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John Lewis is great, I buy from there over Amazon wherever possible. It's a worker co-op too, which is nice.
by qlm 5y ago
John Lewis is great, I buy from there over Amazon wherever possible. It's a worker co-op too, which is nice.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoWe've read the horror stories about Amazon (shitty products, misleading pic, etc), I wonder if a new concept for department stores can "solve" this problem by having the ability to look at the products/for the customer to go somewhere and talk to the manager in case they get a lemon. In Germany, I know electronic stores like Saturn or Mediamarkt already have the same prices in store as their website, to somewhat reduce the bleeding of their brick and mortar.
- hkt 5y agoI do the same for the same reason. I've never worked anywhere with a workplace democracy but I'm glad the workers at John Lewis get that.
- rwmj 5y agoI bought lots of kitchenware from John Lewis over the years because I simply don't trust Amazon to sell me anything that touches food.
- fmajid 5y agoOr electricity
- azalemeth 5y agoI bought an artistic light as a present from Amazon, for about £15. John Lewis had something that looked similar, but a bit nicer, and was about £100. Amazon light arrived two weeks later. Person plugged it in. Bulb immediately blew. Person replaced bulb. Ring main RCD tripped. Person gave light (now unwrapped) back to me. A 13A fuse was installed on a "110V max 100W" luminaire, with evidence of melted plastic (Britain uses 230 VAC, and a ≈1A fuse would be safe). Cheap Chinese crap is dangerous.