Smokin Joe
Squire
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
My go-to for stuff too. Fast delivery and no quibble returns if there is a problem.
This is why I hate buying things..
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My go-to for stuff too. Fast delivery and no quibble returns if there is a problem.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Yes, it is terrific and our orders are mainly for things that we could spend hours trudging around Kendal looking for to no avail.
swee'pea99
Squire
Even more compelling if you get free delivery on everything thanks to your daughter's Prime account. As I mused to myself recently...
I can feel myself getting drawn into the orbit of Amazon.
Sitting here on the sofa reading a book, the light fitting on the first floor that I've been trying to fix today suddenly came to mind, and I'm thinking, given the effort I'm going to, why not fit a new one? That one is so tatty and ugly. And then I suddenly think: Amazon!
Sure enough I go do a search and within two minutes I find an MK ceiling rose fitting for £3.30. Free delivery, tomorrow.
So I don't have to wait till tomorrow and find 40 minutes to cycle over to the DIY superstore down in Green Lanes. Or even to Patel's, where the same thing (if they have it) is probably £5.95.
No. All I have to do is press Buy Now, and at some point tomorrow the doorbell will ring, and someone will place it in my hand.
What's not to like?
Just buy everything, cheap, free delivery, tomorrow. Sorted.
Why would you want to buy things any other way?
The gravitational pull...so invisible, so irresistible, so strong.
I can feel myself getting drawn into the orbit of Amazon.
Sitting here on the sofa reading a book, the light fitting on the first floor that I've been trying to fix today suddenly came to mind, and I'm thinking, given the effort I'm going to, why not fit a new one? That one is so tatty and ugly. And then I suddenly think: Amazon!
Sure enough I go do a search and within two minutes I find an MK ceiling rose fitting for £3.30. Free delivery, tomorrow.
So I don't have to wait till tomorrow and find 40 minutes to cycle over to the DIY superstore down in Green Lanes. Or even to Patel's, where the same thing (if they have it) is probably £5.95.
No. All I have to do is press Buy Now, and at some point tomorrow the doorbell will ring, and someone will place it in my hand.
What's not to like?
Just buy everything, cheap, free delivery, tomorrow. Sorted.
Why would you want to buy things any other way?
The gravitational pull...so invisible, so irresistible, so strong.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Prime is excellent - great value.
Smokin Joe
Squire
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
I agree.
The faff of chasing round shops who often don't have what you want is a pain I can do well without. High Streets can be left to the supermarkets, small specialist shops, local food stores, cafes and charity shops, for which they are ideal.
Kingfisher101
Veteran
Have you actually seen how people are treated at the Amazon Warehouse?
You get cheap stuff because people are treated like utter rubbish.
You get cheap stuff because people are treated like utter rubbish.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Bought the fake headache tablets again?
Amazon brought my paint brushes today 5 fitches.So i see the van pull up,i see the driver with a small packet ,i go out to greet him.he has gone walking up the street.up a driveway then comes back just as i say are those MY PAINT BRUSHES.So he has pulled up outside 23 then gone bloody walkabout only to come back to my house where his piggin van is.good job i was outside he might have driven off.The packet we addressed correctly.
Jameshow
Veteran
Middle class don't give a monkeys about the working class...
Kingfisher101
Veteran
Indeed. There's even been programmes on the T.V about it. Workers not being allowed breaks to go to the toilet even.
