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

[Kraniac]

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.

[Winston]

I'm trying to avoid Amazon, but due to customer service issues which caused me to lost trust in them.

What specifically have you read that brings concern?


- W

[NewtonMP2100]

....they are getting way too 'powerful'........their prices are not that great but just for 'convenience' people are becoming way to reliant on them.......

[sekker]

Yep, a Big Monster.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....don't forget Alexa......listening in on you......the call is coming from inside the house.....

[mattkime]

>>Pretty scandalous stuff.

Do tell.

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I buy a lot of stuff on amazon but usually shop around before hitting the buy button. That said, we recent joined costco which is going to shift where we buy things.

[mrbigstuff]

Amazingly (or perhaps not), the prices on many household items and automotive maintenance or cleaning items are actually a bit cheaper at stores. It's the convenience factor. As soon as I can figure out some alternatives (hey, Wal-Mart!), I'll take business elsewhere.

[Carnos Jax]

I'm not a big fan of one or two retailers getting all the business. But if you feel that way about Amazon, Walmart is three times as big a monster. Are y'all abandoning Walmart as well (to be consistent)?

I don't buy anything locally from Walmart. Instead I frequent Target and Kroger (who know's how much better they are).

[RAMd®d]

Amazingly (or perhaps not), the prices on many household items and automotive maintenance or cleaning items are actually a bit cheaper at stores.

And amazingly or not many things at stores are a bit more expensive than at AMZ, especially when you factor in gas, watts, and travel time.

And also amazingly or not, any place you get deals from, also has items that you can get cheaper somewhere else.

I won't shop at WalMart. I did so once, for one item, and haven't gone there again (they were the only place left that had what I wanted).

I will continue to shop at AMZ, when a balance of price and convenience make them the smarter choice.

[jdc]

mattkime wrote:
>>Pretty scandalous stuff.
Do tell.

I agree, do tell... wheres the rest of the story...

For us, Amazon is all about inventory. Ive told the story before about needing a brush for my vacuum. Local vacuum place wanted $125 for the part, and a week to get it. Got it in 2 days from amazon, $36. No way it would be available at an local store. And there a million other things like that.

Oldest wants a BT speaker for birthday. Amazon has hundreds to choose from, in dozens of colors and dozens of price points. Locally, best buy might have a dozen styles, prob in one color.

Wife needs some specific something for her face, shes used it for years... ulta used carry it, it was the last brick and mortar place she could find it. Now gone. Both instore and online. Got it from Amazon.

Cost is sometimes a secondary factor, like things at Costco. Most of the time its better, sometimes not.

fwiw: top 100 retailers: https://stores.org/stores-top-retailers-2018/

They also benefit from retail’s measured pace of change: Merchandise moving through ecommerce accounted for only 9 percent of total U.S. retail sales entering 2018, according to U.S. Department of Commerce figures.