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Why? In the age of ubiquitous scams online, including at "trusted" places like Amazon or Walmart or Target that all function as weird drop-shipping storefronts,
by dingnuts 3y ago
Why? In the age of ubiquitous scams online, including at "trusted" places like Amazon or Walmart or Target that all function as weird drop-shipping storefronts, the ability to walk in, see the item, see that it's not fraudulent, that it's real, and can be returned if it is incorrect or broken with minimal hassle, is real value.
I peaked in Internet shopping around 2010 when Prime was, you know, good. Since then I have vastly preferred going in person.
Clothes? You can try them on. Electronics? Won't set your house on fire. Food? It's fresh and I get it today.
If you told me in the aughts that Newegg would be a ghost town and that I'd prefer going to Best Buy, I'd've called you a troglodyte moron, but today that's exactly how it is.
These are all anecdotes but I can't possibly be alone in these feelings. 15% sounds about right to me. I order online when I must.. otherwise, I drive to the store.
- doublepg23 3y agoI wish my Best Buys were like that. Anytime I go in most of the small and messy inventory is mis-marked, I can’t find a free representative, and the prices are often 20% if not 50% more for functionally equivalent products. It’s a shame, in high school me and my nerdy friends would stop in often enough to check out new gear. Now we just swap Amazon links.
- Bluecobra 3y agoYeah, it’s disappointing compared to how it was in the mid 90s/early 2000s. It was one of my favorite stores as a teen. Luckily for me I live close enough to a MicroCenter which still has the old school electronics store magic.
- doublepg23 3y agoMicrocenter is glorious. I love peaking my head in when I'm in the Philly or Cleveland area. I usually save my PC building trips just to go there.