Re:Walmart announces next-day delivery, firing back at Amazon
by alasdair_ on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @12:26PM
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That may make sense if the inverse of percentage of people that actually go to the trouble of returning a bulky item multiplied by the margin is higher than the shipping cost of a new item.
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Re:Walmart announces next-day delivery, firing back at Amazon
by jjeaff on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @05:16AM
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It's pretty easy. I've done this with hard drives that I had already installed.
Just printed the return label for the higher priced item, and slapped it on the box and gave it right back to the carrier when he delivered the same, lower priced item.
Re:Walmart announces next-day delivery, firing back at Amazon
by BoiledCabbage on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @05:47AM
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Yes, but it doesn't matter if you do it, it matters if most people do it. His argument (which I believe) is that notably fewer people will do it if they have to return the item and get a new one.