The Mall of Shame

Re:The Mall of Shame by beat on Thursday January 03, 2019 @11:15AM (#18816178)

While the mall obviously needs some revamping, I don't think tech entrepreneur magic is going to revamp it. It's ultimately a problem of customers wanting a physical space to shop in, otherwise, why bother leaving the couch at all? Why not just get what you want on Amazon? The invisible hand of the market will refine the malls, if it can get past the coarse-grained lumpiness of large, expensive facilities.

I'm almost more interested in online boutique stores, and their fates. How do they compete against Amazon? I hate going to buy some obscure thing, and then getting hit with a ten buck shipping charge for something that will arrive two weeks later, when Amazon Prime has me used to "free" two day shipping. But when I want that fancy smoked salt, or the obscure imported Japanese pen, I have to go to the boutiques.

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Re:The Mall of Shame by will_brown on Thursday January 03, 2019 @11:24AM (#18816268)

>why bother leaving the couch at all? Why not just get what you want on Amazon?

You are obviously pro-amazon...but my experiences with amazon are awful.

From counterfeit goods, to just shit products (examples: dress ties that stain my white dress shirts, ill fitting clothing, to goods that never arrive, even amazon basic products have turned out to be embarrassingly shit quality).

I recently purchased a new snowboard jacket and would never have thought about rolling the dice on amazon when I could buy online from the manufacturer direct at the same price and know I’m getting the real deal.

I completely understand someone opting for an in person shopping experience over amazon. buying online direct from manufacturers is one thing, but I honestly can’t understand why anyone would buy from amazon after my experiences.

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Re:The Mall of Shame by beat on Thursday January 03, 2019 @11:39AM (#18816405)

I don't think I'm "pro-Amazon", but I'm generally a happy customer. Then again, I use them mostly for name brand goods. Prices that are too good to be true are a warning sign for me.

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Re:The Mall of Shame by will_brown on Thursday January 03, 2019 @01:06PM (#18817396)

>Then again, I use them mostly for name brand goods.

Why not buy straight from the manufacturer for name brand goods? I’m guessing price or maybe the name brand products you buy the manufacturers don’t sell direct. If it’s the former, isn’t that a warning sign?

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