In Defense of Amazon

Slate.com MoneyBox ^ | Sept. 2 2014 | Neal Pollack

[Mad Dawgg]

Yeah I buy my pants at Amazon. BDUs in grey. They are well made AND heavy and I can get two pair for about 60 bucks delivered. Sometimes a good bit cheaper using free gift cards I get doing Bing searches and such. Same for heavy shirts and boots etc.

I hate going to the store to try on clothes. I just hunt on Amazon then ask the seller a few questions and I have yet to get anything that does not fit. Never had a problem that wasn't immediately taken care of. As long as Amazon keeps delivery that kind of shopping experience I will probably never set foot in a clothing store again.

[sickoflibs]

I just signed up for a free trial of Amazon plus the other day.

I love not paying sales taxes to Martin O Malley and the Dems here.

[RandallFlagg]

I use Amazon, but I do all of my purchasing through the affiliate links on the Firearms Radio Network’s site. They get a little percentage from the purchases, without raising the price for me.

[RandallFlagg]

http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_lc?node=3375251&tag=fireradi-20&camp=15401&creative=331585&linkCode=ur1&adid=0T94E1XEFS0ESX8ZXNFT&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Ffirearmsradio.tv%2F

[skr]

Just curious, any specifics on how the employees were treated like dirt? I found some comments online and wondered if they were similar to what you heard.

http://www.indeed.com/cmp/Amazon.com/reviews

[cuban leaf]

The one right on the front page titled “Not Worth It” very much paralleled what happened to my one friend here that left after only a few days.

[cuban leaf]

HAHAHA! This one nails it:

Warehouse Associate - Avoid this job if you can help it

I had to go a few pages in to find it. It is a very detailed rundown of the kind of stuff my friend was telling me. And when you view it in the context of the “positive” reviews, you see what’s going on there.

[fatnotlazy]

Thank you for the tip.

[Mad Dawgg]

I like the one complaint that said the employee was upset he only got 15 minutes in his 15 minute break...

the horror...

the horror...

[/Apocalypse Now]

[mommyq]

If you have Giant Eagle, you can buy Amazon gift cards for your purchases and get $.20 off per gallon of gas for every $100. This week it’s double. Considering we do the 30 gallon limit (we fill up gas cans for lawn mower, etc.), it can bring down your gasoline costs with very little effort.

[Mad Dawgg]

We don’t have them around here, but I will check and see if any of the others do, like Krogers etc. Thanks for the tip.

[JoeFromSidney]

I'm not sure who's right in the Amazon-Hachette fight. I have never had a book published by Hachette.

I have a non-fiction book out through Amazon's CreateSpace. Apparently based on good sales, Amazon approached me to bring it out as a Kindle book. I had been trying to convert the graphics for Kindle and had been unsuccessful, so naturally I took them up on it. With regard to that book, they have treated me well.

I will shortly be bringing out a science fiction novel through CreateSpace. We'll see how that works. Novels are a lot tougher to sell than non-fiction aimed at a niche market.

[Lizavetta]

A few weeks ago I ordered a season’s worth of a particular TV show. When it got here the DVD sleeve thingy had no discs in it. I was on the phone with them immediately. The next day they sent UPS to pick up the empty DVD sleeve and the day after that a replacement DVD came in the mail. I’ve had nothing but speed and efficiency from that company.

[Mad Dawgg]

Well I heard that after the litigation on the book price fixing law suit The Judge ordered Amazon and the old guard publishers into negotiations for book pricing (Hatchette and the other old guard publishers and Apple lost that suite IIRC)

Hachette was supposed to be first. So we will see how it all turns out.

[chaosagent]

And yet I know RV’ers who love working the Christmas season for Amazon, and return year after year.

The problem some people have is that Amazon actually expects you to WORK.

[skr]

Thank you.