ridiculous. They are used to Amazon service, free shipping, and all the perks that Amazon can negotiate. We couldn't do that. I just don't see brick and mortar making a come back.
There were a few internet sites that tried to compete with Amazon... one was blue something or purple something... but they just never took off. Amazon has a hold on people and has a strong business model. Hopefully some day someone will figure out how to compete, but until then, they reign supreme.
I really can't argue with what you are saying except that Amazon really doesn't give anything away. Your shipping is paid for as a membership, a per month fee. And that is a number of dollars, as I am not a member of Prime but it must be worth it to Amazon to offer it that way. And I am sure they make money on it or why set it up that way. Of course I think Costco's return policy is great on everything but electronics or jewelry-but I can understand it
That is sad, using your company for information ONLY. That is not an especially good business model for you, at least not your choice of a business model.
We were in the jewelry business, so we gave information to make people comfortable with the product and so we could sell it to them. The amount of false information surrounding the product is ridiculous (no! It's not worth it to us to switch your stone! And any reputable jeweler won't do it... it's not worth being closed and sued for your measly under 2k stone!! Although in the case of an imminent divorce, one party or the other will ask us to change it out to a CZ beforehand) People take advantage of you for sure.
Jewelry, I understand, has a high markup for retail sales. And lab grown diamonds seem to be a choice for "cheaper diamonds" and a lot less expensive!
Not high enough of a markup!! We needed extra security, upgraded cameras, security not tied to the electricity so someone couldn't turn off the power and break in... plus we needed big safes, trustworthy employees, shatter proof showcases... so much extra money goes into keeping the inventory safe. Plus extra insurance. We had two break ins. Insurance doesn't like to pay. We lost more than product. The police recovered some of the stolen items and they keep it as "evidence" and we never saw it again. There is way too much expense in the business. We just finally got tired of it and had to close.
That is a shame, especially with the police keeping the recovered items from a burglary. Which should have been returned when the case was completed. I would check with them, make sure the case is completed and see if your merchandise can now be returned.
Remember, as Trump has said many times: when you catch the theif, the diamonds are not kept by the theif-they are returned to the owner. (not an exact quote).
I'm of two minds on this.
We're in a rural area. There never has been and never will be a local store that carries everything we need. It's either Amazon, ebay or nothing now that Sears is a dried out husk of what it used to be. Really, Amazon has taken the historical place of Sears Roebuck.
TBF, our local Walmart, and to a lesser extent, Tractor Supply and local hardware stores collectively do a pretty decent job and, if they have what I need, i will happily pay the premium for the convenience of buying off the shelf.
I prefer to buy off ebay, but a lot of time Amazon beats their prices substantially. On the flip side, Amazon is no longer the company it used to be - I'm sick of waiting a week to get anything because they won't ship right away hoping to coerce me back into Prime.
Ebay also has it's issues, primarily companies saying they're in the US but then shipping out of Chyna. I don't buy from Chyna as a rule, even if the stuff is Chinese origin, at least a US state will get the taxes if I buy from a US importer/reseller. And shipping gets to be a problem having to pay it to a bunch of individual sellers on ebay where Amazon puts 10 things in one box and charges you a competitive rate (when they get around to shipping it).
Honestly, i think Walmart shot themselves in the foot by becoming a marketplace for other sellers rather than becoming a commerce hub. if I could order online from them and have it delivered to my local Walmart (like you could do from Sears once upon a time), i'd do that in a heartbeat and they would become my primary purchasing source. Heck, if Walmart just had the ability to send/receive packages from there (my local hardware store does this, but they're only open limited hours), I'd happily pay for that service. But Walmart could put a huge dent in Amazon's business because they have the ability to take away a lot of the delivery pain that comes with Amazon using USPS/UPS/Fedex and most of us are already going to Walmart because they're the only store in town.
I miss Sears. I used to get things there I could only find at Sears at Sears. Now I can find some of those things on Amazon. Isn't that kind of a kick in the teeth.
I do understand how you feel and I also feel that way about Amazon. I am frustrated with them taking away the "stores" not so much the mall(s) but the stores that used to line downtown, and I don't think we can bring that back. They used to have everything downtown, now it is usually a hub for criminals who want to take what you have-another plus for Amazon-but sometime the packages are stolen from you entryway.
Amazon is Sears catalogue on steroids.
That I can't dispute either. But I would love to shop at a brick and mortar store that has some variety. Kind of like the hardware stores back in the day. They used to sell screws (all variety and sizes. Now it is difficult to find replacements when you need one of something and you can't take a screw to Amazon or hold it up to one to see if it matches the one you have
Sorry I saw this coming years ago, I told many that this would bite all of us in the ass, because eventually online would become the only way too buy products and that's in full play and when mom & Pop stores are mostly gone, the online products prices would increase and no more free shipping. We cannot completely blame Amazon we're just as much blame because who doesn't want to save money.
That is true also. But some think, I might one also, that brick and mortar may make a come back. At least I am of the I hope so group.
Please
I think it may be time. But we probably make tarriff money off it, as Amazon doesn't make anything in America
I think the plan is they will become taken over and managed like a public utility.
Sounds like Marxism to me.
Is having a library, post office, or fire department Marxist? All of those are useful bits of collectivism. I think Amazon will just be turned into a co-op with standard published rules, useful to any new business.
I hope not-in the state I live in, Maryland, they would rule the state unless they are not BGE!
We don't all live in cities, mate. None of the "local stores" around me can come remotely close to offering the variety of the internet vendors.
I'd much prefer buying locally -- if the "local stores " carried what I need.
I know exactly what you mean. They, Amazon, make it tough to go anywhere else and most people can get the next day or 2. I bought something off there and it seems like it was delivered way before 8AM, I wasn't awake when it got here. I know for sure it came the next day. I do hate to use them because the people working elsewhere have no problem telling me to go to Amazon they will probably have ( and they probably will). But don't they know they are shutting the door to their workplace? Oh well they must not care about their work. Or maybe they will go to Amazon.