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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Is it just me or can you see 'normal shopping' becoming extinct in the future?

I hope it never happens but i f***ing love amazon.

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish


"Is it just me or can you see 'normal shopping' becoming extinct in the future?

I hope it never happens but i f***ing love amazon. "

And I love shops. I got an Amazon voucher for Xmas and have not got a clue what to do with it. Don't even know how much it is for.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It will never happen sins amzon take a % off the seller

Why would big company’s give up profit margin

I do bleve thought we are movie in to a online only shop world but it be just like it is the now most compey have they own web page just like now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can't really pin down my objection to Amazon.. it's not the tax avoidance I can't work myself up about that one, and did try...

...I think it's to do with the few big multi nationals, determined to own everything, or at least the lion share of everything...that irritates a little..

Which is why I deleted the account, and sort out an alternative.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Amazon grew because of demand.

Stop blaming Amazon

Not only shops will go ....... coffee shops will go with them .... socialising will be less frequent or will change in many ways .....

MONEY........ that's going too ... mark my words. Poof ...... there's no need for it anymore.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Can't beat the convenience of Amazon. I use it a lot

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Amazon grew because of demand.

Stop blaming Amazon

Not only shops will go ....... coffee shops will go with them .... socialising will be less frequent or will change in many ways .....

MONEY........ that's going too ... mark my words. Poof ...... there's no need for it anymore. "

Yep, we the ordinary Joe Blogs are to blame. I agree.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don’t think it will completely take over… everytime I go into town it’s fairly busy (even when it’s not Christmas). Personally I like to browse in shops and look at things before I buy.. typically clothes or grocery shopping. I use online shopping for various things, like if I can’t get something locally or fit in the car.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Amazon is awful. They don’t monitor to quality of the products they sell. They make way too much profit, pay and treat their workers poorly, the website looks dreadful, it’s a constant trick into up-selling “prime” and the shopping experience is really bad for things like clothings, and even electricals - where you can’t try things before you buy, and often the descriptions and images are misleading.

F that company. I think they’ll continue to be huge, but they need to be regulated and scaled down.

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By *odgerMooreMan
over a year ago

Carlisle

Only issue i gave with Amazon is that despite the obscene amount of profit they make - they take advantage of lax taxation laws to avoid paying millions in taxes to the UK government. That saving isn’t passed onto the customer it is pure profit taken as huge dividend payments to senior management. Whilst there’s nothing illegal it does show a lack of moral responsibility to invest in the community. If everyone paid their fair share we would see a lot less deprivation & poverty because we would have the funds to support tax relief for the lower income earners. This applies to huge corporations employing people to ‘plan’ their tax affairs to avoid paying as much as possible to the footballers getting 250k a week/month and paying less tax than someone working a 40 hr week in retail/hospitality on the minimum wage.

Apologies for the rant but its one if very few things that boils my piss.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Amazon is handy for things I can't fund elsewhere, like certain light bulbs and nice wax melts.

My grandchildren love it for their bits and pieces, but it's full of cheap tat that I wouldn't want to buy.

I try every other avenue before buying from them.

I do use it for free or cheap enough books though, but I didn't buy myself many books before anyway.

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By *otMe66Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

Consumers drive change, if the consumer of the future no longer wants an old fashioned shop they will not exist and with it will go the over priced high street rents that we pay for.

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham


"It will never happen sins amzon take a % off the seller

Why would big company’s give up profit margin

I do bleve thought we are movie in to a online only shop world but it be just like it is the now most compey have they own web page just like now

"

That’s not really a valid reason , they reduce a company’s operating expense and fixed assets. The numbers actually work and the customer experience of transacting is unrivalled online.

But I guess it’s the non transacting where shops have the edge, the fun of a day out shopping.

