A fight against Amazon becomes a state matter in Quebec

Post by schnischna » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 5:56 PM UTC

chr1 wrote: post #79

schnischna wrote: post #77

I don't understand that kind of thing: the government is presumably elected by the people. Why would the people want the government to fight a business that they could voluntarily avoid, without any government intervention whatsoever? I mean the government represents what the people want. The people apparently want to buy at local businesses, rather than at Amazon. Why don't they simply do it? Or if they actually DO…

Government represents what the people want, just as much as a browser bundled with OS represents what people want. That is people do not have any way to say what they want and what trade-offs they are willing to accept, they have to choose between two or three horrible bundled packages, which end up doing things only small minority wants. As long as we do not have a way to vote for individual policies, and to trade o…

Post by sailingparrot » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 12:09 AM UTC

schnischna wrote: post #111

chr1 wrote: post #79

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Government represents what the people want, just as much as a browser bundled with OS represents what people want. That is people do not have any way to say what they want and what trade-offs they are willing to accept, they have to choose between two or three horrible bundled packages, which end up doing things only small minority wants. As long as we do not have a way to vote for individual policies, and to trade o…

Sure - but even then, how can such a policy be justified. They can not claim it is for the benefit of the people.

Post by thbr99 » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 1:41 PM UTC

amiga_500 wrote: post #106

thbr99 wrote: post #70

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I totally have the opposite experience in Québec. Everywhere and anything in Québec feels red taped and low of customer service. Maybe I have to speak French. Speaking in English and being non white gets a degraded service in Québec.

"good service" is a bad sign for society. Americans have "good service" because low income workers are one insane customer away from their lives tipping over the edge. Americans also complain about service in Europe, where workers are also not treating each customer interaction as a make or break situation.

Post by sailingparrot » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 4:27 PM UTC

schnischna wrote: post #114

sailingparrot wrote: post #113

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> They can not claim it is for the benefit of the people Why not? Amazon dodges taxes everywhere it operates, which directly impacts us, the citizens. But it is so convenient that people use it nonetheless. So the government is trying to help make local shops a bit more convenient to use in response, wihch would benefit the people.

Shouldn't they simply curb the (alleged) tax evasions then?

Post by igrekel » Fri, May 01, 2020, 9:01 PM UTC

filoleg wrote: post #52

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Honestly, so far the quickest delivery I've experienced was from local businesses. Some local stores switched too what is almost pizza delivery. I ordered gear at lunchtime and got it delivered in the afternoon. But it really depends on the supplier. 48h delivery has been hit and miss too recently. Now what the article doesn't say is that a lot of the businesses on "Le Panier Bleu" do not even have an online catalog…

Out of curiosity, what kind of shop was that local store that gave you a same day delivery and had a good inventory system? Asking because I noticed that here (Seattle), a couple of specialized niche stores do that, and it works really well, but i feel like there might be some reason for why only those kinds of stores do that. The one that comes to mind is Patchwerks (analog synthesizer store; disclaimer: I have zero…