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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: CC27 on February 18, 2019, 08:17:21 AM
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Star Member MineralMan (117,376 posts)
Here's Why It's Impossible to Compete with Amazon
This happened about two weeks ago, in the following order:
1. My sister-in-law gave me a $50 Amazon gift card via email.
2. I went to Amazon.com.
3. I entered the gift card code into my account.
4. I .left the Amazon site, did other things, and thought about what I might spend that $50 on.
5. Later, I went back to Amazon. I searched for "men's hiking boots"
6. The first item on the list of products I saw was a pair of lightweight hiking boots, with the following characteristics:
a. They were made by a manufacturer who also made a pair of running shoes I bought two years ago.
b. The price for the boots was $41.95
c. When I clicked through to the detail page for those boots, I noticed that my size was already selected, as was the color, which was the same as the pair of running shoes I bought previously. FREE shipping was also included.
7. I clicked the Buy Now button. They were just what I was looking for. Amazon knew that ahead of time.
8. On the checkout page, I noticed that the total price, including sales tax, was less than $50, which is what was in my gift card balance.
9. On the same checkout page, was a boxed display of jewelry for Valentine's day. Last Valentine's day, I bought my wife a Sterling Silver Tanzanite necklace on Amazon, after looking at many other pieces of jewelry. Amazon was now showing me a pair of tanzanite earrings, also in sterling, silver in that add-on box. Two weeks before Valentine's day. My wife liked her necklace very much, so it was a no-brainer for me to add the earrings to my order.
10. I won't mention the other things Amazon showed me on that visit. Suffice it to say that they all were relevant to my interests, past purchases, browsing history on Amazon, and my ownership of a Kindle Fire tablet, purchased earlier in the year. I did not add any more items to my cart that day, though, but everything Amazon showed me was something I might have chosen to buy.
Amazon's algorithms know me. They know my habits. They know what types of products I buy. They know my budget. They know what kind of jewelry my wife likes. Amazon customizes its website to suit each person who shows up on their site. Through extensive database records of my activities on their website and algorithms that select what items to display when I land on the site, they create a customized page that doesn't look exactly like the page anyone else sees.
That is why Amazon is the most successful retail company ever. That is why Jeff Bezos is the richest man on the planet. Frankly, that's why so many people continue to shop online regularly at Amazon. It's personalized shopping, designed for your budget, habits, interests, and much much more. That's why Amazon keeps data on every customer - detailed data. That's why my wife said, "Wow! These are a perfect match for that necklace. Smooch!"
That's the new face of retailing. There's no way a smaller company can match that kind of personalization. That's why Amazon continues to grow.
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100211830802
All that to bitch about a nice gift you got?
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All that to bitch about a nice gift you got?
$50 hiking boots should last a few months I guess, well unless you actually wear them.
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DUchebag likes having all of his private info available to the guy that sends dick pix.
Not surprising at all to anyone paying attention.
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A bot from Amazon got into Rockhead's brain and discovered that it's made of quartz.
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$50 hiking boots should last a few months I guess, well unless you actually wear them.
I'm guessing the hiking boots will never be worn to go hiking, and probably last long enough until rockhead passes away.
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A bot from Amazon go into Rockhead's brain and discovered that it's made of quartz.
Not quartz. That's too good to make Rockhead's brain from. What's in his skull is 100% grade a petrified dino poop. Nothing else.
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Actual footage of Rockhead telling his stories:
(https://media.giphy.com/media/3oEjHLk2EDvfODEdri/giphy.gif)
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I use amazon prime and have for years.
I have never had it autoload my sizes for shoes or clothing, even when I was reordering a product.
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All that to bitch about a nice gift you got?
Wonder what this deranged old asshole would say if he walked into the mall and they asked him for his name, ss# and his purchase history card so they could guide him to the stores he should visit?
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Wonder what this deranged old asshole would say if he walked into the mall and they asked him for his name, ss# and his purchase history card so they could guide him to the stores he should visit?