Also apparel retail sourcing and fulfilment is complex, styles change frequently and holding stock is a huge cost, many brands use complex call off contracts with manufacturers, but Amazon will crack this market, if they want to

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love Amazon, the tax bit aside they have nailed customer service like no one else has. Refunds on the day you request them, o waiting for them to receive and check the return etc. I have had empty boxes delivered and ones with items missing or incorrect, and they sort it out every time without fail or cost in time or money to me. And most of the items sold are small/medium businesses just using Amazon as the storefront. But yeah, the tax thing is ludicrous. And I hear mixed things about working for them, although tbh that seems to be more based on the general labour laws of the location in question that Amazon specifically (UK ok, USA not )

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By *immyinreadingMan
over a year ago

henley on thames


"Is it just me or can you see 'normal shopping' becoming extinct in the future?

I hope it never happens but i f***ing love amazon. "

Amazon is great if you know exactly what you want.

In lots of cases I prefer to talk to an expert, see / feel / test the product, or in the case of clothing, try it on.

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By *instonandLadyAstorCouple
over a year ago

Not where we seem to be...


"Amazon grew because of demand.

Stop blaming Amazon

Not only shops will go ....... coffee shops will go with them .... socialising will be less frequent or will change in many ways .....

MONEY........ that's going too ... mark my words. Poof ...... there's no need for it anymore. "

My moneys already gone. This is a new experience, I've never been on the cutting edge of progress before.

Joking aside, I tend to agree Granny. The times they are a changeing...... And I'm not convinced its wholly for the better.

Winston

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I admire equally admire and begrudge Amazon.

I do think this country would have benefited more by investing in an online British marketplace to rival Amazon than it will from HS2.

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By *ocopops1962Man
over a year ago

Glasgow / Lindon

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Think it's the way forward! Love amazon! Only time I visit shops is exmas tbh town centres dieing! As majority of us shop online x

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By *ocopops1962Man
over a year ago

Glasgow / Lindon

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By *ocopops1962Man
over a year ago

Glasgow / Lindon


"Amazon is handy for things I can't fund elsewhere, like certain light bulbs and nice wax melts.

My grandchildren love it for their bits and pieces, but it's full of cheap tat that I wouldn't want to buy.

I try every other avenue before buying from them.

I do use it for free or cheap enough books though, but I didn't buy myself many books before anyway. "

Good point about books , it is actually encouraging us to read more - I’m sure authors don’t really care where there books are sold as long as they are getting a readership out there , and Waterstones still has lovely , busy bookshops .

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

People believe it is a retailer when it's not. Amazon gains most of it's revenue from its web service. It is the largest provider of cloud technology in the world.

Having said that, I have tried my hardest to avoid buying from them for as long as I can remember. Occasionally a package will arrive with a smile on it and I am really tempted to send it back though I realise small businesses need their distribution.

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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago

Kettering

I rarely shop online but when I do I go direct to the people selling what I'm after. I hate Amazon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"People believe it is a retailer when it's not. Amazon gains most of it's revenue from its web service. It is the largest provider of cloud technology in the world. "

It's still a retailer.

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville


"People believe it is a retailer when it's not. Amazon gains most of it's revenue from its web service. It is the largest provider of cloud technology in the world.

It's still a retailer."

Being in retail doesn't make you a retailer.

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By *ev257Man
over a year ago

cardiff

Online shopping has taken over n not for the best with poor workmanship n cheap crap you can't inspect before buying n things going missing in post or stolenfrom your frontdoor step n you can't claim a thing back cause delivery person took a pictureof it on your door step, so your problem.

Won't be to long before all the shops have gone n once that happens then cash will be gone n once that happens the government will then know where every penny you have is n will tax you on everything, especially when it comes to death duties.

We're all going to be fucked n not in the good way.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good for certain things. But most things are slightly more expensive to cover the Prime costs tbh.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I use Amazon as it is so convenient. I can order something at 10pm one night and have it by lunchtime the next day. It's physically impossible for me to go to a shop in that time when working.

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By *otMe66Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma


"Online shopping has taken over n not for the best with poor workmanship n cheap crap you can't inspect before buying n things going missing in post or stolenfrom your frontdoor step n you can't claim a thing back cause delivery person took a pictureof it on your door step, so your problem.

Won't be to long before all the shops have gone n once that happens then cash will be gone n once that happens the government will then know where every penny you have is n will tax you on everything, especially when it comes to death duties.

