What is your take on the supposedly “EVIL AMAZON”...?
I buy a lot of stuff through amazon.com — good prices and excellent service. If you have a problem with a shipment, it will get solved unlike ebay.
I lived in Seattle for 45 years and was in IT since 1983. I left in 2011 for a variety of reasons. But I was shocked to find a huge Amazon distibution center in the town in Central KY to which I’ve moved.
I’ve learned a few things about them. They pay, on average, $10 an hour. They treat their employees like dirt (confirmed over and over again. One friend worked there for two days and couldn’t take it any more). They have an RV park next to the center that is specifically there to house all the temporary workers for Christmas.
Since moving here I avoid using Amazon at all costs. And being in a rural location, I buy pretty much everything of substance online.
Interestingly, I've been buying less from Amazon. Book-a-million has similar price, free shipping for club members and regular sends out coupons which makes it cheaper than Amazon even with taxes.
“Amazon Bucks” could easily be an alternate currency.
There’s not a lot that you CAN’T buy through their site.
I spend several thousand dollars a year on Amazon.
Geez, I haven’t been in a shoe store in 15 years. When my shoes get worn, I read the number on the ID tag in the tongue of the show and put it into the Amazon “find it” utility.
A few days later, my new pair of shoes arrives and I’m set until they wear out.
I just signed up for a free trial of Amazon plus the other day.
I love not paying sales taxes to Martin O Malley and the Dems here.
I use Amazon, but I do all of my purchasing through the affiliate links on the Firearms Radio Network’s site. They get a little percentage from the purchases, without raising the price for me.
I have a non-fiction book out through Amazon's CreateSpace. Apparently based on good sales, Amazon approached me to bring it out as a Kindle book. I had been trying to convert the graphics for Kindle and had been unsuccessful, so naturally I took them up on it. With regard to that book, they have treated me well.
I will shortly be bringing out a science fiction novel through CreateSpace. We'll see how that works. Novels are a lot tougher to sell than non-fiction aimed at a niche market.
A few weeks ago I ordered a season’s worth of a particular TV show. When it got here the DVD sleeve thingy had no discs in it. I was on the phone with them immediately. The next day they sent UPS to pick up the empty DVD sleeve and the day after that a replacement DVD came in the mail. I’ve had nothing but speed and efficiency from that company.