Walmart says it will discontinue Jet • Hacker News Board

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by takinola » Tue, May 19, 2020, 5:20 PM UTC

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…

It has happened twice now that I order something off Amazon and it arrives packaged from Walmart.com. How the turn tables!

I figure that some people have identified arbitrage opportunities in pricing differences between the two sites and are making easy money receiving orders on one site and fulfilling from the other.

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by JSavageOne » Tue, May 19, 2020, 5:21 PM UTC

> “Due to continued strength of the Walmart.com brand, the company will discontinue Jet.com,” the company said in a short statement. “The acquisition of Jet.com nearly four years ago was critical to accelerating our omni strategy.”

What a load of corporate bullshit. How does anyone actually write that and live with themselves?

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by david-cako » Tue, May 19, 2020, 5:28 PM UTC

JSavageOne wrote: post #202

> “Due to continued strength of the Walmart.com brand, the company will discontinue Jet.com,” the company said in a short statement. “The acquisition of Jet.com nearly four years ago was critical to accelerating our omni strategy.” What a load of corporate bullshit. How does anyone actually write that and live with themselves?

True, but having a 3 letter domain name that sounds fast and a separate checkbook may have actually been important to growing their e-commerce business. The crazy discounts they offered when they first started and the purple boxes all had the effect of signaling to consumers (and investors) “we’re trying something new”, and now they rolled everything they learned (things lots of e-commerce sites are learning all at the same time) into their core e-commerce strategy.

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by mnm1 » Tue, May 19, 2020, 5:30 PM UTC

bitexploder wrote: post #142

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 wer…

Amazon's current solution also includes shutting down your account, even if it's prime, and telling you to fuck off because you returned too many of its fake or garbage products.

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by tomjen3 » Tue, May 19, 2020, 5:33 PM UTC

manaskarekar wrote: post #116

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 the Silicon Valley episode where the start up 'Sliceline' sells repackaged Domino's pizzas. Don't recall if they explicitly stated 'they'll make it up in volume.'

Did they sell slices for more than the pizza? Because then it might have been a decent enough way to test the market, without having to put an insane amount of money in it.

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by tedmiston » Tue, May 19, 2020, 5:54 PM UTC

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…

I was also an early Jet customer. I believe they did this for things they didn't have in stock.

I recall the Jet price sometimes even being cheaper than the Amazon price which was intersting.

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by thejynxed » Tue, May 19, 2020, 6:16 PM UTC

speedgoose wrote: post #162

buzzerbetrayed wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I simply disagree that's a strong brand worldwide because it's only a USA brand.

Walmart has stores everywhere but the North & South Poles. There's a reason they employ over 2.3 million people.

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by kayfox » Tue, May 19, 2020, 6:16 PM UTC

mncharity wrote: post #182

bitexploder wrote: post #142

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 wer…

> I want actual single source suppliers that vet their suppliers and supplies. I bought a beard trimmer, at a local Walmart store, in an unopened package. And found hairs and grime on the blade. Bought new DJI goggles from B&H Photo. Which turned out to be a DJI factory refurb. But it also turned out there were then only refurbs in the supply chain for that being-phased-out model. So no-surprises supply is perhaps mo…

B&H shipped me used Anton Bauer 90Wh batteries when I bought new ones at the tail end of that particular model. So I imagine thats what they end up doing.

The real fun was when I ranted about it on Twitter, their director of social media tried to shame me by saying I was being "too picky" or something.

Because I really don't like the idea of a 90Wh+ battery having some unknown issue that happened before I owned it and catching fire in the most gloriously explosive way.

The whole lithium ion battery industry kinda drives me up the wall. I'd love to just order some cells from Digikey, but no can do.

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by onemoresoop » Tue, May 19, 2020, 6:21 PM UTC

mnm1 wrote: post #204

bitexploder wrote: post #142

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 wer…

Amazon's current solution also includes shutting down your account, even if it's prime, and telling you to fuck off because you returned too many of its fake or garbage products.

It’s their loss. Eventually the momentum will build up and Amazon will loose a big chunk of their customers, and these door slammed customers will never go back no matter what Amazon will be trying to do. It seems to me Amazon is on its path to self destruction and will rip of a lot of their customers on the way, because it still so large and the numbers are still good to them. That is bound to change sooner or later. I personally avoid them at all costs.

Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet

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Post by bitexploder » Tue, May 19, 2020, 6:29 PM UTC

mncharity wrote: post #182

bitexploder wrote: post #142

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 wer…

> I want actual single source suppliers that vet their suppliers and supplies. I bought a beard trimmer, at a local Walmart store, in an unopened package. And found hairs and grime on the blade. Bought new DJI goggles from B&H Photo. Which turned out to be a DJI factory refurb. But it also turned out there were then only refurbs in the supply chain for that being-phased-out model. So no-surprises supply is perhaps mo…

I do agree, but the prevalence of Amazon's practices are very well known. Returned products being put back on a shelf or back into supply will obviously happen, but I have seen it happen almost zero with the retailers I mentioned (We have also been using target.com, costco.com, etc.). It definitely takes some effort and a little more shopping around, but it has mostly been working for us (in my household).