People who live remote, like on the Pacific, or in the mountains rely on mail delivery to avoid driving 2-3hrs for shopping of any kind beyond their local, small, overpriced grocery. The elderly anywhere do the same, as do people who don’t drive.
Remember, we don’t have decent mass transit outside of major cities and even then many major cities are limited to buses which not many people actually like. Even then, mass transit has a haul/carry problem.
When was the last time you went to 8 different stores to find what you need? Do you even have 8 different stores near you that cover what you need? Stores have been closing. It’s faster, easier, and costs far less in time & gas to fill one online cart with socks, new tshirts of a specific style and fit, wasabi powder, Tylenol, a charger adaptor, coffee beans, a specific desk chair, loose leaf tea, a new ergonomic mouse, 100% cotton high thread count bed sheets in a color you like, specialty dog food, casters that don’t cost too much, shellac flakes, etc. You probably couldn’t fulfill that list wherever you live and the pieces you might be able to find involve more than one store.
The alternative to Amazon is Walmart. Their mail order system is good, for what is fulfilled by Walmart, and returns are easier than Amazon.
Win, right?
Wrong. Walmart is notorious for treating their employees bad, granted, not as bad as Amazon warehouses, last check. Worse, the Waltons fall off the radar on wealth because that wealth is spread across a family instead of one person. Collectively, they are worth $432 billion.
Sounds like we’re all to blame. Maybe we really should consider boycotting Amazon and Walmart to stop people from relying on exploitative corporations for daily life. Talk to neighbors and coworkers to share excess commodities with each other. Maybe you might meet a soap-maker, a gardener, a hunter or beekeeper. You might be handy or a problem solver to help someone else out.
You have a generation of kids who get anxiety just at the prospect of talking to people. I appreciate your suggestion, but if you need a new uniform to return to work in 3 days, this isn’t a practical solution.
Practical is what works. It’s why the Kimmel boycott of Disney worked at all. Cancelling was easy, accessible, and didn’t cost any money. That’s why it happened at all.
Ansonsten margins on their b2c shit are super thin. They’ll just lay off and slow down operations. Their real money is from AWS where by some estimates over half of the internet is running on.
Hopefully, this shows people that we have the power. what’s next, Amazon prime??
Too many people shop there and got addicted to 2 day shipping. Covid sealed the deal
A friend recently gave me an Amazon gift card. The whole experience was bad. I can’t believe y’all still shop on Amazon.
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People who live remote, like on the Pacific, or in the mountains rely on mail delivery to avoid driving 2-3hrs for shopping of any kind beyond their local, small, overpriced grocery. The elderly anywhere do the same, as do people who don’t drive.
Remember, we don’t have decent mass transit outside of major cities and even then many major cities are limited to buses which not many people actually like. Even then, mass transit has a haul/carry problem.
When was the last time you went to 8 different stores to find what you need? Do you even have 8 different stores near you that cover what you need? Stores have been closing. It’s faster, easier, and costs far less in time & gas to fill one online cart with socks, new tshirts of a specific style and fit, wasabi powder, Tylenol, a charger adaptor, coffee beans, a specific desk chair, loose leaf tea, a new ergonomic mouse, 100% cotton high thread count bed sheets in a color you like, specialty dog food, casters that don’t cost too much, shellac flakes, etc. You probably couldn’t fulfill that list wherever you live and the pieces you might be able to find involve more than one store.
The alternative to Amazon is Walmart. Their mail order system is good, for what is fulfilled by Walmart, and returns are easier than Amazon.
Win, right?
Wrong. Walmart is notorious for treating their employees bad, granted, not as bad as Amazon warehouses, last check. Worse, the Waltons fall off the radar on wealth because that wealth is spread across a family instead of one person. Collectively, they are worth $432 billion.
Sounds like we’re all to blame. Maybe we really should consider boycotting Amazon and Walmart to stop people from relying on exploitative corporations for daily life. Talk to neighbors and coworkers to share excess commodities with each other. Maybe you might meet a soap-maker, a gardener, a hunter or beekeeper. You might be handy or a problem solver to help someone else out.
You have a generation of kids who get anxiety just at the prospect of talking to people. I appreciate your suggestion, but if you need a new uniform to return to work in 3 days, this isn’t a practical solution.
Practical is what works. It’s why the Kimmel boycott of Disney worked at all. Cancelling was easy, accessible, and didn’t cost any money. That’s why it happened at all.
Ansonsten margins on their b2c shit are super thin. They’ll just lay off and slow down operations. Their real money is from AWS where by some estimates over half of the internet is running on.