I'd like to see what this is about but, unfortunately, I can't read the article.
However, there needs to be something said about going to stores to buy stuff rather than just online. Maybe I'm just old-school, but depending on the item, I like to see and inspect the thing first before buying it. Be it toys, electronics, groceries, or just a spool of thread, I like seeing something in person first.
try to buy a tv at the large show room, they barely have anything in stock there everything gets shipped to your house
I'd like to see what this is about but, unfortunately, I can't read the article.
I don't have a car right now so amazon is a perfect option for me. With prime it's at my house in 2 days you can't beat it
It's just sad in the end because I think amazon is going to be the company to end them all
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I am close friends with a owner of a toy store, well vintage toy store but they carry all kinds of new stuff including pop figures
He rents a spot in the mall, close to 3000 a month for rent. He says the days of malls and stores are coming to a end
He can't believe how many times people ask for something, he brings out the ladder climbs up, gets the item then hands it to them
They inspect it hand it back and say "thanks, I just ordered this off amazon and waiting for it to come in, I wanted to check it out"
He says this happens multiple times a day
While I like shopping online and buying stuff on Amazon, I like having Best Buy around for the large electronic purchases. I like going and looking at the big ticket purchase, in person. I like checking out the features... in person. I like picking up the item and paying... in person. The way shipping companies treat items these days, I do not trust they will get my 70+ inch fragile flat screen, or $2,000 computer to my door without damages. To be able to pay and load it up myself is a big deciding factor of my purchase.
It is. But today we all seem to have to penny pinch, and when I can save gas by not running to Books A Million, and not buy the full priced $45 book there, all because I can snag it on Amazon for $15 and free Prime shipping. It is a no-brainer. That is happening and it is killing brick and mortar stores. Walmart came to town and killed the mom-n-pop shops because you could find everything in one location at a cheaper price... and now the online market is doing the same thing to Walmart.
I also like going to Best Buy to check something out, but it usually is cheaper online. If it's not a whole lot cheaper I may still get it at the store. If we're talking over $20, and it's still cheaper after adding shipping, I'll get it online. That's why people call Best Buy "Amazon's Showcase".
I like going to book stores. Then I was looking for a book and Barnes & Noble (the only close book store now) has it for $20-30 more than Amazon! No wonder they area losing business! We also used to have Books A Million and their sister store (maybe just here?) Books & Co., but Amazon killed them in this area.
That's the rub - pricing. People go where it's cheapest. Always have, always will.
Best Buy nationally ripped the general public for coming into their stores to determine what to buy, then going online to get it cheaper. A good while ago, I did exactly that, too. Now, we're not talking sales tax difference here. As an aside, owners here bitch relentlessly blaming sales tax as the reason people go online. For $50 of merchandise, that's an average of maybe $3 in tax. Hardly enough to run home to get it on amazon instead. In my case, it was a TV. I was able to get the TV, Playstation 3 ($400 at that time), and 4 blu-rays, for LESS than best buys price on the TV before tax. So, uh, yeah it was Amazon.
Funny thing though, after that initial lashing, best buy embraced the difference and even got manufacturer's involved. Now the price of a TV is more or less the same whether it's best buy or amazon or walmart or wherever. Makers are setting mandatory minimums on pricing. I was talking to a very helpful person in the Magnolia section (shocking, i know) and they were saying how the claimed they price matched amazon. I said, my guess is that doesn't include tax and he said it didn't, but he said that's not the only way it works. I wound up with a couple HDMI cables and a soundbar setup that was pretty much the equivalent of tax. I looked up the sound bar when i got home - and Amazon had it for $500, i was surprised. It can't touch my surround sound setup, but it beats the hell out of the tv's speaker
Stores ARE trying, it's just with incredibly low overhead compared to a retail store, it's very hard to beat amazon. You can't fault them for that. Not sure how clothing could go online when single companies can't keep consistent sizing within their own divisions, let alone between companies. Very much company dependent. I own shirts Size L, XL, and XXL that all fit me the same...that'd be a royal pain to deal with online.
I Stopped going to TrU when they decided to go PC and eliminated their toy gun Aisle. You used to be able to go in there, and come out (toy) Armed like Rambo. Yeah the tips were Orange but no big deal, then one day - mid 90s I go in and they're all gone because 'we don't support violence". Well then, I guess I don't support your store anymore, SEE YA.