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> It’s impossible to imagine a future 10 years from now where a customer comes up and says, “Jeff I love Amazon, I just wish the prices were a little higher.” O
by bjornsing 4y ago
> It’s impossible to imagine a future 10 years from now where a customer comes up and says, “Jeff I love Amazon, I just wish the prices were a little higher.” Or, “I love Amazon, I just wish you’d deliver a little slower.” Impossible.
Interestingly that is kind of what people have started saying. Perhaps not in those exact words, but in the form of “Jeff, don’t outcompete all the Mom & Pops” and “Jeff, treat your workers better”.
- slickdork 4y agoExactly the quote that caught my guard. I don't really shop with amazon, because two things: 1) the rune goldberg machine of suffering of amazon laborers and, more selfishly: 2) everything is so cheap, that it's useless. I would rather have the choice between two or three premium options rather than having thousands of cheap knock offs.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 4y agoOnly if the premium options are worth it. More and more brands seem a hollow shell that charges a premium price worth nothing to show for us. It feels increasingly difficult to find quality products.
- shepherdjerred 4y ago> Interestingly that is kind of what people have started saying. I would be surprised if >10% of the US would prefer to pay Amazon more so that others could be treated better. Amazon is doing exactly what companies in a capitalist society are geared to do.