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Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season

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Re: Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season

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Post by aliasxneo »

asah wrote: post #172
a12k wrote: post #102

I’ve found that the rise of Apply Pay as a payment mechanism on random sites has been helpful in getting me off of Amazon. Often it’s just as easy to order something direct if they have Apple Pay (or ShopPay, but I have other issues with them) and the same price as Amazon. Plus discoverability is awful on Amazon anyways. Still don’t get the Whole Foods return ability when not shopping from Amazon, but not punching in…

For me, Amazon cuts delivery times, improves reliability and makes returns 10x easier.

I've gotten a lot of free stuff from Amazon. Shipped duplicate products to me? Just keep the other. Food bottle slightly cracked and leaked in transit? Keep it and we'll send another.

I was even able to get another 30% off an already sale price for a Kindle because my old one (>5 years) died, and they couldn't fix it.

Not justifying any particular actions on their part, but their customer service has been above and beyond and other major retailer I've interacted with.

Re: Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season

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Post by crazygringo »

justinrubek wrote: post #151
rainsford wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I found myself gravitating back to local stores after years of buying essentially everything on Amazon because local stores at least to some degree curate their inventory while Amazon increasingly does not. If you're looking for a specific product that doesn't matter as much (although Amazon also has counterfeiting problems). But if you're just looking to browse what's available in a certain category of product, Amaz…

While the junk item situation on amazon is real, I can't agree with this take about local stores. I find that local stores tend to have random crap that they want to sell rather than high-quality items.

This is my experience too.

Local stores supply the cheapest crappiest version of something, but sell it at full price. This maximizes their profit.

Online, I can actually see from the reviews which product is best, and buy that one.

I spend the same, but get a much higher quality product.

There are so many products only sold on Amazon that have 20,000 reviews because they're so much better than anything you can buy locally.

I'm not talking the random Chinese brands with 50 reviews -- I'm talking the #1 best selling item in each product category.

Re: Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season

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Post by kube-system »

bombcar wrote: post #174
nine_k wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me, the key feature of Amazon is the fast delivery with Prime. Do other merchants offer fast delivery often enough? Regarding credit cards, I started using privacy dot com for virtual, merchant-locked cards. It protects against (rare) card details leaks, but, of course, does not give you any points or cashback.

Prime delivery is rarely 2 day anymore, and Walmart/HD/Target often match or beat it. And you still get free shipping over $35 which covers most anything else. Prime is too heavily tied to video now, which is a $0 value for me.

Depends on where you're at. The vast majority of stuff I buy on Amazon is same or next day.

Re: Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season

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Post by crazygringo »

dartos wrote: post #109
vasco wrote: post #34

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I've had this exact sentiment for many years but... what are we supporting really? Is it because you want a distributed network of inventory across the country near you in case of emergency? Is it because you like talking to someone when doing purchases? Is it because you think someone is doing a societal good by parking money in inventory they brought near you? Is it because you just don't like someone doing it more…

One big reason is it keep money local. When you buy from a non local business, that money leaves your towns microeconomy. It’s part of why dollar stores destroy low income areas.

When I buy from Amazon, it pays local warehouse workers and local delivery people.

Amazon is a big employer in a lot of local communities.

Re: Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season

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Post by dns_snek »

bdangubic wrote: post #105
amelius wrote: post #52

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This should be illegal.

what kind of a law would you put in place here to make this illegal? and who would it cover? amazon has a business, yes? and if you want to do business with amazon you have to abide but those rules. you can also just NOT do business with amazon - sell your shit at another place, done deal. too many times here on HN we see people say what you say - let's just add mooooooar laws (these would have to be FEDERAL to make…

> amazon has a business, yes? and if you want to do business with amazon you have to abide but those rules.

And if you want to do business (at all) you have to abide by the local laws. In an ideal democratic world, those laws would be set by the people and for the people.

Can you make an argument outlining how Amazon's anti-competitive rules help the society, and why their behavior should be tolerated in an ideal democratic society?