We're all going to be fucked n not in the good way."

what you have basically said is:

There is a lot of choice on the internet and I'm searching for the lowest prices when I know I could get the well made products directly from the brand but at no discount.

I also haven't specified a safe location to deliver my parcels when I'm not going to be at home.

I'm not happy with cash being phased out! When we go totally digital we will all need to pay taxes owed, no backhanders in the future! I don't like the thought of that.

I'm not getting your point to be fair.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"People believe it is a retailer when it's not. Amazon gains most of it's revenue from its web service. It is the largest provider of cloud technology in the world.

It's still a retailer.

Being in retail doesn't make you a retailer.

"

Ah right, of course not.

Come to think of it I'm a combine harvester.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham


"People believe it is a retailer when it's not. Amazon gains most of it's revenue from its web service. It is the largest provider of cloud technology in the world.

It's still a retailer.

Being in retail doesn't make you a retailer.

"

Being in retail as a retailer definitely makes you a retailer.

They have just diversified and are not only a retailer.

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By *tew008Man
over a year ago

edinburgh


"People believe it is a retailer when it's not. Amazon gains most of it's revenue from its web service. It is the largest provider of cloud technology in the world.

It's still a retailer.

Being in retail doesn't make you a retailer.

Amazon is a delivery company, cloud platform, manufacturer, retailer etc.

The cloud platform has hundreds of services alone. Amazon is talking about making towns around their warehouses. Way beyond just a retailer.

Ah right, of course not.

Come to think of it I'm a combine harvester."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love amazon, use it for everything even food shopping, only had one problem with a delivery and they fixed it in less than 24hrs.

I love the speed I can have things delivered. Its not amazon driving the closing of the high St shops, its the consumer who buys. I hate shopping, unusual for a woman I know, I know.

If I see something I like I always check amazon and 99%of the time I find the same thing cheaper. I am cautious though in that I generally only but goods 'fulfilled by amazon' that avoids the extensive wait for tat from China in my experience. As for money, don't recall last time I used hard cash, more convenient to use cards, it's just progress and will continue.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"People believe it is a retailer when it's not. Amazon gains most of it's revenue from its web service. It is the largest provider of cloud technology in the world.

It's still a retailer.

Being in retail doesn't make you a retailer.

Being in retail as a retailer definitely makes you a retailer.

They have just diversified and are not only a retailer.

"

People in retail are not Realters, but Amazon have realtered retail

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Whoever it was who posted the link to that article about Amazon and their practices

Interesting read

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By *agerMorganMan
over a year ago

Canvey Island

Don’t think Amazon will kill off the specialist shops such as Butchers etc. But they will kill off the generalist stores.

The other issue is that high street rent prices etc are extortionate, why pay thousands when running a website + outsourcing card payments + servers is almost 10-20% of renting a shop plus business taxes etc.

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville


"People believe it is a retailer when it's not. Amazon gains most of it's revenue from its web service. It is the largest provider of cloud technology in the world.

It's still a retailer.

Being in retail doesn't make you a retailer.

Ah right, of course not.

Come to think of it I'm a combine harvester."

The company sells products I am not disputing that but you are mistaken if you think it's a click an buy company.

It's web service is greater than Microsoft's, it's video compete with Netflix, it has a payments system that compete with visa and paypal, it's advertising compete with google, it's manufacturing undercuts brand name products, I think it is in Music and I believe it is in defence. These serve Amazon as cycle - web, advertising, payments, manufacture, video, music etc.

Being in retail and using technology is one thing but being a technology company in retail is another. A comparison would be ASDA, M&S, Next or ASOS, all of them rely on heavily seasonal sales - where people can easily shop elsewhere. Amazon doesn't.

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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago

Longridge


"Is it just me or can you see 'normal shopping' becoming extinct in the future?

I hope it never happens but i f***ing love amazon. "

Had an Alexa in its box for two years and finally decided to link it to the numerous radio plug sockets and solar consumers around the house as well as lights.

Apart from it wanting a subscription setting up everytime is hears you wrong, it's OK.

