This author ever hear of Amazon?
However I sell both on-line and in a brick and mortar.
In both places sales are down, price pressure is up and I am approached regularly by people who want to sell their collections to me.
People are not just selling their excess, they are selling the good stuff. First editions, rare patterns, manufacturing errors that you normally not only could not afford but you never even saw on the market.
One interesting tidbit, sale always take a nose dive after the fifteenth of the month. People are trying to stretch their money until the end of the month.
“This author ever hear of Amazon?”
Yeah, I was gonna say.
I visited a local (big name) pet store yesterday to check out a “not cheap” med for our dog. I’d looked online and the particular brand I was considering offered the med in a variety of sizes, pill or powder, flavors, etc. The local pet store had ONE “configuration”...that I didn’t want. Plus, it was full price.
It’ll be Amazon for this purchase.
I’ll also be purchasing a few other items at the same time as Amazon has changed their free shipping from minimum from $25 to $49. I now group purchases to exceed $49 before I make a purchase.
Yes, but again, how many in a local community can get entry level jobs there? How is Amazon going to employ local businesses for landscaping, carpet cleaning, etc?