Comment on Free returns disappearing from retailers | The era of free returns — an essential part of the rise of online shopping — is ending

• dojan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The thought of Amazon selling food too creeps me out so bad.

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  • NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s just a regular grocery store, albeit a rather expensive one. They give discounts for Prime members. In the back, there is an area where workers accept Amazon returns and you can also pick up orders there in the odd chance you would ever do that instead of having it delivered to your home at no extra cost…?

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    • saucyraichu@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      One reason you’d get something delivered to an Amazon locker or work or whole foods is if your home or apartment doesn’t have a secure mail room.

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    • dojan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Just the idea of a corporation growing to that size gives me the ickies. It’s just one step closer to a corporate town. I’m sure the service is great for now.

      Thankfully Amazon hasn’t really managed to settle properly where I’m from. They’re great for weird niche products, but they’re not your go-to for most things.

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      • NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I agree. The US Federal Trade Commission is actually taking legal action against them for anticompetitive monopolistic practices right now, which could result in the company being broken up.

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  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Whole Paycheck Foods existed before Amazon (I’m fairly sure).

    Honesty I didn’t realize Amazon had acquired them.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah they were big before Amazon bought them. It was a huge investment to try to get into grocery

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      • NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Honestly, Whole Foods sold overpriced crap before they were acquired by Amazon and continued to sell overpriced crap afterwards. For comparison, a box of store-brand macaroni and cheese, obviously an American staple food eaten on a daily basis, costs twice as much at Whole Foods compared to a regular grocery store (Walmart, Kroger, &c.) and triple what it would cost at a cheap grocery store.

        • Pound of chicken breast at Whole Foods: $6
        • Pound of chicken breast at Walmart: $3
        • Pound of chicken breast at WinCo: $2

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        • Frozen pizza at Whole Foods: $10
        • Frozen pizza at Walmart: $4

        It’s like this for basically everything. If you’d normally spend $80 a week on grocery, you’d instead spend $150 at Whole Foods. But at least the food is organic, right??

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    • dojan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That makes sense. Why establish something new when you can just buy it.

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