39% Of Online Holiday Shopping Done With Amazon dot com.

I do 90% of my shopping with Amazon, from peanut butter to televisions.

Not sure about your laws but can't see it as an anti-trust thing. There are plenty of other on-line companies in competition.

They're just not as good.
 

It is very convenient to shop with Amazon where I live. There is a lot I can't buy in the small town nearest to us. So for many items it requires a special trip into the city of Glasgow. Or I can buy it from Amazon UK.

I can also buy things from Amazon com for my granddaughters in the US.
 
My son buys tons of stuff on Amazon Prime, and usually gets me things I request him to. I usually shop local online, free delivery by Canada Post.
 
The days of "traditional" retail, and huge shopping centers, are going away. Anyone who looks closely at these big shopping malls quickly realizes that they are paying 25 to 50 percent more for a given item than they would by buying the same item online. It costs a fortune to build, maintain, staff, and heat/cool, etc., these big malls, and the consumer pays for it when they shop at these venues. I have been buying online for at least 15 years, and I have saved thousands, over that time. Unless it is something I need immediately (which is very rare), I go to EBAY, or Amazon, or any one of a number of online sales sites.

About the only traditional retail that I see lasting into the future are things like grocery stores, clothing, and perhaps appliances/furniture.
 
Butterfly said:
Maybe not even appliances - I bought my last refrigerator online, arranged for its installation and carry off of the old one, all online.
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Yes, a person can buy almost anything online....and usually at a far better price. I included appliances, as that is one of those major purchases that a person wants to check out carefully before putting out hundreds/thousands of dollars...kind of like buying a car. I think clothing will be one of the last things that will be mostly purchased in traditional stores. With so many of the clothes being made in Asia, anymore, a person almost has to try it on before buying....I often wonder if these Asian manufacturers own a tape measure.
 
Weird, I don't understand how the market works. But sometimes you wonder how much things actually cost. For instance I'll order a book from Barnes and Noble. I have their member card so there's a discount. Then they send me coupons, sometimes 20 or 30% off on a title. The average price of a hardcover is $25 but after discounts I pay maybe $12. Same thing with these huge wind catchers I got as my last job. Giant brass tulips that spin in the slightest breeze. Start of the season, fifty bucks...end of season clearance thirteen. How do places make money on this stuff?
 
fureverywhere said:
Weird, I don't understand how the market works. But sometimes you wonder how much things actually cost. For instance I'll order a book from Barnes and Noble. I have their member card so there's a discount. Then they send me coupons, sometimes 20 or 30% off on a title. The average price of a hardcover is $25 but after discounts I pay maybe $12. Same thing with these huge wind catchers I got as my last job. Giant brass tulips that spin in the slightest breeze. Start of the season, fifty bucks...end of season clearance thirteen. How do places make money on this stuff?
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When you see an item substantially discounted, or on a Clearance sale, with a price of half or less of normal retail, you are probably looking at what the store actually paid for the item. Very rarely will Any store offer an item for less than what they have invested in it...these clearance items are on sale so that the store can make room for more of its overpriced merchandise. These clearance prices give a person a pretty good idea of how much they are being ripped off when they buy an item at the normal price. Remember when you buy something at the store, you are not only paying for the item, but a portion of the stores property value, its property taxes, its employee wages and benefits, its heating and cooling costs, etc.,etc., And its profit margin....only a minor portion of the items cost reflects the actual value of the product you are buying.
 
Don M. said:
Yes, a person can buy almost anything online....and usually at a far better price. I included appliances, as that is one of those major purchases that a person wants to check out carefully before putting out hundreds/thousands of dollars...kind of like buying a car. I think clothing will be one of the last things that will be mostly purchased in traditional stores. With so many of the clothes being made in Asia, anymore, a person almost has to try it on before buying....I often wonder if these Asian manufacturers own a tape measure.
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I sure do agree with the part about the Asian manufacturers and the tape measure. The actual size of the piece of clothing often bears no relation at all to the size it is marked. I recently bought 2 pairs of sweat pants -- exact same item, same manufacturer, different colors -- in the size I always buy. The dark grey ones were fine, but the navy ones were WAAAY too small. So I took the navy ones back to exchange and took a tape measure with me. ALL the navy ones in that size were WAAY smaller than all the grey ones. Aggravates the heck out of me.
 

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