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People seem to be accustomed to that, though. And they enjoy being able to look through various options for a particular good in person. And the store makes out
by Prrometheus 18y ago
People seem to be accustomed to that, though. And they enjoy being able to look through various options for a particular good in person. And the store makes out when people buy things that they weren't planning on buying. And most folks tend to batch trips (my family would take a trip to Wal-Mart about twice a month and buy a lot).
- Retric 18y agoOver the past 2 years most of my durable goods purchases where though Amazon. With amazon prime it's free 2 day shipping on most things which is fast enough that I don't really care. With a low base price, zero shipping costs, and no sales tax makes buying brand names online a lot cheaper and I don't need to drive anywhere so it saves me a lot of time. On top of all of that I can research stuff online so I don't have to worry about buying junk with a nice package. In the long run I think online shopping is going to win as long as shipping costs stay low enough. Delivery costs relate to the number of packages drooped off in the same area so they should drop as online delivery becomes more popular. Toss in all the people who use catalogs and I expect a significant portion of purchases don't require wondering though a physical store.