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>>mdp202+(OP)
Amazon is not a secret weapon, poison pill maybe?

This is a company that is actively shooting itself in the foot on all fronts and by the time they realize it’s gone too far they won’t be able to turn the ship fast enough.

>>Action+qY1
Amen.

I have had so many issues with orders from Amazon recently that they told me I’m on a watch list for returns and could have my account terminated.

I’ve been a customer for about 20 years with this account.

I’ll be shopping at other retailers now.

>>godzil+UY1
If you had asked me five years ago if I'd be regularly ordering from walmart.com instead of amazon.com, I'd have thought it unlikely. But here I am -- I don't have to worry about counterfeits as long as it's sold & shipped by Walmart, and I can get same-day delivery (usually within an hour or two) for the cost of a tip. Their inventory is different (many more consumer staples, at better prices; many fewer random long-tail products), but it's replaced maybe 1/4 of my Amazon purchases. I also order from target.com once in a while; I never ever used to.

Amazon has not lost, but it is definitely losing its unique edge.

>>pinko+R82
Out of sheer curiosity because it is such a different experience to mine, what are you shopping for online that you have so many returns?

>>dylan6+hm2
I bought and returned: - Meta Quest headset / it arrived in a shipping box that was dented, with the quests product box damaged, and when I went to try it the system wouldn’t launch apps - a usb memory card reader that advertised support for older Sony memory sticks but wouldn’t read them - an electric kettle that burned my hand to pour water out of at a normal angle for use and despite high reviews on the product page

Those are three examples in the last couple of months…