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I price compare all the time. If it's cheaper at Walmart.com or Ebay I buy it there. I still use Prime a lot though. There are features like Subscribe and Save that I use all the time. I get a 15% additional discount plus free shipping. Some items I get once a month, others once a year. My razor blade refills are $12.38 for 3 at Walmart, and $9.76 on my Amazon Subscribe and Save. I get about 8-12 items per month this way.
I've never understood why certain posters seem to think Amazon customers are too dumb to price compare. I always price compare with different stores, but typically end up buying from Amazon because it's cheaper. Especially with no minimum order amount needed for shipping.
I just recently bought my dog more food. I checked the sales ads at Petco and Petsmart, and checked the online price on both Chewy and Jet. Amazon was cheaper, and then even cheaper since I use subscribe and save.
For fashion, unless I can find the item in store, I typically buy on Amazon, since shipping from brick and mortar stores in most cases eats away the savings from coupons, so in the end the prices will usually be about the same and sometimes Amazon may dynamically price certain color or size options (surprisingly they usually seem to put the best prices on the more popular colors based on my experience, probably due to greater stock). Sure, I can do ship to store, but that is less convenient than having it shipped to my house in two days.
No I don't work for Amazon, but who is forcing you to buy anything on Amazon? Is Amazon really "forcing out competition"? I don't see it, many stores with an online presence successfully compete with them, i.e. Walmart, Target, Kohls. When you talk about businesses being "forced out", that is exactly what Walmart and Home Depot stores have done to rural states for 30 years; they've run local hardware, lumber yards, and grocers out of business and in many cases removing 100% of the competition. I can't even see that happening online, it's no harder to type in "target" or "bestbuy" than it is "amazon".
Like many big box stores, Lord & Taylor fell victim to online consumer giants like Amazon. 45 other, smaller Lord & Taylor stores remain open, mostly on the East Coast.
To keep up, the company recently launched a digital flagship on Walmart.com, but for many nothing will compare to the look and feel of the real deal.
I guess in your opinion we shouldn't have invented cars either because farriers went out of business when people weren't riding horses everywhere they went?
The reporter's voice: "Like many big box stores, Lord and Taylor were up against the online consumer giants like Amazon, and couldn't beat them." No one said Amazon was the only competitor, but Amazon is the giant of all giants in online commerce. I am glad L&T is working with Walmart.
Online shopping is putting out brick and mortar stores yes. Just like Home Depot and Walmart for small business. If not for Amazon it would still happen. It would simply be a bit slower. The world is changing. My nephew though went from making min wage ($8 and change in NJ) at an Auto parr’s chain, to $15 at an Amazon warehouse.
Blaming Amazon rather than tech progress will be like blaming Elon Musk for the loss of driving jobs when self driving cars come about. Taking out one guy is not going to keep progress from happening.
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