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> I don't think the question should be "Why would you buy from Wal-Mart/Target/etc?" It should be "Why would you buy from Amazon unless you absolutely can't avo

> I don't think the question should be "Why would you buy from Wal-Mart/Target/etc?" It should be "Why would you buy from Amazon unless you absolutely can't avoid it?" This is exactly where I'm at. Amazon just isn't competitive on many axes anymore: 1. Price: Amazon just doesn't seem to be price competitive with local stores anymore, and like you observed, sometimes the prices are jacked up unreasonably. 2. Selection: It's way easier to find specific items at specialist stores/websites. Amazon's search for long-tail items sucks. 3. Delivery: Amazon delivery is vastly inferior to USPS, etc. where I live. Why do I want to pay more to get an item delivered in to days, when I could pay less and get it now with a 30 min trip to the right shop?

wlesieutre 9y ago
Amazon deliveries here get shipped to the local post office and then use USPS for the last mile, so I haven't had problems with that. But on the rest, absolutely. Search is terrible, items are miscategorized all the time, there are multiple listings for the same thing when they should all be grouped as multiple sellers of one product, the product info is missing or wrong, prices are sometimes totally out of whack (like my comment above where a 2-pack is cheaper than a 1-pack), you have no idea if you'll get the item you ordered or a counterfeit version, Amazon has no idea if they sent you the item you ordered or a counterfeit version, and the description/photos/actual item sometimes don't match. Pretty much anything that can be wrong with a product page frequently is. I should cancel my Amazon Prime subscription. It's a huge selection of stuff available in one place, but that's about the only thing they have going for them.