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The alternative: Target.com. Once you try it, you’ll never go back. Amazon is still where I buy a wireless mouse, or a phone holder for my car, but big electron

by duado 8y ago

The alternative: Target.com. Once you try it, you’ll never go back. Amazon is still where I buy a wireless mouse, or a phone holder for my car, but big electronics come from B&H or Newegg, diapers and kids toys and baby food comes from Target.

treis 8y ago
>Newegg They have gone the way of being a market and are not to be trusted. They robbed me out of $630 through a combination of fraud and my CC company being wankers.
sonnyblarney 8y ago
The 'alternative' is just every other e-commerce store. Once a lot of other larger companies figure out how to do cheap and quick delivery ... what advantage will Amazon have? People think Amazon has a leg on Wallmart. I'm not so sure! Wallmart has a 'distribution centre' (aka a store) only 5 miles from every American! Wallmart already has the wheels greased for the things we really need. Wallmart can sell razors, groceries and diapers every day while Amazon sells the not-so-common stuff. I'm amazed Wallmart hasn't figured it out already ...
- bluGill 8y ago
  The part walmart hasn't figured out is how to get people to think of going to walmart.com in the first place. I used it when my printer broke and I needed one. Same day pickup for free. They list dozens of printers, but it was easy to sort on ones that were in stock in my local store so I could get same day pickup. I went just a few minutes out of my way, and had a working printer when I got home from work. Sure on amazon I might have bought a different printer with some nice to have feature, but I wouldn't have got it today. Target is just as easy (maybe easier). I don't know why anyone would look to Amazon first anymore. Sure for obscure things amazon (or ebay), is more likely to have it. Even then I go to obscureProduct.com where the staff knows something about their products and I can read their buyers guide and get a good brand (They probably are biased to selling some brand which is worth more profit to them, but they at least keep me away from the junk brands which is in itself worth far more to me than a few buck extra profit to them)

by duado 8y ago

treis 8y ago

>Newegg They have gone the way of being a market and are not to be trusted. They robbed me out of $630 through a combination of fraud and my CC company being wankers.

sonnyblarney 8y ago

The 'alternative' is just every other e-commerce store. Once a lot of other larger companies figure out how to do cheap and quick delivery ... what advantage will Amazon have? People think Amazon has a leg on Wallmart. I'm not so sure! Wallmart has a 'distribution centre' (aka a store) only 5 miles from every American! Wallmart already has the wheels greased for the things we really need. Wallmart can sell razors, groceries and diapers every day while Amazon sells the not-so-common stuff. I'm amazed Wallmart hasn't figured it out already ...

bluGill 8y ago
The part walmart hasn't figured out is how to get people to think of going to walmart.com in the first place. I used it when my printer broke and I needed one. Same day pickup for free. They list dozens of printers, but it was easy to sort on ones that were in stock in my local store so I could get same day pickup. I went just a few minutes out of my way, and had a working printer when I got home from work. Sure on amazon I might have bought a different printer with some nice to have feature, but I wouldn't have got it today. Target is just as easy (maybe easier). I don't know why anyone would look to Amazon first anymore. Sure for obscure things amazon (or ebay), is more likely to have it. Even then I go to obscureProduct.com where the staff knows something about their products and I can read their buyers guide and get a good brand (They probably are biased to selling some brand which is worth more profit to them, but they at least keep me away from the junk brands which is in itself worth far more to me than a few buck extra profit to them)