Great for kettle as long as remember to fill up, click kettle and switch socket off to have kettle boiled before getting to the kitchen, it also switches evert socket off at bedtime.

It was a Christmas present otherwise I'd gone for Google as the upselling gets annoying.

It's not yet challenged me to insert a plug halfway into a socket and slip a coin down the gap as was in the news yesterday!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You can try clothes before you buy but you need a credit card. You can order up to 6 items of clothing and not pay for it till you decide you’re keeping it.

Either way if you order ANYTHING at all and you don’t want it you can return it and get a full refund no questions asked.

I had one order at Christmas come to £162 and it arrived and was left on my drive in 3 different sized boxes. I came home from work at 4:55am to see it all. I contacted customer service to say I do not want packages left when my car isn’t on the drive and they refunded me £41 off my order. That’s nothing to do with the fact I work for Amazon that was purely as me being a consumer.

Also to work for I’d say they were a good employer. I’ve been there 13 months now and only originally planned on being there for Xmas last year. They’ve been great with my shifts when I changed from 4 a week to 2. They were great when I said I wanted to do 5 shifts a week leading up to Xmas. All through Xmas peak they have giveaways every day. Hot chocolate and donuts, t shirts, hoodies, German sausage, on the spot £20 Amazon vouchers given to people who smash hourly targets, free Christmas dinners, Christmas baubles for the tree, chocolates. They do try and make it a fun place to work.

When I see things there I’ll always google to see if I can find the stuff cheaper elsewhere cos it can be quite expensive.

A tip is to never hold anything in your basket for longer than a few hours cos they can see what’s in baskets and they can put the prices up if it’s not bought immediately.

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By *0lden0ldieMan
over a year ago

Stewartby


"Amazon is awful. They don’t monitor to quality of the products they sell. They make way too much profit, pay and treat their workers poorly, the website looks dreadful, it’s a constant trick into up-selling “prime” and the shopping experience is really bad for things like clothings, and even electricals - where you can’t try things before you buy, and often the descriptions and images are misleading.

F that company. I think they’ll continue to be huge, but they need to be regulated and scaled down."

I agree with your sentiments but to be fair they are bound by laws that mean the must refund a return for any reason.

I think shops will always be around but maybe in a different way.

Perhaps it could something like combining their resources to get better purchasing prices.

many people like to see the item and feel it for quality.

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

It’s fine to say Amazon have taken away the High Street but it’s also created a hell of a lot of jobs. Half of my business is done through Amazon prime. It’s not all just Amazon. It’s thousands and thousands of businesses who sell through Amazon. Yeah they take a lot of money for doing it. When you refuse to use Amazon you’re also refusing to use small businesses who have probably changed from the shops to Amazon to keep themselves going.

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By *lairekTV/TS
over a year ago

Manchester

Obviously Amazon isn't profitable.

Just look at their tax profile for UK.

Or, maybe you could look at Mr Bezos wealth profile to see how that has progressed recently.

Cock rockets don't come cheap you know

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland


"Amazon grew because of demand.

Stop blaming Amazon

Not only shops will go ....... coffee shops will go with them .... socialising will be less frequent or will change in many ways .....

MONEY........ that's going too ... mark my words. Poof ...... there's no need for it anymore.

My moneys already gone. This is a new experience, I've never been on the cutting edge of progress before.

Joking aside, I tend to agree Granny. The times they are a changeing...... And I'm not convinced its wholly for the better.

Winston"

I agree with you both - and it will be sooner than we think.

And no, the change is not necessarily for the better but unstoppable I believe.

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham


"People believe it is a retailer when it's not. Amazon gains most of it's revenue from its web service. It is the largest provider of cloud technology in the world.

Having said that, I have tried my hardest to avoid buying from them for as long as I can remember. Occasionally a package will arrive with a smile on it and I am really tempted to send it back though I realise small businesses need their distribution. "

They are very different companies. AWS was created to exploit the tech they had to build for the retail business.

AWS accounts for less than 15% of Amazon revenues

Just like M$ and Google the group has lots of companies , one being cloud services.

