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Honestly I "reverse-showroom" all the time. Online websites are usually very good for gathering information about a certain product and the reviews add value to
by mastazi 11y ago
Honestly I "reverse-showroom" all the time. Online websites are usually very good for gathering information about a certain product and the reviews add value to that info, however when I want something I want it NOW and I always end up buying from a physical store. I don't think I am the only one. Yes in this case I would have paid $11 more because I think $11 are worth less than 24h of my time (which is what I usually wait, at a minimum for a delivery - never had same-day deliveries where I live)
- parennoob 11y agoOne thing I can easily see being able to "reverse-showroom" for cheaply is used books. Used copies of "The Martian" are currently $7.44 + $3.99 shipping at Amazon, which brings it to more than the $9.00 new price with Prime. If my local bookshop gets in on the act and pegs used books to, say, even a dollar below the new book price on Amazon and advertises that fact boldly, I (and more importantly, a lot of millenials) would gladly buy from them instead.
- dingaling 11y agoA typical wholesale price as set by a publisher is about 50 to 60% of the RRP for mass-market stuff and 80% for specialised titles. But most bookstores buy their stock from middle-man distributors on a returnable basis. That's a couple of clicks of about 10 to 15% each on top of the wholesale price, plus the store has to add their operating costs and margin onto that. So discounting is very difficult for a small shop. Compared to Amazon which buys huge volume directly from publishers on a non-returnable basis and can park slow-selling stock in warehouses for years at a very low per-item cost.
- URSpider94 11y agoYes, but this person is standing in a PHYSICAL Amazon bookstore, with the book in their hands, and buying it online for $11 more...