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> ...But hey 2 day shipping for $8/ month right! Depending on the category, they're not even competitive on cost anymore. "Free shipping" has basically been b
by pimlottc 10y ago
> ...But hey 2 day shipping for $8/ month right!
Depending on the category, they're not even competitive on cost anymore. "Free shipping" has basically been baked into the costs, such that small items like groceries, home supplies and hardware routinely cost more than what's available at the local big box store. There's still bargains to be had on more expensive things, like electronics (as long as you catch the price flux wave at the right time), but you've got to do your homework.
At this point, Amazon is coasting on their market share. They're basically renting out their reputation to anyone with something to sell.
- heywire 10y agoAnd with brick and mortar retailers like Best Buy price matching Amazon, they're even losing the lead in electronics.
- gdulli 10y agoThe best is when you can showroom on Amazon but then go buy at a real store for the same price, no shipping wait or cost.
- FireBeyond 10y agoFor a lot of things. I admit Best Buy has got a lot better. But there's still pain points. A lot of hard drive SKUs are tied to retailers, so the same Toshiba hard drive will have an ever-so-slightly different model number, despite being the same drive (and I know there are legitimate reasons for the same), allowing the retailer to deny the price match. "I know these are both Toshiba X300 5TB 3.5" SATA 3 128MB 7200rpm drives, but this is the X300-BBY, not the X300-AMZN, sorry".
- heywire 10y agoI've actually found that Best Buy is pretty reasonable when it comes to this if you point out the specs being identical. But I'm sure it is going to vary depending on who you get and what kind of day they've been having.