I have long been a huge fan of Amazon
According to the Washington Post, UPS underestimated the number of packages they’d need to deliver before Christmas, which caused many of them to not be delivered until the day after. [Read more…]
Amazon raises the threshold for free Super Saver shipping from $25 to $35
Update: Amazon has dropped the threshold for free shipping back down to $25 since this post was written.
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Amazon
1 – They offer extremely competitive prices on virtually everything they sell (and they sell virtually everything!).
2 – They offer free shipping on orders that meet the requirements of their Super Saver shipping program. [Read more…]
Best Buy claims they are no longer ‘Amazon’s Showroom’
A while back I wrote a post about how Best Buy was losing tons of business to Amazon and other large online retailers by serving as their local “showroom”. Well, now the company claims that a new price matching policy will effectively end “showrooming” for good.
Beginning on March 3, 2013, Best Buy will immediately match the prices of 19 major online competitors and all local retail stores in all product categories and on virtually every in-stock item – but only when a customer asks them to.
It’s that last part that has me a bit skeptical. Unless the stores decide to display huge honking banners letting customers know about the new price matching plan, how many of them will even know to ask? Time will tell I suppose.
Anyway, here is a list of the 19 online competitors that Best Buy plans to match beginning on March 3: [Read more…]
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