Toys ‘R’ Us Plans Bankruptcy Filing Amid Debt Struggle

Post by falsedan » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 11:12 AM UTC

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No way. The high-quality wooden hand-crafted toys at good mom & pop toy stores are not available on Amazon. Discoverability of good intellectually stimulating toys is similarly poor on Amazon. You also overestimate the delta between the Amazon price (if the product is carried by Amazon) and that of the brick & mortar price. Often the brick & mortar price is identical after shipping costs. The competitive advantage of…

Yes but thats a very small example of the market. When we are looking at the generic market, nowadays people go to a store, look at something and then go on their phone to see if they'll find it cheaper anywhere else, as local stores tend to overprice stuff to make up their marginal costs.

Post by falsedan » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 11:18 AM UTC

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Cost customers? Amazon has free returns, and sometimes they even refund you and let you keep the item. Meanwhile, it's not like you can really test a toy in a store, and returning it means another trip.

> Amazon has free returns I doubt this is true for anywhere but North America.

Post by falsedan » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 11:22 AM UTC

kamaal wrote: post #227

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Cost customers? Amazon has free returns, and sometimes they even refund you and let you keep the item. Meanwhile, it's not like you can really test a toy in a store, and returning it means another trip.

Amazon has free returns for now as only a tiny minority uses that as an option. Also returns work largely if there is a defect or you genuinely bought a wrong product(Like a wrong shoe size). If most users start doing returns, they won't be free or even possible, given how much logistical nightmare that will be. Beyond all this, that turn around time to buy a single product will be high. Stores offer a good middle gr…

Post by falsedan » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 11:38 AM UTC

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I'll also note that in the time since Dave left Dominoes, their stock has outperformed Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple, with slightly under 12x returns in the last 10 years. Since Dave left Michigan, the interim AD hired Jim Harbaugh, and the football program is now regularly in top 10 in the nation.

Brandon did very well at Dominos; Bain Capital, Dominos' owners, certainly thought so, because they later hired him to run Toys R Us. > Since Dave left Michigan, the interim AD hired Jim Harbaugh, and the football program is now regularly in top 10 in the nation. Harbaugh's record through 2 seasons + 3 games = 23-6 Brady Hoke, the coach Brandon hired, through the same period = 22-7. Hoke also beat Ohio State during t…

Post by philfrasty » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 11:45 AM UTC

icebraining wrote: post #232

tmnvix wrote: post #229

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> Amazon has free returns I doubt this is true for anywhere but North America.

You doubt incorrectly :) From Amazon.de: "If you want to return an article within Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland or Portugal, we even supply you with a pre-paid return mailing label" Sometimes they even let you keep the item. I barely buy anything from them, but I had that happen earlier this month with an item worth ~30€, despite choosing the option that indicated it was my fault.