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By *aulupforitMan
over a year ago

Blackpool


"You can try clothes before you buy but you need a credit card. You can order up to 6 items of clothing and not pay for it till you decide you’re keeping it.

Either way if you order ANYTHING at all and you don’t want it you can return it and get a full refund no questions asked.

I had one order at Christmas come to £162 and it arrived and was left on my drive in 3 different sized boxes. I came home from work at 4:55am to see it all. I contacted customer service to say I do not want packages left when my car isn’t on the drive and they refunded me £41 off my order. That’s nothing to do with the fact I work for Amazon that was purely as me being a consumer.

Also to work for I’d say they were a good employer. I’ve been there 13 months now and only originally planned on being there for Xmas last year. They’ve been great with my shifts when I changed from 4 a week to 2. They were great when I said I wanted to do 5 shifts a week leading up to Xmas. All through Xmas peak they have giveaways every day. Hot chocolate and donuts, t shirts, hoodies, German sausage, on the spot £20 Amazon vouchers given to people who smash hourly targets, free Christmas dinners, Christmas baubles for the tree, chocolates. They do try and make it a fun place to work.

When I see things there I’ll always google to see if I can find the stuff cheaper elsewhere cos it can be quite expensive.

A tip is to never hold anything in your basket for longer than a few hours cos they can see what’s in baskets and they can put the prices up if it’s not bought immediately. "

My shopping basket is now full and hope the prices go up as I have shares in Amazon

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham


"You can try clothes before you buy but you need a credit card. You can order up to 6 items of clothing and not pay for it till you decide you’re keeping it.

Either way if you order ANYTHING at all and you don’t want it you can return it and get a full refund no questions asked.

I had one order at Christmas come to £162 and it arrived and was left on my drive in 3 different sized boxes. I came home from work at 4:55am to see it all. I contacted customer service to say I do not want packages left when my car isn’t on the drive and they refunded me £41 off my order. That’s nothing to do with the fact I work for Amazon that was purely as me being a consumer.

Also to work for I’d say they were a good employer. I’ve been there 13 months now and only originally planned on being there for Xmas last year. They’ve been great with my shifts when I changed from 4 a week to 2. They were great when I said I wanted to do 5 shifts a week leading up to Xmas. All through Xmas peak they have giveaways every day. Hot chocolate and donuts, t shirts, hoodies, German sausage, on the spot £20 Amazon vouchers given to people who smash hourly targets, free Christmas dinners, Christmas baubles for the tree, chocolates. They do try and make it a fun place to work.

When I see things there I’ll always google to see if I can find the stuff cheaper elsewhere cos it can be quite expensive.

A tip is to never hold anything in your basket for longer than a few hours cos they can see what’s in baskets and they can put the prices up if it’s not bought immediately. "

Good tip.

What will they do with serial returners ?

I’ve tried out £1000 lenses on photo shoots , worn clothes for a few days, it all goes back to the lending library in the cloud , no questions asked , I’ve even returned things and forgot to put them in the box, No one ever checks, will I be on the Amazon naughty step at some point ?

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham


"You can try clothes before you buy but you need a credit card. You can order up to 6 items of clothing and not pay for it till you decide you’re keeping it.

Either way if you order ANYTHING at all and you don’t want it you can return it and get a full refund no questions asked.

I had one order at Christmas come to £162 and it arrived and was left on my drive in 3 different sized boxes. I came home from work at 4:55am to see it all. I contacted customer service to say I do not want packages left when my car isn’t on the drive and they refunded me £41 off my order. That’s nothing to do with the fact I work for Amazon that was purely as me being a consumer.

Also to work for I’d say they were a good employer. I’ve been there 13 months now and only originally planned on being there for Xmas last year. They’ve been great with my shifts when I changed from 4 a week to 2. They were great when I said I wanted to do 5 shifts a week leading up to Xmas. All through Xmas peak they have giveaways every day. Hot chocolate and donuts, t shirts, hoodies, German sausage, on the spot £20 Amazon vouchers given to people who smash hourly targets, free Christmas dinners, Christmas baubles for the tree, chocolates. They do try and make it a fun place to work.

