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How is it virtue signaling? They can either ship their products from one warehouse to their stores, then you drive and pick up your item. Or they can just ship
by lazypenguin 3y ago
How is it virtue signaling? They can either ship their products from one warehouse to their stores, then you drive and pick up your item. Or they can just ship it directly to you which presumably means the item travelled the same distance? Unless you live walking distance from REI?
- jfim 3y agoI think the idea is that you can't buy a bag to take your purchases home, but the store will gladly use a box to ship them if you shop online.
- jancsika 3y agoWasteful reference: x bags for customers, y boxes online, x + y = z Virtue signaling example: x bags received and delivered directly to landfill instead of to customer at checkout, y boxes online, x + y = z Apparent reality: 0 bags received, y boxes online, 0 + y = y If y is significantly less than z, we are forced to discard the claim of virtue signaling given that a measurable reduction in overall waste is a measurable reduction in overall waste.
- ApolloFortyNine 3y agoInstead of picking it up at the store, especially if it's more than 2 items, it'd literally be more convenient to pull out my phone and buy the items. If there's a line of even a few people, it's likely even faster.
- bawolff 3y agoNot to mention shipping large orders is probably cheaper for them than hiring cashiers, and all the other expenses of a real store.
- wombat-man 3y agoI ordered something shipped to store at REI. No joke the guy pulls it out of a cardboard box, same as what would have just been mailed to me. in store pickup doesn't necessarily mean less materials.