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That will even include your postal mail if the postal service ever wakes up. There's no need to physically deliver mail every day if people could see what mail they've received remotely and can pick it up or request deliver if they can't leave home.
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Yes, everyone who deals with the general public knows how unstressful and dignifying that is. That is, besides having to deal with blatant sexism[1], extreme ignorance[2], elderly genitalia[3], stealing[4], destruction of property[5], physical violence[6], bigotry[7], etc. [1]: http://notalwaysright.com/man-up-and-let-a-woman-fix-it/2136... [2]: http://notalwaysright.com/spyware-is-strength/21253 [3]: http://notalway…
Right, so you have 7 links to the same site, all written from the point of view of the wronged assistance. Wow. If that is not proof of nothing, then I do not know what is.
Personally, I've seen all of these - and then some - simply by visiting shops in my daily life and knowing people who've worked in those places, and I'm reasonably sure that most people have as well.
Because the last mile is always so expensive and subject to theft, I think we'll eventually have a centralized local pickup location for all sorts of small deliveries. We'll just stop there on the way home if something has arrived. That will even include your postal mail if the postal service ever wakes up. There's no need to physically deliver mail every day if people could see what mail they've received remotely an…
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Great for consumers like us, but terrible for all of the people who work ridiculous hours under constant stress on warehouse floors or do deliveries day in and day out. I try to buy from brick & mortar shops purely because running a shop is a job that has a shred of dignity left in it.
Most comments on my post are supportive, for instance this one: "You seem to be saying that as a defense of Amazon's treatment of warehouse workers. It's not. Read the Mother Jones article linked above [...] the unseen and unregulated treatment of the hidden workers who make our amazing lives possible is a huge, unsolved problem in the world." But I'm getting down-voted. Do people seriously think that supporting mass…
Pick one of the higher priced used book options? How do I know they aren't using the same distribution warehouse and just pocketing the difference.
Without a "doesn't treat workers like crap" seal of approval, I don't see what I could have done. I'd love to subscribe to a white-list/black-list of sellers on Amazon for various ethical measures but it isn't there.
If I go to the website of a brick and mortar store, chances are I want to know what they carry in-store, because I need something specific and am planning to visit a store.
Ideally I'd be able to see what they have in stock at the local stores, so I can avoid a needless trip.
Instead, many retailers have larded up their online stores with online-only products. Some don't even give you an easy way to exclude those and see only in-store items.
This is stupid, and just makes me more likely to not bother visiting the store at all, opting to just order from Amazon.
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Used to love the 993, but now I've switched to the Pearl Izumi for running, which I discovered through Zappos and their awesome return policy. Watching my wife goes through the Zappos process, and being an overall internet hermit, made me want to try it out. I bought four pairs of shoes in what seemed like the best size and width for me (there is good information about brand size trends on their site), got them the n…
I really prefer the NB 856. I've never found Zappos to have particularly good selection of the shoes I buy (men's dress shoes, boots of various kinds, etc). They're particularly bad for boots. Their main focus seems low to mid range female shoes.
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Companies are only required to pay state sales tax if they have a physical presence in that state. Amazon wasn't bluffing, Texas was. We went through the same thing in California. Amazon agreed to pay the sales tax, but only after it had decided to open distribution centers in the state.
Amazon has had a continuous presence in Texas from 2005 onward. Distribution center operated in Irving, TX from 2005 through 2011. Woot, in Carrollton, TX was acquired in 2010.
This is the trojan horse. Once Amazon has a large presence in each major centre, the next logical step for them is use some of their massive space as a showroom (think Ikea but on a much larger scale). [Edit: To clarify, the showroom and warehouse would be in the same complex but separated. Shoppers + heavy merchandise + fast moving robots is a recipe for disaster.] Then they can satisfy both the "I want to see it be…