Posted on 07/19/2021 6:51:51 PM PDT by EinNYC
I was a member of eBay for 17 years--until they refused to take action, despite their widely advertised "protection guarantee", against two vendors who (1) sent me a torn up straw hat instead of the blouse I paid for and (2) sent me a bunch of dead marigold plants and refused to replace them. End of eBay in my household! At least Amazon has always made good on vendors or merchandise.
My overall experience with Amazon was been very good, thanks be to God. Agents are accessible, eager to please, and gracious, in contrast to PayPal. And while Walmart is often cheaper and with good service and faster delivery (without its equivalent of Prime), they also are often (very!) out of stock, plus Amazon has a $25.00 minium for free shipping versus $45 for Walmart.
But all the major and cheap comprehensive retailers are "Woke" to varying degrees, and or owned by the Chinese.
The modern version of "showrooming." Anyone remember that?
It's what drove so many local retailers out of business in the first place: Going somewhere to try a product out, figuring out if you liked it, then bought it on Amazon for cheaper than the local retailer AND had it delivered right to your doorstep -- no matter what it was -- and avoided state and local taxes in the process.
Avoiding state and local taxes via Amazon is no longer possible in many states, so if I'm going to pay them anyway AND most big-box retailers match Amazon's price now, why not use Amazon to read the reviews, figure out which you want, and then at least buy local to support local (retail) jobs?
I do a lot of that now myself. Kinda funny how things come full circle ain't it?
Arbitration was used in the past, to try to control the risk of legal proceedings.
Now, after having it blow up in various tech companies that thought “Arbitration” meant “Heads we win tails you lose”, they are dumping the arbitration.
Arbitration was used in the past, to try to control the risk of legal proceedings.
Now, after having it blow up in various tech companies that thought “Arbitration” meant “Heads we win tails you lose”, they are dumping the arbitration.
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