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There's a retailer near me that sells office supplies. One day I needed a USB memory stick, and I needed it now, so I stopped by. Everything in the store wort
by gozur88 10y ago
There's a retailer near me that sells office supplies. One day I needed a USB memory stick, and I needed it now, so I stopped by.
Everything in the store worth more than about $50 had to be ordered. "Should be here in a couple days". I get that on paper it does nice things for their cash flow, but what it's really doing is making sure people buy the $50+ items from Amazon, and then the office supply place gets the crumbs.
If you're going to be a retailer, be a retailer and make sure I'm walking out with my purchase. Otherwise that spot in the strip mall could be better utilized by a restaurant or something.
- flamedoge 10y agoProbably. It's really hard to be a retailer I'd imagine when more ready customers are buying from delivery oriented e-retailer and traditional customers aren't going to pay the premium for ready-to-buy. Doesn't help that latter group is becoming more of an exception rather than the norm they used to be.