Amazon..Im not using them any more..Been reading

[Kraniac]

RE: WalMart

I've kicked my Walmart visits, too..only went there to shop for my Dad because he insisted on free refills for his eyeglass cleaner..LOL...done./

[vision63]

Carnos Jax wrote:
[quote=vision63]
Basically, Amazon destroyed all of our options. All of the retailers that collected taxes while Amazon skated had all the stuff we wanted. May they rest in peace.

Service Merchandise
Circuit City
CompUSA
The Good Guys
Borders

Even Fry's is a ghost of what it was

Walmart destroyed them before Amazon got a hold. And remember, Walmart takes 3 times the retail dollar Amazon does.
Yeah, but do you think WalMart fit those retail segments? I don't know.

[OWC Jamie]

vision63 wrote:
[quote=Carnos Jax]
[quote=vision63]
Basically, Amazon destroyed all of our options. All of the retailers that collected taxes while Amazon skated had all the stuff we wanted. May they rest in peace.

Service Merchandise
Circuit City
CompUSA
The Good Guys
Borders

Even Fry's is a ghost of what it was

Walmart destroyed them before Amazon got a hold. And remember, Walmart takes 3 times the retail dollar Amazon does.
Yeah, but do you think WalMart fit those retail segments? I don't know.
Walmart had the resources to weather the 2001 and 2008 recessions and the loss of sales to the internet .

[RAMd®d]

Service Merchandise
Circuit City
CompUSA
The Good Guys
Borders

AMZ was responsible for their demise?

With the exception of borders, I'd guess that all of those, starting with Service Merchandise, were either gone or already sliding down the drain whirlpool before AMZ was a 'thing'.

To be sure, they're responsible for a lot of smaller businesses shuttering, and may some as big as those mentioned.

Even though they now collect tax in CA, they'll still hold an advantage in convenience:cost.

And do I understand that I'm part of the problem, not the solution. But more and more I have to vote with my Wallet (except for Walmart, my one vestige of humanity and compassion for the Little Guy).

[RAMd®d]

And about AMZ and sales tax, haven't they always collected it in states where they had a physical presence, like every other online retailer?

[Filliam H. Muffman]

M A V I C wrote:
I have yet to hear anything bad about Amazon that:
-Is true
-Is not true of other places
-Is not something other places wish they could do and often eventually start doing
-Isn't due to a third party and often ends up being fixed down the road

Meanwhile their customer service goes way above anywhere else. The Mrs bought a pair of headphones for me. There was an issue with one ear pad. She got a great deal. They were out of stock. They offered to refund the full retail price so we could buy a replacement from the mfg, even though that was 2x what we paid.

-is true
Their search results are the worst in the industry. They know it. I think they let third parties screw with it on purpose because it means people spend more time on the website. It may be something that other places wish they could do, but nobody has done it yet. It looks like they partly fixed my pet peeve in the last couple of weeks but it is still salted with wrong results (512gb usb 3 flash drives).

I still occasionally like going to a store and buying something today. They are slowly killing that off. The customer service usually fixes problems in the end, but I would really prefer getting the order right the first time. I have a hard time believing it's really cheaper for them to fix problems after a sale, instead of getting it right the first time. My time is something I value enough to avoid their hassle.

Best Buy seems to be the only national chain left where you can go and listen to speakers.

vision63 wrote:
...May they rest in peace.

Service Merchandise
Circuit City
CompUSA
The Good Guys
Borders

Even Fry's is a ghost of what it was

Fry's had a chance but they blew it, remember this?


Borders (and B&N) were responsible for putting a lot of good bookstores out of business.

[Carm]

With regards to taxes, I pay taxes for my purchases on Amazon. Amazon as a whole pays less taxes than it should (loopholes and such, billionaires club) I don’t pay taxes from purchases from B&H out of New York

[NewtonMP2100]

....so you just got red (read).....???

[Uncle Wig]

Kraniac wrote:
Been reading heavily about Amazon tonight..

and Im done and gonna start encouraging my friends and associates to stop using them...drop in the bucket. Pretty scandalous stuff.

Not a hint of this scandalous stuff? If you're gonna encourage your friends and associates (which I'd suggest includes this forum), you kinda owe it to everyone to spell it out.

[Acer]

On several occasions over the years I've gone into walmart for something pretty routine and found the peg for the one thing I need empty. I've seen that same peg stay empty for months. That never happens at Amazon.

Righteous boycotts will go nowhere. Catalog, stock and price are king.