When I see things there I’ll always google to see if I can find the stuff cheaper elsewhere cos it can be quite expensive.

A tip is to never hold anything in your basket for longer than a few hours cos they can see what’s in baskets and they can put the prices up if it’s not bought immediately.

My shopping basket is now full and hope the prices go up as I have shares in Amazon "

March to Aug 2020 , those are rare and happy memories , I don’t think it will happen again soon

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By *immyinreadingMan
over a year ago

henley on thames

For anything where the shopkeeper can provide advice, retail outlets are better.

Clothes: definitely better when you can try them on.

High value items: in-store expertise is essential.

For basic items where you know exactly what you want or where quality doesn’t matter, Amazon does the trick.

If at all possible, I go to a shop.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


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The company sells products I am not disputing that but you are mistaken if you think it's a click an buy company.

It's web service is greater than Microsoft's, it's video compete with Netflix, it has a payments system that compete with visa and paypal, it's advertising compete with google, it's manufacturing undercuts brand name products, I think it is in Music and I believe it is in defence. These serve Amazon as cycle - web, advertising, payments, manufacture, video, music etc.

Being in retail and using technology is one thing but being a technology company in retail is another. A comparison would be ASDA, M&S, Next or ASOS, all of them rely on heavily seasonal sales - where people can easily shop elsewhere. Amazon doesn't.

"

It's probably on every list in the world as one of the biggest retailers in the world

But you're bizarrely determined to prove to the world that it's not a retailer on the basis it fails your definition

Bezos must be gutted.

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By *immyinreadingMan
over a year ago

henley on thames


"

The company sells products I am not disputing that but you are mistaken if you think it's a click an buy company.

It's web service is greater than Microsoft's, it's video compete with Netflix, it has a payments system that compete with visa and paypal, it's advertising compete with google, it's manufacturing undercuts brand name products, I think it is in Music and I believe it is in defence. These serve Amazon as cycle - web, advertising, payments, manufacture, video, music etc.

Being in retail and using technology is one thing but being a technology company in retail is another. A comparison would be ASDA, M&S, Next or ASOS, all of them rely on heavily seasonal sales - where people can easily shop elsewhere. Amazon doesn't.

It's probably on every list in the world as one of the biggest retailers in the world

But you're bizarrely determined to prove to the world that it's not a retailer on the basis it fails your definition

Bezos must be gutted."

It is a retailer though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't buy from amazon.

Generally I use it for info on books, and see whst 3rd party sellers have what I want and then go direct to their website.

I'm not really interested in working all week to give my money to billionaires who don't pay their taxes

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By *uenevereWoman
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

I'm not a fan of Amazon and rarely use it.

I prefer to use eBay, charity or local shops where possible.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It is a retailer though. "

No, no, no. It's a folk singing, book recycling parrot dabbling in technologicalness

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You can try clothes before you buy but you need a credit card. You can order up to 6 items of clothing and not pay for it till you decide you’re keeping it.

Either way if you order ANYTHING at all and you don’t want it you can return it and get a full refund no questions asked.

I had one order at Christmas come to £162 and it arrived and was left on my drive in 3 different sized boxes. I came home from work at 4:55am to see it all. I contacted customer service to say I do not want packages left when my car isn’t on the drive and they refunded me £41 off my order. That’s nothing to do with the fact I work for Amazon that was purely as me being a consumer.

Also to work for I’d say they were a good employer. I’ve been there 13 months now and only originally planned on being there for Xmas last year. They’ve been great with my shifts when I changed from 4 a week to 2. They were great when I said I wanted to do 5 shifts a week leading up to Xmas. All through Xmas peak they have giveaways every day. Hot chocolate and donuts, t shirts, hoodies, German sausage, on the spot £20 Amazon vouchers given to people who smash hourly targets, free Christmas dinners, Christmas baubles for the tree, chocolates. They do try and make it a fun place to work.

When I see things there I’ll always google to see if I can find the stuff cheaper elsewhere cos it can be quite expensive.

