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Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy
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Re: Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy
#52About 6 years ago I ordered a tv on Amazon, it was going to be shipped out and delivered in about a week. About an hour later I got a phone a call with a thick accented voice – "John, John, are you home?" "Who is this?" "I got your TV, we can come over right now." Sure enough they pulled up with their van and I got my TV about two hours after I ordered. Unknown to me I had ordered it from a Hasidic run company just d…
Nice! I wonder if the vendor gets his money earlier from Amazon if he delivered it faster.
Definitely. The credit card only charges when it ships.
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#55Does the Hasidic community have any advantages in the reseller market? With some of their traditional businesses, such as the diamond trade they do: evaluating gems, connections for sourcing stones, etc.
B&H, an electronics super store in Manhattan, is owned by Hasidic Jews, and it sells new and used gear. The web site won't even take orders on Shabbat. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the people selling new or used electronics have some connection to B&H or another brick and mortar store.
B&H has been our goto place for electronics / computers lately. They deal well with educational institutions, will take a PO from an community college on a reservation in North Dakota, and have excellent customer service.
I do keep track when I can order, for instance right now they are closed for Succos.
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#56People making a business selling on Amazon.. If you left out the religion, would this be a story? Is the point to get NYT and BuzzFeed clicks? Is it to get more attendance at the 'how you can get rich selling on Amazon' conferences? For better or worse, is it to show how a certain demographic is making a lot of money? I'm not a fan of these articles..
Sometimes it's just cool to see how people different from ourselves live their lives.
"Ourselves?"
As a Litvack Jewish person who goes to a Hasidic Minyan some of "us" are those people. ;-)
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#57I think there’s something about knowing you need to care for a large family (e.g. a member of a religion that values having lots of kids) that is motivating for entrepreneurs in a way I don’t always hear about e.g. entrepreneurial tendencies among Hasidic Jews and Mormons
For Latter-day Saints (Mormons), the entrepreneurship roots go back to the early church history. Between 1831-1847, members of the church established 4 settlements and were expelled from 3(Kirtland, OH; Western Missouri; Nauvoo, IL; Salt Lake City). These areas were all frontiers at the time, and grew to become the largest cities in their region, which drew fear and persecution from people in the surrounding areas. S…
WordPerfect was ran by Mormons, wasn't it? I'd love to hear some stories (I already read Almost Perfect)
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly asking what due sensitivity was missed here.
They talk about the Hasidic community as if they were Martians.
I didn't feel that it represented them like that at all. They are walk unique way of life and outsiders have questions, I felt it did a good job conveying why some of their religious practices make them ideal candidates for Amazon businesses.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly asking what due sensitivity was missed here.
They talk about the Hasidic community as if they were Martians.
My commercial tenant is hasidic and he and his brothers might very well be from mars. It's a very insular community and they don't mingle with outsiders as much so it can get a little strange or awkward. If I stop by and one of his brothers is there they act as if they are afraid to talk to me or dont want to. Feels awkward. If he's there, he hands me a beer and chews my ear off for an hour while chain smoking. Very cool dude and usually the convo is about interesting stuff like culture, art, life and politics. Though he admits that he is the black sheep of his family and half a pariah in the community because he does what he wants. Has more energy than the sun.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sometimes it's just cool to see how people different from ourselves live their lives.
"Ourselves?" As a Litvack Jewish person who goes to a Hasidic Minyan some of "us" are those people. ;-)
Weird phrase to get agitated about but I never said anyone wasn't...