Amazon has radically transformed small businesses in both the U.S. and China

Re:Amazon has radically transformed small businesses in both... by phil21 on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @05:40PM (#34525168)

> Walmart takes responsibility for the products they put in their store.

Amazon also did this for it's physical stores. Walmart does not do this for it's web presence - it has a third party marketplace you need to actively avoid.

I have both Prime and Walmart+ due to credit card benefits, and honestly don't see a huge difference in either experiences. Walmart is more curated, but you still need to ignore the third party crap.

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Re:Amazon has radically transformed small businesses in both... by rkagerer on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @06:14PM (#34525514)

Walmart third-party is a dumpster fire. Every single thing I ordered through it here in Canada arrived late or not at all, replacement orders sometimes arrived eventually, products were often damaged (a jug of glasses cleaner was leaking right through a soaked outer shipping box), vendors take zero responsibility, and it took multiple calls/emails/delays to get refunds from Walmart.

I avoid it like the plague. I don't even use their website because it's hard to consistently filter that crap out. And their site wasn't great to start off with in any case. Good riddens.

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Re:Amazon has radically transformed small businesses in both... by rascul on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @08:09PM (#34526511)

Doesn't setting the retailer to Walmart filter the third part stuff out? Or am I missing something?

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Re:Amazon has radically transformed small businesses in both... by rkagerer on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @09:17PM (#34526947)

I think I have to repeat that after each search (at least back when I last used the site). And it usually took many searches to find the product I sought.

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