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I'm not surprised. Amazon is usually cheaper than most brick and mortar stores. I ended up purchasing a couple books last minute for Christmas, and when I got h

by chris11 18y ago

I'm not surprised. Amazon is usually cheaper than most brick and mortar stores. I ended up purchasing a couple books last minute for Christmas, and when I got home, I realized that Borders was charging nearly 50% more than amazon charged. Plus I had to deal with the traffic, crowded store, and bad customer service.

pmorici 18y ago
Plus they have nearly neutralized the traditional stores only real advantage ie: "I need it now" with Amazon Prime which offers free 2 day shipping and next day shipping for a couple bucks.
- potatolicious 18y ago
  Up here in Vancouver, Canada, the snow has been coming down much harder than most years, and a lot of shoppers are cooped up in their houses. Amazon and other online stores are making a killing off the bad weather.
  - smhinsey 18y ago
    Are deliveries still getting through despite the weather or something? I've heard this a couple of times and it confuses me. It seems like I'd be more likely to use Amazon if the weather was beautiful because I'd rather not spend those days in the mall, since they're open 24 hours, but the whole thing hinges on fedex driving where you can't, which is weird to me. Which is not to say that I question the premise of your comment, it's just that it seems like a bit of a nonsequitor in that while they correlate, it's not clear to me that there is a causal relationship at play, but then again, I've done no research, but as people have pointed out elsewhere, they are cheaper, and it seems that they are probably succeeding for the same reason Wal-Mart is.
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    - potatolicious 18y ago
      They are actually - days like these the delivery guys don't get paid enough :) It's not as if the roads are sealed or anything, but there's enough snow out there that most people are ill-equipped and ill-trained to deal with it. Cars are sliding off the roads because of lack of snow tires, and people are getting beached up all over the place. Not a pretty sight. But a good driver with snow tires/chains is not altogether too handicapped.

by chris11 18y ago

pmorici 18y ago

Plus they have nearly neutralized the traditional stores only real advantage ie: "I need it now" with Amazon Prime which offers free 2 day shipping and next day shipping for a couple bucks.

potatolicious 18y ago
Up here in Vancouver, Canada, the snow has been coming down much harder than most years, and a lot of shoppers are cooped up in their houses. Amazon and other online stores are making a killing off the bad weather.
- smhinsey 18y ago
  Are deliveries still getting through despite the weather or something? I've heard this a couple of times and it confuses me. It seems like I'd be more likely to use Amazon if the weather was beautiful because I'd rather not spend those days in the mall, since they're open 24 hours, but the whole thing hinges on fedex driving where you can't, which is weird to me. Which is not to say that I question the premise of your comment, it's just that it seems like a bit of a nonsequitor in that while they correlate, it's not clear to me that there is a causal relationship at play, but then again, I've done no research, but as people have pointed out elsewhere, they are cheaper, and it seems that they are probably succeeding for the same reason Wal-Mart is.
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  - potatolicious 18y ago
    They are actually - days like these the delivery guys don't get paid enough :) It's not as if the roads are sealed or anything, but there's enough snow out there that most people are ill-equipped and ill-trained to deal with it. Cars are sliding off the roads because of lack of snow tires, and people are getting beached up all over the place. Not a pretty sight. But a good driver with snow tires/chains is not altogether too handicapped.