A tip is to never hold anything in your basket for longer than a few hours cos they can see what’s in baskets and they can put the prices up if it’s not bought immediately.

My shopping basket is now full and hope the prices go up as I have shares in Amazon "

All it does is make those particular items a pound or two more expensive for other customers looking to purchase them. It also makes Amazon ‘think’ there’s gonna be a surge of sales in their predictions so it offers over time and moves us around to places where they ‘think’ we’re going to be needed. It basically ducks things up because we have the actual number of items needed to do that shift and then we have the maybes the stuff in baskets that haven’t yet been purchased. In other words keep your baskets empty cos it’s the workers that are fucked about with it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm not a fan of Amazon and rarely use it.

I prefer to use eBay, charity or local shops where possible.

"

I'd put ebay and Paypal in the same category as Amazon.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You can try clothes before you buy but you need a credit card. You can order up to 6 items of clothing and not pay for it till you decide you’re keeping it.

Either way if you order ANYTHING at all and you don’t want it you can return it and get a full refund no questions asked.

I had one order at Christmas come to £162 and it arrived and was left on my drive in 3 different sized boxes. I came home from work at 4:55am to see it all. I contacted customer service to say I do not want packages left when my car isn’t on the drive and they refunded me £41 off my order. That’s nothing to do with the fact I work for Amazon that was purely as me being a consumer.

Also to work for I’d say they were a good employer. I’ve been there 13 months now and only originally planned on being there for Xmas last year. They’ve been great with my shifts when I changed from 4 a week to 2. They were great when I said I wanted to do 5 shifts a week leading up to Xmas. All through Xmas peak they have giveaways every day. Hot chocolate and donuts, t shirts, hoodies, German sausage, on the spot £20 Amazon vouchers given to people who smash hourly targets, free Christmas dinners, Christmas baubles for the tree, chocolates. They do try and make it a fun place to work.

When I see things there I’ll always google to see if I can find the stuff cheaper elsewhere cos it can be quite expensive.

A tip is to never hold anything in your basket for longer than a few hours cos they can see what’s in baskets and they can put the prices up if it’s not bought immediately.

Good tip.

What will they do with serial returners ?

I’ve tried out £1000 lenses on photo shoots , worn clothes for a few days, it all goes back to the lending library in the cloud , no questions asked , I’ve even returned things and forgot to put them in the box, No one ever checks, will I be on the Amazon naughty step at some point ? "

There’s not really a limit on items you return. You only get flagged up and really monitored when you say stuff hasn’t arrived and request it to be sent again. They’ll do it once or twice but after that you’ll have the tracker and pictures taken of your item being handed to you or the parcel in an open doorway.

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By *immyinreadingMan
over a year ago

henley on thames


"It is a retailer though.

No, no, no. It's a folk singing, book recycling parrot dabbling in technologicalness

"

... and is also a retailer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm not a fan of Amazon and rarely use it.

I prefer to use eBay, charity or local shops where possible.

I'd put ebay and Paypal in the same category as Amazon."

Indeed, people forget Elon Musk was PayPal before he was Tesla….

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By *htcMan
over a year ago

MK

Not a fan of Amazon, it's usually much more expensive than eBay, item might be on eBay 6.99 Amazon 29.99.

rarely ever use it

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Craggy Island

I know Amazon is a Evil tax dodging modern form of slav-ery...but it easy and convenient and a lot more choices than my local high st.

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

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It’s just so convenient, right there at your fingertips and delivered the next day with no need to mingle

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You can try clothes before you buy but you need a credit card. You can order up to 6 items of clothing and not pay for it till you decide you’re keeping it.

Either way if you order ANYTHING at all and you don’t want it you can return it and get a full refund no questions asked.

I had one order at Christmas come to £162 and it arrived and was left on my drive in 3 different sized boxes. I came home from work at 4:55am to see it all. I contacted customer service to say I do not want packages left when my car isn’t on the drive and they refunded me £41 off my order. That’s nothing to do with the fact I work for Amazon that was purely as me being a consumer.

