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Re:Mcmaster.com is the best e-commerce site I've ever used by Tade0 on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:07AM (#32981239)
I'll do you one better: I had to create a verified business account just to download software(ladder logic IDE for a sewage pump) from one such site.

I even got a call from a nice, older gentleman who asked me why do I want a business account and could this be avoided somehow. Funny he should ask.

To me it appears that these companies see presence in the web as a necessary evil and would rather do business the old fashioned way: calling and in-person meetings.

Apparently so far they hadn't had any incentive to change.

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Re:Mcmaster.com is the best e-commerce site I've ever used by mdiesel on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:24AM (#32981340)
They haven't seen any incentive to change, but will grumble about Amazon and point to that as the biggest threat to their business. If they aren't, they should be.

I'd rather do business with anyone BUT Amazon, and its telling I still find myself having to order some bits from them every month.

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