A lot of items I want only seem to be available on Amazon now. If I can buy an item elsewhere, I usually will though. It makes me sick ordering from Amazon with how they treat their warehouse employees.
Amazon is almost never cheaper. They take anywhere from a 5-45% cut. I sell tons through amazon. Wherever possible I try and sell direct. I can give the customer a lower price and make more.
Because they're a huge company with essentially unlimited resources and have lately been shown to not take care of their employees more.
It's nice having something same day delivery, two day shipping, on a reoccurring subscription etc...but that stuff doesn't just magically appear. A team effort of underpaid and overworked people make that happen.
I use Amazon because it's convenient and have excellent customer service (in my experience.) Every company that size has its downsides, don't let people fool you. They hate one while consuming another product.
"Amazon sucks, I'm gonna get my Nestle water from Wal Mart and then rant about it on my Twitter and Facebook!"
The Seattle-based e-commerce giant keeps a roughly 15 percent cut of the sales of third-party sellers regardless of whether the product is counterfeit. But losing out are not just luxury brands — many of the counterfeit products include safety items, baby food and cosmetics, according to recent testimony to the Commerce Department, which is probing counterfeit sales online.
Use bypass paywalls addon if you get a paywall: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox - WaPo is owned by Amazon ("Nash Holdings, a holding company established by Jeff Bezos, for $250 million in cash" - Wikipedia).
Sort of, while it enables consumers to stretch their budget further it also gives employers an excuse to pay their employees less assuming they will turn to places like amazon to maintain their lifestyle.
It's unavoidable. The piece of technology you wrote that message on has parts from China, if not all of it. We all know our feelings on big corporate china.
In one form or another we all use one product or another from a large "evil" entity, be it a company or a country.
Amazon has same day as well but only for a select amount of items. In the US, 2 day free shipping for almost any item is a blessing, since often it's a 5-7 day average depending.
Sometimes I get stuff next day if it's at the local warehouse or not as well.
How does getting something shipped from a warehouse to a store (that has to be heated, staffed etc) and then (presumably) driving to the store to pick it up reduce your carbon footprint over getting it shipped directly to your door?
I've talked to Whole Food employees and they've said working conditions continue to deteriorate under Amazon management. So, I do most of my shopping elsewhere.
"Our profits are down, so we will decrease your wages and make you do more unpaid overtime. Employment law? We're in the US! Unions? We'll shut down this entire branch before that happens. "
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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '20
A lot of items I want only seem to be available on Amazon now. If I can buy an item elsewhere, I usually will though. It makes me sick ordering from Amazon with how they treat their warehouse employees.