If you remember going to a Radio Shack it was nearly that bad.
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If you remember going to a Radio Shack it was nearly that bad.
a lot of places try. i cant even go to the pet store without them asking for my phone number. my response is "I don't have a phone".
They get the hint... but it doesn't stop them from asking every dang time
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a lot of places try. i cant even go to the pet store without them asking for my phone number. my response is "I don't have a phone".
They get the hint... but it doesn't stop them from asking every dang time
I just give them our old land line number, which hasn't been in service for years
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So Amazon has a "shopping cart" into which people can "put" their possible purchases while they think about it and browse. Kind of like brick-and-mortar stores' shopping carts.
So Amazon offers a wide variety of items, kind of like brick-and-mortar department stores or for a wider selection, one could go to a brick-and-mortar specialty store.
So Amazon puts tantalizing offers on the check-out page, much as brick-and-mortar stores put impulse-buy items at check-out stands and featured/impulse items on end caps leading to the check-out area.
Amazon is not doing anything unique in any of the things MM highlighted. Everything he cited is an analog of something brick-and-mortar stores have been doing for decades.
And pretty much every online "store" does similar things. Even in registering for a trail or street run the registrant will be offered cancellation insurance, extra T-shirts, a chance to do a gift registration, etc..
Amazon has warehousing and transportation costs to warehouses like any retail business. I think Amazon's big competitive advantages are:
* Not having the expense of the brick-and-mortar outlets;
* Distribution direct to customers, "free", via the taxpayer subsidized USPS or faster and customer-paid instead of the cost of trucking goods to the brick-and-mortar stores plus the cost of selling the goods.
What Amazon does NOT offer is the ability to examine or try on goods, nor service by a knowledgeable flesh-and-blood human being.
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So Amazon has a "shopping cart" into which people can "put" their possible purchases while they think about it and browse. Kind of like brick-and-mortar stores' shopping carts.
So Amazon offers a wide variety of items, kind of like brick-and-mortar department stores or for a wider selection, one could go to a brick-and-mortar specialty store.
So Amazon puts tantalizing offers on the check-out page, much as brick-and-mortar stores put impulse-buy items at check-out stands and featured/impulse items on end caps leading to the check-out area.
Amazon is not doing anything unique in any of the things MM highlighted. Everything he cited is an analog of something brick-and-mortar stores have been doing for decades.
And pretty much every online "store" does similar things. Even in registering for a trail or street run the registrant will be offered cancellation insurance, extra T-shirts, a chance to do a gift registration, etc..
Amazon has warehousing and transportation costs to warehouses like any retail business. I think Amazon's big competitive advantages are:
* Not having the expense of the brick-and-mortar outlets;
* Distribution direct to customers, "free", via the taxpayer subsidized USPS or faster and customer-paid instead of the cost of trucking goods to the brick-and-mortar stores plus the cost of selling the goods.
What Amazon does NOT offer is the ability to examine or try on goods, nor service by a knowledgeable flesh-and-blood human being.
One other thing I've noticed happens quite frequently...
I do use Amazon quite frequently as I've grown to hate fighting crowds and driving to the store... even if it means paying more. I really hate dealing with it.
Anyway, I've noted that putting things in my "cart" and leaving them there for a week or longer, I wills tart getting price change notifications on these items.
Now this isn't always the case, but I would say that roughly 90% of the time, the price decreases.
I don't know if this is a bump to try to encourage me to order, or if it's completely coincidental. Sometimes the price changes are dramatic too.
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Yeah rockhead, they also know how much kiddie porn you watch, and how many boxes of kleenex you consume whilst doing so.
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Star Member MineralMan (117,376 posts)
Here's Why It's Impossible to Compete with Amazon
They ship your sex toys and penis pump in an unmarked box. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
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Rockhead using a Amazon Echo:
https://youtu.be/YvT_gqs5ETk?t=97
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They ship your sex toys and penis pump in an unmarked box. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
And for dementjeep, her adult diapers in a discreet package.