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Why won't they? The other day I needed a set of air hose tools and looked it up at Amazon, saw it for $19. Went to my local store auto parts store because I wa
by segmondy 5y ago
Why won't they? The other day I needed a set of air hose tools and looked it up at Amazon, saw it for $19. Went to my local store auto parts store because I wanted to support my local business and they have a fraction of the Amazon set for $42. I ordered it from Amazon and had it in 12 hours. Needed lawn mower filters, at home depot, it was $10.99 for 1 filter. For the 2 types I wanted, got them for $8.99 for 4 and 5 pieces. Using amazon is not even fair. I won't buy food, expensive electronics, or really bulky items from them, but for most things they are seriously crushing the competitors.
- tablespoon 5y ago> Using amazon is not even fair. ...but for most things they are seriously crushing the competitors. Not in my experience. I've seriously dialed back my usage of them, but what started me on that path several years ago was comparison shopping for the first time in a long time, and finding that local stores usually matched and sometimes beat Amazon's prices. Why wait 3+ days for two day shipping when I could literally pick it up now for the same price? Now the main issue I have is all the garbage products with fake reviews.
- systemvoltage 5y agoThe main advantage of Amazon is not the price IMO. It is the fact that I don't have to deal with driving up to Walmart/Target, navigating through the crowd, standing in the line, traffic, etc and robbing 2 hours of my day. Click and it shows up at the door is the best part of any online shopping experience, Amazon's 2 day shipment is the cherry on the cake.
- rdtwo 5y agoYeah the time to go there and the 50% chance that they don’t have the product when you get there are the worst
- SevenSigs 5y agoAmazon shows different prices to different people... now that they got you hooked, you better watch out.