Posted on 06/20/2017 10:04:56 AM PDT by Callahan
Amazon is launching Prime Wardrobe, a new program that will let you try on clothes before you buy them. Once you select at least three Prime Wardrobe-eligible pieces from over a million clothing options, Amazon will ship your selections to you in a resealable return box with a prepaid shipping label.
After you try on the clothes, you can put the ones you don’t want back in the box and leave it at your front door — Prime Wardrobe also comes with free scheduled pickups from UPS. If you decide to keep at least three items you will get a 10 percent discount off your purchase, and if you keep five or more pieces the discount rises to 20 percent.
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Wow. This is either genius or the worst idea in the world, depending on the fit.
Hey, it’s better than the obamacare we had shoved where the sun don’t shine. ;-0
Thanks, I have Prime and this might or might not work for me. I signed up.
How many times have you picked out an item of clothing that was marked as your size only to find that it didn’t fit? Usually foreign made.
So after someone tries them on and sends them back? Well let’s hope they shower regularly. Bedbug alert.
How many will wear them and then send them back?
Who gets to try them after they get worn?
Makes me think that Bezos should have bought UPS instead of WF.
Won’t do me much good since Amazon carries bupkis in women’s tall.
IIRC, there was some buzz a while back about Amazon starting up a shipping venture...
“So after someone tries them on and sends them back? Well let’s hope they shower regularly.”
My 1st thought also but it’s the same if you in a store and try on clothes, how many people tried on the garment before you did?
It’s genius. And it’ll give Amazon a clear picture of the stuff people don’t want... the unintended consequesnce will be better clothes offered.
I think your bigger problem to worry about is being taken along shopping by your wife. ;)
Amazon has so much leverage with the shipping companies they practically own them anyway.
Offered for resale at a lower price obviously but the crux is they don’t really care if you send it back because the margins on clothing is such that they turn a profit on even one piece, especially as you are sucked deeper into their ecosystem.
This is the final nail in the malls’ coffins.
I’ve never bought clothing online and sew everything but jeans.
I've tried on pants from the same maker, same style, only difference was the color, and gotten 2 inch differences on waist size.
I think this and the purchase of Whole Foods are both bad business decisions and Amazon is now in the lengthy process of peaking. It will take a few years.
IMO it’s not just the size but shopping in a store also allows one to check the fabric, basic construction of the garment and exact shade. No way could I buy a pair of tennis shoes - or any shoes - for anyone in our family on-line. Last time I bought a pair of tennies, tried on about 20 different ones before I found a pair whose construction and fit was acceptable and other family members often try on more than that. Shopping for bras and swimsuits for female members of our family is often an all day outing.
Seems to me like fit is not as important to the 20-30 somethings as it was when my generation was that age. Our clothing was generally all cotton or wool, did not stretch and lasted for years. Don’t recall anything being sized Small, Medium or Large until about 20 years ago.
I would think it would be a safe assumption to make that all clothing for sale has probably been tried on by someone else at some time.
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