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> Their online store does not offer particularly good value apart from fast shipping for commodity items. Here are some of the main reason why I look for thing

> Their online store does not offer particularly good value apart from fast shipping for commodity items. Here are some of the main reason why I look for things on amazon first: * Fast shipping * Reliable * Huge variety of goods * I've already set things up. I don't want to register and add payment details to hundreds of web shops. If one already sells everything I need, I'm using that one. * Very buyer friendly * All invoices online, in digital form, in one place. Saves a lot of headache when it's tax time.

H1Supreme 7y ago
> Fast shipping This is only if you have a Prime account. Otherwise it takes over a week for me to get orders that are two business days away. I believe this is deliberate on their part, as I experienced it multiple times.
- goldcd 7y ago
  Prime is a pretty awesome tool in their arsenal though. Initially "Pay up-front for discounted shipping" is a bit of a hard sell. Works fine for customers who've shopped with them for years and can tot up the shipping fees they've already spent (or annoying waits). So for new customers - how about free music and video? Now nobody's going to say it's better than spotify + Netflix (or your providers of choice)... but it's not a bad bundle to get for a year for that one prime payment. Then once you've made that Prime payment - well might as well shop from Amazon.. I'm a prime member and mentally file it alongside by cable provider.. I might be able to get better individual services, but collectively they'd all cost more - and more importantly you get stung massively if you don't transition in one go. Amazon ups this even further by just having a single priced 'Prime' service. i.e. No reduction in cost if you just want the free shipping and spend the saving on spotify/netflix/hulu/apple/whatever. Nor can you pay to watch "Grand Tour" (or your show of choice, legally) without having that tempting free postage from amazon available to you. Only possible way I can see of breaking this stranglehold is for external companies to play nice with each other. e.g. If a few online providers (one in each area) get together and brand themselves - and then this brand can be bundled with other services. e.g. "NewEgg provides free next day to spotify subscribers" If this doesn't happen Amazon can't be defeated.

H1Supreme 7y ago

> Fast shipping This is only if you have a Prime account. Otherwise it takes over a week for me to get orders that are two business days away. I believe this is deliberate on their part, as I experienced it multiple times.

goldcd 7y ago
Prime is a pretty awesome tool in their arsenal though. Initially "Pay up-front for discounted shipping" is a bit of a hard sell. Works fine for customers who've shopped with them for years and can tot up the shipping fees they've already spent (or annoying waits). So for new customers - how about free music and video? Now nobody's going to say it's better than spotify + Netflix (or your providers of choice)... but it's not a bad bundle to get for a year for that one prime payment. Then once you've made that Prime payment - well might as well shop from Amazon.. I'm a prime member and mentally file it alongside by cable provider.. I might be able to get better individual services, but collectively they'd all cost more - and more importantly you get stung massively if you don't transition in one go. Amazon ups this even further by just having a single priced 'Prime' service. i.e. No reduction in cost if you just want the free shipping and spend the saving on spotify/netflix/hulu/apple/whatever. Nor can you pay to watch "Grand Tour" (or your show of choice, legally) without having that tempting free postage from amazon available to you. Only possible way I can see of breaking this stranglehold is for external companies to play nice with each other. e.g. If a few online providers (one in each area) get together and brand themselves - and then this brand can be bundled with other services. e.g. "NewEgg provides free next day to spotify subscribers" If this doesn't happen Amazon can't be defeated.