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Originally Posted by Tony1988
Physical stores are hardly going anywhere. Plus many now have their own websites. The problem is so many people think Amazon is the only game In town.As i said before Amazons prices are not as cheap as people tend to think. Yeah 5 years ago they were maybe 10 percent lower but that is just not the case anymore.
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I think you might be overestimating the number of Amazon people who "think Amazon is the only game in town" (let alone the cheapest game). I know I can save a few bucks if I shop around a bit. But I
hate shopping. I like
buying and
getting. Shopping around also means multiple accounts with multiple logins and multiple points of attack for security breaches that can compromise my financial stability and increase the chances of identity theft. So yeah... I'll stick with buying pretty-much everything that I can't get in my home-town (which is most things in Rural Podunk, USA) from my favorite one-stop-shop. Even if it costs me a few more bucks. And I'm not spreading my financial particulars around the internet any more than I need to, either (I'm strictly a
Sold by Amazon/Fulfilled by Amazon customer, by the way).
I do find it ironic, though, that many who claim Amazon's "race to the bottom" is bad for retail, competition, the economy, etc..., aren't at least a
little bit happier that Amazon doesn't actually seem to be selling things for the cheapest price possible anymore. Damned if you do, damned if you don't, I guess.
