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Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by mrzool »

vsskanth wrote: post #60

Story time! When Jet.com launched they had some promos going on so I wanted to check out what it was all about and ordered a bunch of stuff. I think at that point they had 2 day shipping over 25 without a membership. Their signature purple package arrives on time, in a larger than expected box. I open it, and there's a smaller Amazon box inside. I open THAT and it has all my items. I got two receipts, one from jet.co…

> poetic and funny

We have very different ways of seeing it. I would have found it absurd and infuriating.

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by bitexploder »

I now trust Walmart [jet.com] and Bestbuy more than Amazon. Walmart / Jet have made great strides in their online experience and I trust them more than Amazon now. I don't really care about the branding Jet or Walmart is fine.

And for my rant/last straw with Amazon: My most recent Amazon frustration: I ordered a Ryzen processor "shipped and sold by Amazon" and got an opened and obviously installed processor. Pins were bent. I have had a few other bad items like that in the last year. I just don't trust them any more.

I want actual single source suppliers that vet their suppliers and supplies. Microcenter is great for a small range of computing products, but you have to go to the store to pick many things up [at least you can see what you are getting and don't have to wait for weeks of turn around]. Amazon's current solution is just automated returns with no acknowledgement they did something really shady. Guess it is time to vote with my wallet.

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by [deleted] »

mrzool wrote: post #141
vsskanth wrote: post #60

Story time! When Jet.com launched they had some promos going on so I wanted to check out what it was all about and ordered a bunch of stuff. I think at that point they had 2 day shipping over 25 without a membership. Their signature purple package arrives on time, in a larger than expected box. I open it, and there's a smaller Amazon box inside. I open THAT and it has all my items. I got two receipts, one from jet.co…

> poetic and funny We have very different ways of seeing it. I would have found it absurd and infuriating.

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Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by rnotaro »

zachware wrote: post #121
vsskanth wrote: post #60

Story time! When Jet.com launched they had some promos going on so I wanted to check out what it was all about and ordered a bunch of stuff. I think at that point they had 2 day shipping over 25 without a membership. Their signature purple package arrives on time, in a larger than expected box. I open it, and there's a smaller Amazon box inside. I open THAT and it has all my items. I got two receipts, one from jet.co…

This reminds me of when I sent a friend a case of Topo Chico from Jet. He'd never had it. The package (of heavy bottles of water) shipped next day and each bottle was meticulously wrapped in mesh paper. You could have stuffed a mattress with all the wrapping. All for $1.99/bottle and free overnight shipping....

It reminded me of when I ordered a 38 cents lemon juice bottle and they sent it to me in a way to big box as an expedited parcel with free shipping in 2016. (Canada) https://imgur.com/a/QpEHAea

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by liamcardenas »

vsskanth wrote: post #60

Story time! When Jet.com launched they had some promos going on so I wanted to check out what it was all about and ordered a bunch of stuff. I think at that point they had 2 day shipping over 25 without a membership. Their signature purple package arrives on time, in a larger than expected box. I open it, and there's a smaller Amazon box inside. I open THAT and it has all my items. I got two receipts, one from jet.co…

This is indeed poetic. It’s actually an excellent metaphor for how AWS works.

Fun fact: Startups spend almost 40 cents of every VC dollar on Google, Facebook, and Amazon. [1]

[1] https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/socialcapital-annual-lett...

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by Klinky »

snarf21 wrote: post #65
herman_toothrot wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have an example of an item being sold at Walmart which is a cheaper version packaged as the more expensive version? Genuinely curious, I'm unaware of this...

I can give you a specific example. Hanes T-shirts, for use as under shirts. They version you get at Walmart is thinner fabric, the seams are single stitched, not double. My understanding is that Walmart usually sets the price for these kinds of things and it is up to the vendor to make a version they can sell at that price and make money.

I buy direct from Hanes.com and the quality control is iffy even when buying direct.

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by astura »

skuhn wrote: post #88
Terretta wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

see also: buy.com -> rakuten // no amount of branding awareness tv ads are fixing the name recognition they lost with that one... still redirects though.

Even worse, rakuten.com is now the former ebates site? And the former buy.com is rakuten.com/shop? Their branding strategy is garbage.

Rakuten bought ebates many years back (looks like 2014) but kept the ebates branding until very recently.

But, yes, it's confusing.

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by buzzerbetrayed »

speedgoose wrote: post #137
TallGuyShort wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Forbes ranks it as the #26 most valuable brand in the world: https://www.forbes.com/powerful-brands/list/ . Just because it's an almost entirely American brand doesn't change anything GP said.

The brand is absent from most countries.

> Just because it's an almost entirely American brand doesn't change anything GP said.

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by TallGuyShort »

speedgoose wrote: post #137
TallGuyShort wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Forbes ranks it as the #26 most valuable brand in the world: https://www.forbes.com/powerful-brands/list/ . Just because it's an almost entirely American brand doesn't change anything GP said.

The brand is absent from most countries.

So is it NOT one of the most valuable brands in the world then? Despite Forbes' list of valuations? What exactly in the original comment about the strength of the brand do you even think is incorrect?
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