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> Please consider purchasing things from other stores, where available. Even if you have to pay for the shipping cost. You haven't given a reason for doing so.
by ipsum2 7y ago
> Please consider purchasing things from other stores, where available. Even if you have to pay for the shipping cost.
You haven't given a reason for doing so.
- Aeolun 7y agoBecause you want your item faster than 4 weeks from now?
- Symbiote 7y agoAnd because it supports a small business, which is more likely to be struggling financially. The small(er) business probably pays a fair rate of tax, funding the services society is even more dependent upon than usual.
- PopeDotNinja 7y agoI think he's saying he doesn't want it to become the only store. Lots of other stores are hurting.
- Kaiyou 7y agoThat's because they ain't competitive. I'm only using other stores for stuff I can't find on amazon, because I'm trusting amazon to have my back if something goes wrong.
- dangus 7y agoAnd another big online store like Target just won’t help in the case of an issue? I don’t believe that at all. My credit card is enough assurance that a seller won’t defraud me. I actually have found a number of products where Amazon is not price competitive with some other US stores like Target, especially considering everyone’s blind assumption that it makes sense to pay $12.99 a month to be in the Amazon club without even doing the math on how much that increases the price of each item you buy. I always have people ask me “don’t you have Prime?” as if it’s assumed that the deal is a no-brainer. It’s totally not. You don’t need Prime to buy stuff on Amazon and people are just conditioned.
- Kaiyou 7y agoI don't have Prime, what I meant was that things with amazon are frictionless if stuff goes wrong. Also, I'm from Europe.
- jfk13 7y agoPersonally, I'll only use Amazon as a last resort for something I can't find elsewhere (and don't feel I can do without, which is of course usually a valid option).
- thatcat 7y agoAmazon warehouses carry many essential items, so by taking your non-essential demand some where else you allow more logistics resources to focus on delivering essentials asap.
- michaelt 7y ago> You haven't given a reason for doing so. You didn't see that HN thread about Amazon Prime shipments being delayed by as long as a month? :)
- SethMurphy 7y agoWhile it is great Amazon is available it would seem better to spend a little more money and spread it around. Think of the "shop local" movement. Until there is a benefit other than free shipping (i.e. safer deliveries and working conditions) we all need to help the economy any way we can. I don't want to live in a post-pandemic world where Amazon has more market power with fewer businesses to compete with.
- cdubzzz 7y agoThe frustrating thing about this is that you don’t even have to “spend a little more” every time. I make a lot of purchases from bigger stores like Target and Home Depot, and smaller local book, speciality food, home and garden stores etc., and back when I used to compare frequently, Amazon rarely had a better price. Eventually I just stopped checking.