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Amazon is a utility for most now and trumps everything except the most urgent. Here's my buying channels depending on how soon i need stuff - do i need it toda
by vadym909 5y ago
Amazon is a utility for most now and trumps everything except the most urgent. Here's my buying channels depending on how soon i need stuff
- do i need it today- Costco, Walmart, Target, Safeway, Dicks Sporting Goods
- can i wait till tmrow- Amzn next day to my doorstep. No? resort to above options
- can i wait 2 days for a better choice- Amzn Prime
- No hurry- a week ok?- Amzn marketplace, eBay
- axiolite 5y agoYour "today" options can push their way into Amazon's market, and eliminate the unnecessary Amazon step... Wal-mart is certainly trying to do just that. Amazon had to drop their the minimum order value for free shipping back down when Wal-mart took the offensive. As far as I'm concerned, Amazon is already imploding. Their search engine has become nearly useless, returning whatever the hell it wants, rather than what you searched for. It keeps getting worse, not better. Have you compared the item counts when you sort by Relevance versus Price Low to High? Where did they disappear to? What the hell is wrong with their site? I used to place thousands of orders from Amazon every year, now I'm down to dozens, just occasionally checking them before buying a large ticket item to see if they've got an incredible price on it. And even then I only go through and buy from Amazon when nothing leads me to believe it might be a scam / counterfeit / mislabeled / etc.
- throwawayboise 5y agoI had mostly stopped using Amazon by early 2020 due to the counterfeits and fake reviews, and swore off the platform entirely when they decided to play politics in the 2020 election.
- tsimionescu 5y agoYou think Amazon only started playing politics in the 2020 election? All big companies are deeply embedded in politics, all the time.