Posted on 05/08/2016 7:03:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Retail shopping has become such a pain in the butt, it is easier and cheaper to do it online.
There is almost nothing I need right away.
In retail the selection is limited. Even the selection of models within a single brand are limited.
I can go online and buy just about anything, in any size, and in any quantity.
Why should I bother going into store, deal with traffic, deal with theives in the lot, and pay a premium to the online world.
Hehe, same age here. Live out in the sticks. I call my weekly trip to “town” my “dodge the retards” day.
I use the self serve automated checkouts at Wally world and the one grocery store I go to. As much as I hate to give $ to liberal socialists, I am shopping more on Amazon.
My sister has Prime and it can be shared among family members, so she added me to hers. Great 2 day shipping, they have stuff that I probably couldn’t find in some specialty stores and I don’t have to dodge the retards. And I can find if it’s in stock and ready to ship online when I’m looking.
So I grin and bear sending my $ to Bezos, but if he puts it towards the Blue Origin, that’s OK. LOL
Now if MickeyD’s, Taco Time, Wendy’s and Jaques ala Cubiquel would just get those automated ordering kiosks, I’d have less retards to deal with.
#6 Before going to Amazon, delete your cookies and make sure you are not logged in to Amazon. You will see a lower price. Also use a different pc (work or phone or tablet not on your ISP). If they notice you are looking at an item they will raise the price. May not be much but times that by the millions of sales they get. It adds up.
#33 Have your son do Help desk work. He can sit down all day and make around $60,000. I had 1 co-worker quit after starting just 9 months before to work at another company that gave him a 40% raise doing the same work.
He notified another there was a job opening a few months later and that guy got a 50% raise making in the low 60’s and he says he gets to walk around fixing pc and printer issues among the several buildings at that company along with doing phone calls. He does not have any network credentials.
On the other hand, Amazon and eBay have created millions (literally millions) of micro-retailers.
They have lowered the barriers to going into business to almost zero.
There is a big risk involved in opening a brick and mortar store. The risk involved in selling through Amazon or eBay is almost zero.
Thank you very much for that suggestion! I will mention it to him.
I never save things to a “list”. I will look at an item and not buy it immediately.
I don’t clear cookies as a previous poster said, bit I look, look at similar lower priced/lesser quality and leave.
Come back in a few days, do the same routine. Then leave it for a week or two. Then come back and look at it and it may be the same price, but usually lower by a few bucks, or 20% in many cases.
The key it is to use their “trackers/cookies” against them.
Restocking shelves at the 1 minute mark. Amazon was interested in buying this company. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY
Good employees are hard to find, and the cost of doing retail business prohibits paying wages that retain valuable employees. There is also the problem of a public that believes that retail businesses should not make a substantial profit, completely unaware of overhead costs.
Back to customer service; KEY TO SURVIVAL!, and a business owner cannot give away good customer service or he will be gone. Customer service must be compensated either through product sales margins or labor charges.
Without giving away my own solutions to working with a public that has become accustomed to buying at near wholesale prices, I say it can be done.
Now concerning government intervention into business, don’t get me started on how our country’s socialism has penalized the ambition of retail business owners. That is a LARGE part of the cost of doing business.
The few shippers also benefit from this trend.
I hear ya. It is definitely cheaper to buy things over the Internet than locally. However, at some point, people gotta have jobs.
i leave stuff in the Amazon shopping cart for weeks and months as kind of a list of potential buys.....Today I have 14 items...my usual number. Its like window shopping.
This works against what you mention. Of Amazon lowering prices for me individually?
You can scout out a product on Amazon and read the reviews. Then often you can buy cheaper on ebay either direct from China or it might be Chinese made but sitting in a US warehouse. Black toner for laser printers? Amazon is a rip-off, go to ebay.””
Thank you Dennis. Good info. I try to buy US when possible. I bought a log jack made in USA two weeks ago. It was a few bucks less to buy it direct from the company than from Amazon.
Most of my general purchases are the top of the line in sporting goods. While there are several sporting goods outlets near me (Dicks, Dunhams) they carry the low end items in softball bats and softball gloves and most of that stuff is for kids.
The gloves and composite bats I use can only be obtained thru sport specific outlets on the internet.
When I congratulated the owner about this she said that they are preparing to expand to internet sales........That should be huge for them.
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Here is something found on ebay and Amazon I was recently scoping out. Identical of course. Ebay is cheaper even with any Amazon free shipping factored in
FROM AMAZON
Neiko® 00823A 1/4-Inch Shank Hole Saw Bits with Heavy Duty Diamond Dust Coating | 5-Piece Set by Neiko
In Stock
$10.56
Eligible for FREE Shipping
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5pc Neiko Diamond Dust Hole Saw 1/4" inch Shank Tile Marble Glass Cutter Set$8.99 at ebay with free shipping
Here is another trick. Find that log jack (or whatever) on Amazon and ebay. Then from their information on Amazon and ebay....figure out what the sellers stand alone direct website is. Some have their own sites. Some do not
Funny but half the time they are selling cheaper on ebay/Amazon than their own website and half the time more expensive. Shipping must be factored in. The direct websites seem to have higher shipping...But you have to see. Each situation is different.
I recently bought a reverse osmosis system from a company I never heard of. Called Reverse Osmosis Revolution.
Where did I discover them? I Found them selling on Amazon or ebay..it might have been both. I googled Reverse Osmosis Revolution and found their website. I dealt with them directly and was able to add and subtract a few features for the R.O. System (as listed at Amazon) plus I saved $$$ compared to being lazy and pushing the Ebay/Amazon buy button.
Agreed, I never pay for shipping either. I see you are a real tool guy. I often wish I had taken more shop courses.
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