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Post by [deleted] »

carlosjobim wrote: post #153
cpitman wrote: post #142

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That driving and time is amortized across 1000s of deliveries.

The product is delivered the same distance, whether it is from "Producer -> Amazon warehouses -> Customer" or if it is "Producer -> Retail warehouses -> Customer". An Amazon delivery car with a bunch of products to deliver is the equivalent of OP filling up his car with purchases when shopping in town.

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Re: Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season

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Post by ghaff »

n144q wrote: post #138
nine_k wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me, the key feature of Amazon is the fast delivery with Prime. Do other merchants offer fast delivery often enough? Regarding credit cards, I started using privacy dot com for virtual, merchant-locked cards. It protects against (rare) card details leaks, but, of course, does not give you any points or cashback.

Do you actually care that much about fast delivery? My Prime membership ended 3 years ago. These days I just put items in the cart, and place order whenever it reaches $35. If I need an item in a hurry -- which rarely happens -- I go to a store to buy it. This barely affected me, and I ended up with much fewer impulse purchases. What's funny though is that the "standard" delivery often takes 5 calendar days. But AliE…

What Prime did for me, which didn't start with but was emphasized by COVID, was that if I needed/wanted many items I could just order them from Amazon with fairly prompt delivery rather than putting them on a shopping list. I'd probably get them quicker than I'd have gotten around to going to the store and probably save at least 30+ minutes into the bargain.

Re: Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season

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Post by kube-system »

nine_k wrote: post #108
a12k wrote: post #102

I’ve found that the rise of Apply Pay as a payment mechanism on random sites has been helpful in getting me off of Amazon. Often it’s just as easy to order something direct if they have Apple Pay (or ShopPay, but I have other issues with them) and the same price as Amazon. Plus discoverability is awful on Amazon anyways. Still don’t get the Whole Foods return ability when not shopping from Amazon, but not punching in…

To me, the key feature of Amazon is the fast delivery with Prime. Do other merchants offer fast delivery often enough? Regarding credit cards, I started using privacy dot com for virtual, merchant-locked cards. It protects against (rare) card details leaks, but, of course, does not give you any points or cashback.

I don't dislike typing in my credit card numbers because I'm worried about the number leaking (This is the US, I hand my card to strangers a half dozen times per week), I dislike it because I have to go find my wallet and fill out a long form. Apple Pay is nice because I can slap one button on the top right of my keyboard.

Re: Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season

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Post by bombcar »

justinrubek wrote: post #151
rainsford wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I found myself gravitating back to local stores after years of buying essentially everything on Amazon because local stores at least to some degree curate their inventory while Amazon increasingly does not. If you're looking for a specific product that doesn't matter as much (although Amazon also has counterfeiting problems). But if you're just looking to browse what's available in a certain category of product, Amaz…

While the junk item situation on amazon is real, I can't agree with this take about local stores. I find that local stores tend to have random crap that they want to sell rather than high-quality items.

Local stores vary wildly in quality, and that's part of the reason they've been pushed aside by the giants.

However, now "local store" includes the giants like Walmart, etc.

Re: Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season

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Post by nine_k »

n144q wrote: post #138
nine_k wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me, the key feature of Amazon is the fast delivery with Prime. Do other merchants offer fast delivery often enough? Regarding credit cards, I started using privacy dot com for virtual, merchant-locked cards. It protects against (rare) card details leaks, but, of course, does not give you any points or cashback.

Do you actually care that much about fast delivery? My Prime membership ended 3 years ago. These days I just put items in the cart, and place order whenever it reaches $35. If I need an item in a hurry -- which rarely happens -- I go to a store to buy it. This barely affected me, and I ended up with much fewer impulse purchases. What's funny though is that the "standard" delivery often takes 5 calendar days. But AliE…

Most of the time, when I order something on Amazon, it's because something broke and I need to fix it, or something is running out, or there's some other time-sensitive need.

I rarely buy big-ticket items, and these can definitely wait.

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