Amazon, Amazon Prices & Jeff Bezos

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Originally Posted by FoxtArt

What aggravates me about brick and mortar is availability. Across the board... auto parts, computer parts, you name it, it seems like all the retail stores just stock the cheapest lowball crap they can get their hands on. And it's never cheap.

That said I do intentionally shop a lot of brick and mortar. Many of my tools etc are from the local shops, even if I could've saved $2 from online orders. The parts, however, are not.

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I like Brick and Mortar places a lot. I kind of went down that road in the firearms world. You could order anything on Gunbroker, PSA, Primary Arms, etc. But I like being able to put my hands on something and support local if I can. For the longest time it seemed those stores didn't have anything in stock so online was the way to go. I think a lot of gun places have wised up to this and are doing better.

I also like instant gratification. I wanted a new office chair and went to Office Depot. I found a chair that I liked and it was $100 more than Amazon. I said, I'll take it. The sales associate said, "We have to order it." Why would I pay an extra $100 to have to wait just as long if not longer than Amazon.

I have noticed Amazon prices going up and less to offer. Also on the shoes. I found a pair of shoes I liked at a great price then bought like four pairs. It was a long time until I needed shoes. I actually had to find a place that sells running shoes yesterday.

amazon has some items i can use for less than making the drive to town and back. Other items i can buy locally, or in town, for less. We try buying locally, when possible, i have noticed prices increasing, while quality does not. OR what they send you is not what you ordered, but a lower priced unit, than purchased.

Had a subscription at amazon for something to be delivered every 3 months. They cancelled that subscription.
Ordered an item, was to be delivered by ***.....they cancelled that order.
Ordered a tool with a couple of different size staples, only one size of staple arrived.
Tried to re-order an item I had already purchased, more than doubled in price.

I shop elsewhere, and price check everything I buy online, when possible.

Thank you Amazon Shoppers! Retail/Price Arbitrager sincerely thanks you!

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(This actually is more work and capital investment than Fixed-income arbitrage, but returns are significantly better)


https://youtu.be/ubypnLYb9J0

https://youtu.be/2tGJ1COBdA0

Amazon shipping has turned into a week out here, that’s with prime or without if you spend over $25. I dropped prime when they stopped the two shipping. eBay is my go to, Amazon is my, fine I’ll buy it there. Unless it’s used. I’ve bought emseveral items from Amazon that were “used” from Amazon warehouse. Pretty cheap and most, if not all were unused returns that were opened.

I just picked up 2 large Amazon packages at the post office. USPS was supposed to attempt re-delivery on 6-29. Never happened.

We contacted Amazon and gave them some grief about it. We order for home delivery since the wife and I are both handicapped. So much for that idea. At least the USPS loaned us a cart to get the packages to the truck.

The irony? One of the packages was a garden cart to help me move large things around.

What bugs me now is that Amazon is shipping to us via Smart Post, that is delivering to the post office 20 miles down the canyon, then having USPS deliver the package. Amazon doesn't offer the option to deliver via UPS directly. If the package is of any size our rural route carrier doesn't have room for it and I have to make a 40 mile round trip drive to pick it up at the post office. Also, our post office is now enforcing a policy that carriers cannot back up or use reverse gear so they are refusing to deliver ANY package to our door because we don't have a drive through driveway. Never mind that we have a turn around in our driveway big enough to do a 180 degree turn without having to reverse. Our Lyons post office service has recently gone from excellent to "sucks".

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Originally Posted by Hummer

What bugs me now is that Amazon is shipping to us via Smart Post, that is delivering to the post office 20 miles down the canyon, then having USPS deliver the package. Amazon doesn't offer the option to deliver via UPS directly. If the package is of any size our rural route carrier doesn't have room for it and I have to make a 40 mile round trip drive to pick it up at the post office. Also, our post office is now enforcing a policy that carriers cannot back up or use reverse gear so they are refusing to deliver ANY package to our door because we don't have a drive through driveway. Never mind that we have a turn around in our driveway big enough to do a 180 degree turn without having to reverse. Our Lyons post office service has recently gone from excellent to "sucks".

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Similar issues here. Often an excuse of "driveway or door obstructed" (lol... never) or "more than 1 mile to front door". I've also seen snow excuses when it's completely dry. What's the post office motto again?

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Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

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I think they need to correct that to "Whether boredom, heat of day, or minor inconvenience, any excuse stays these couriers from the swift obligation of requiring the customer to indentured service of their appointed rounds"

Thanks MrPrena for the Amazon Arbitrage videos.
Got a kick out of his comments about working a 16-hour day, but look at the profits he making.
When I started working in the oil patch, 16 hour days were standard and that was at a fixed hourly rate.
But, the secret is working smarter!
No wonder prices at Amazon are going up.

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Originally Posted by BladesNBarrels

Thanks MrPrena for the Amazon Arbitrage videos.
Got a kick out of his comments about working a 16-hour day, but look at the profits he making.
When I started working in the oil patch, 16 hour days were standard and that was at a fixed hourly rate.
But, the secret is working smarter!
No wonder prices at Amazon are going up.

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The reezyresell guy is just avg, but entertaining at least.
I would recommend watching resale rabbit. He is does very little Retail/online arbi, but he does many return pallets.
He is also accounting smart, how he allocate the revenue and etc into more than 1 companies (consignment with company A to company B, retail store 1 and/or 2).