R. Belmont |
Cuckoo for IGAvania
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Reged: 09/21/03
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Posts: 9716
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Loc: ECV-197 The Orville
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Re: Is your goal to annoy people into paying you more money, Amazon?
07/08/15 10:13 PM
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> And yes, your point about paying extra for the convenience of quick shipping is well > taken. But look at it this way, if they had flat rate shipping and could handle the > extra volume, almost all local commercial retailers would find themselves out of > business. The extra charge for quick ship is one of the few things keeping the brick > and mortar operators still operating.
That's not *entirely* true. I have Prime, I aggressively use it, and I still go to brick-and-mortar stores (and order from Newegg). Among other reasons, sometimes I need something immediately and it's full-on out-of-stock or only available from a 3rd party seller with no ship time guarantees. And also Amazon's pricing on groceries is pretty awful - it's much cheaper to hit a grocery store, or the SuperTarget.
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