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Originally Posted by NJBest
I worked for Amazon several years ago. I didn't feel that they had terrible employee policies. I felt they treated me well. Great pay, great benefits and above average perks (free dry cleaning, first-class upgrades on flights, free meals on campus, etc).
I don't see how they wrecked the book industry. Did you see the deal that Harper Collins just signed with them? If anything, Harper Collins is getting an excellent deal.
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Agreed. I don't see how it's Amazon's fault that a lot of bookstores have closed in the last 10 years.
Crown Books, B Dalton, Waldenbooks, and
Borders have all closed since the late '90's, and I don't think that had anything to do with Amazon. These days almost everyone I see reading books is doing so on Kindle/other electronic devices instead of actual paper books, so even if Amazon
weren't around I believe these bookstores would have closed anyway.
These days, the only bookstores I know of around me are
Barnes & Noble &
Half Price Books.
Re: Amazon products, I was recently looking for a specific mouse pad with a gel wrist support, since I'm on the computer a lot & need something like this. I went to numerous retail stores (including Office Depot, Wal-mart, Target, etc.) and couldn't find this at any of them. So, I got 2 of them from Amazon - for a reasonable price.
I think as time goes on, people will go online even more to buy these types of specialty products. If you can't find something at a regular retail store, what other options do you have?!
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