Also to work for I’d say they were a good employer. I’ve been there 13 months now and only originally planned on being there for Xmas last year. They’ve been great with my shifts when I changed from 4 a week to 2. They were great when I said I wanted to do 5 shifts a week leading up to Xmas. All through Xmas peak they have giveaways every day. Hot chocolate and donuts, t shirts, hoodies, German sausage, on the spot £20 Amazon vouchers given to people who smash hourly targets, free Christmas dinners, Christmas baubles for the tree, chocolates. They do try and make it a fun place to work.

When I see things there I’ll always google to see if I can find the stuff cheaper elsewhere cos it can be quite expensive.

A tip is to never hold anything in your basket for longer than a few hours cos they can see what’s in baskets and they can put the prices up if it’s not bought immediately.

Good tip.

What will they do with serial returners ?

I’ve tried out £1000 lenses on photo shoots , worn clothes for a few days, it all goes back to the lending library in the cloud , no questions asked , I’ve even returned things and forgot to put them in the box, No one ever checks, will I be on the Amazon naughty step at some point ?

There’s not really a limit on items you return. You only get flagged up and really monitored when you say stuff hasn’t arrived and request it to be sent again. They’ll do it once or twice but after that you’ll have the tracker and pictures taken of your item being handed to you or the parcel in an open doorway. "

There is a limit on returns and it does get flagged every time. It’s all being monitored by the fraud department. There’s a threshold and a ratio that they’ll see as acceptable.

If you return too many times you’ll be banned from purchasing from Amazon. Other people at your address may also be banned too.

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick


"Amazon grew because of demand.

Stop blaming Amazon

Not only shops will go ....... coffee shops will go with them .... socialising will be less frequent or will change in many ways .....

MONEY........ that's going too ... mark my words. Poof ...... there's no need for it anymore. "

You think coffee shops will go?

Every shop that closes in my home town seems to now be a coffee shop... and they are all constantly busy

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Truro

Never logged onto Amazon in my life - & I'm managing ok,

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville


"Never logged onto Amazon in my life - & I'm managing ok, "

I;m pretty sure Amazon provide web to fab.. The site was down when there was an Amazon outage. You've at least shown Bezos your arse?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Never logged onto Amazon in my life - & I'm managing ok,

I;m pretty sure Amazon provide web to fab.. The site was down when there was an Amazon outage. You've at least shown Bezos your arse?"

Hmmmm

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By *nliveneTV/TS
over a year ago

Selby


"Amazon grew because of demand.

Stop blaming Amazon

Not only shops will go ....... coffee shops will go with them .... socialising will be less frequent or will change in many ways .....

MONEY........ that's going too ... mark my words. Poof ...... there's no need for it anymore. "

Completely agree.

We are transitioning to the new era of living and is accelerating like never before since the start of this pandemic! Also the control of people to a global scale like we are experiencing is unprecedented, even we know there's a virus! Amazon already have a pilot project in London, where a grocery store have no staff, and money is no needed at all , all is scanned once you pickup up the item, you have choosed and when you living the store , automatically your shooping is debited from your bank acount. Soon we will be confronted with this reality, that fisical money no more exist! Also ,ill be socialism the new communism ? The world and the way we living , is changing a large steps that most people probably they even realise what is happening!

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville


"Amazon grew because of demand.

Stop blaming Amazon

Not only shops will go ....... coffee shops will go with them .... socialising will be less frequent or will change in many ways .....

MONEY........ that's going too ... mark my words. Poof ...... there's no need for it anymore.

Completely agree.

We are transitioning to the new era of living and is accelerating like never before since the start of this pandemic! Also the control of people to a global scale like we are experiencing is unprecedented, even we know there's a virus! Amazon already have a pilot project in London, where a grocery store have no staff, and money is no needed at all , all is scanned once you pickup up the item, you have choosed and when you living the store , automatically your shooping is debited from your bank acount. Soon we will be confronted with this reality, that fisical money no more exist! Also ,ill be socialism the new communism ? The world and the way we living , is changing a large steps that most people probably they even realise what is happening! "

And the facial recognition tech means you'll get prosecuted if you try and steal a tin of beans (which will then link to ever other bit of credit info held).

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