Amazon Is Capturing Bigger Slice of U.S. Online Holiday Spending
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#2I shopped for Christmas on Amazon, it was kind of a pain. I had to ship it all to myself, wrap it, put on gift notes and then pack it all up and ship it all to my family across the country. I was going to do their individual gift wrapping but it was $6 PER ITEM. Considering I got about 15 items, that really adds up.
I think I'll still do some shopping on there next year, I just wish they had cheaper gift wrapping and card options.
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#3I shopped for Christmas on Amazon, it was kind of a pain. I had to ship it all to myself, wrap it, put on gift notes and then pack it all up and ship it all to my family across the country. I was going to do their individual gift wrapping but it was $6 PER ITEM. Considering I got about 15 items, that really adds up. I think I'll still do some shopping on there next year, I just wish they had cheaper gift wrapping and…
$90 .. meh, a lot of people would see the value in that.
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#4For me, Amazon is the way to go. I live an hour from the nearest Walmart or department store. The FedEx and UPS delivery people know me really well.
Re: Amazon Is Capturing Bigger Slice of U.S. Online Holiday Spending
#5I shopped for Christmas on Amazon, it was kind of a pain. I had to ship it all to myself, wrap it, put on gift notes and then pack it all up and ship it all to my family across the country. I was going to do their individual gift wrapping but it was $6 PER ITEM. Considering I got about 15 items, that really adds up. I think I'll still do some shopping on there next year, I just wish they had cheaper gift wrapping and…
The cost of reshipping + cost of wrapping + cost of time of wrapping is probably getting close to $6 an item.
Re: Amazon Is Capturing Bigger Slice of U.S. Online Holiday Spending
#6I shopped for Christmas on Amazon, it was kind of a pain. I had to ship it all to myself, wrap it, put on gift notes and then pack it all up and ship it all to my family across the country. I was going to do their individual gift wrapping but it was $6 PER ITEM. Considering I got about 15 items, that really adds up. I think I'll still do some shopping on there next year, I just wish they had cheaper gift wrapping and…
How much time did it take for you to wrap it? I usually say for myself if I were paying myself minimum wage and it exceeds that then I rather pay someone else.
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#7I shopped for Christmas on Amazon, it was kind of a pain. I had to ship it all to myself, wrap it, put on gift notes and then pack it all up and ship it all to my family across the country. I was going to do their individual gift wrapping but it was $6 PER ITEM. Considering I got about 15 items, that really adds up. I think I'll still do some shopping on there next year, I just wish they had cheaper gift wrapping and…
$90 .. meh, a lot of people would see the value in that.
Problem is that Amazon's gift wrapping is crap. They just throw it into a blue felt bag and attach a gift note.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
$90 .. meh, a lot of people would see the value in that.
Problem is that Amazon's gift wrapping is crap. They just throw it into a blue felt bag and attach a gift note.
I've only seen the blue felt bag once, when buying my wife some (cheap) jewelry. For items big enough, they use plain blue wrapping paper. That's what I usually see. It seems like a perfectly adequate wrapping job to me -- certainly better than my notoriously uncoordinated self would do.
For the record, Amazon charged me 3.95 per item for gift wrapping. I don't know if it changes based on the size of the item, whether you're a Prime member (I am), or other factors. But it's not always $6.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Problem is that Amazon's gift wrapping is crap. They just throw it into a blue felt bag and attach a gift note.
I've only seen the blue felt bag once, when buying my wife some (cheap) jewelry. For items big enough, they use plain blue wrapping paper. That's what I usually see. It seems like a perfectly adequate wrapping job to me -- certainly better than my notoriously uncoordinated self would do. For the record, Amazon charged me 3.95 per item for gift wrapping. I don't know if it changes based on the size of the item, whethe…
For $6/item they should offer more choices on how it is to be wrapped. I would say at least 6-12 different kinds of paper.
Re: Amazon Is Capturing Bigger Slice of U.S. Online Holiday Spending
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Problem is that Amazon's gift wrapping is crap. They just throw it into a blue felt bag and attach a gift note.
I've only seen the blue felt bag once, when buying my wife some (cheap) jewelry. For items big enough, they use plain blue wrapping paper. That's what I usually see. It seems like a perfectly adequate wrapping job to me -- certainly better than my notoriously uncoordinated self would do. For the record, Amazon charged me 3.95 per item for gift wrapping. I don't know if it changes based on the size of the item, whethe…
What I've seen for much larger items (projector) is a big blue bag.