Well, you don’t necessarily need to go to Amazon if other online retailers are available, but let’s be honest with ourselves; you can buy something online “right now” but actually getting up and going to a shop is a different proposition.
Some people get mad when u tell them not to shop on amazon, they talk about it being the only viable option for them since they live so far from actual stores and whatnot.
This got me wondering how were these people feeding and clothing themselves 10 years ago? (Or before the advent of amazon grocery shopping, idk how long it’s been and I’m very bad at keeping track of time).
I’m genuinely curious about this, if someone has an answer please tell me.
I do try to buy from local stores first, but sometimes they just don’t have the item I’m looking for. Physical stores only have so much shelf space and can only stock more frequently purchased goods, leaving pretty big gaps that only large online retailers like Amazon can fill, unfortunately :(
I do agree with the previous poster though, local stores should always come first.
Lots of shops have gone out of business because, by having a premises, their operating expenses were more than an online retailer, so places like Amazon could undercut them, and their customers were willing to wait for delivery to save some money. It doesn’t take that many customers leaving before you’ve got to put up prices to cover your overheads, and that just makes more customers leave, and after a couple of decades of online retail being common, you’re left with far fewer physical shops.
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If you have ADHD (medicated or otherwise) and you take more than one pill, here’s a tip I learnt:
BUY A PILL BOX ORGANISER
NOW
NOT AFTER BREAKFAST
RIGHT THIS SECOND
GO TO AMAZON AND ORDER ONE RIGHT NOW
Jokes on you, I bought one, but it just sits there unused bwahaha!
I did, it worked for like a month
Or go to your local pharmacy and get one and not Amazon…
Well, you don’t necessarily need to go to Amazon if other online retailers are available, but let’s be honest with ourselves; you can buy something online “right now” but actually getting up and going to a shop is a different proposition.
Some people get mad when u tell them not to shop on amazon, they talk about it being the only viable option for them since they live so far from actual stores and whatnot.
This got me wondering how were these people feeding and clothing themselves 10 years ago? (Or before the advent of amazon grocery shopping, idk how long it’s been and I’m very bad at keeping track of time).
I’m genuinely curious about this, if someone has an answer please tell me.
I do try to buy from local stores first, but sometimes they just don’t have the item I’m looking for. Physical stores only have so much shelf space and can only stock more frequently purchased goods, leaving pretty big gaps that only large online retailers like Amazon can fill, unfortunately :(
I do agree with the previous poster though, local stores should always come first.
I guess I’m lucky enough to have well stocked physical stores and smaller online retailers I can rely on :)
Lots of shops have gone out of business because, by having a premises, their operating expenses were more than an online retailer, so places like Amazon could undercut them, and their customers were willing to wait for delivery to save some money. It doesn’t take that many customers leaving before you’ve got to put up prices to cover your overheads, and that just makes more customers leave, and after a couple of decades of online retail being common, you’re left with far fewer physical shops.
Makes sense thanks.
What a fucked up situation, having to feed the monster that first got you into that situation.