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Originally Posted by 81MC
Amazon is Walmart for people who won’t even put on their sweatpants. #### everyone else, I’m saving $5 on this thing I don’t really need! No wonder there’s almost no independent shops around and the only places that are left are so we can shove our fat faces with food. Oh well, Jeff Bezos is at least the richest guy around and people were able to use their credit card and get their soulless shopping done in 30 minutes.
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Thing is for a large percentage of people in the US where Amazon does the bulk of their business that savings (and not on things they don't need) is very meaningful.
The problem is a brick and mortar has to be able to offer something beyond the same products you can get at amazon or walmart. Those that do can be quite successful. But if you are just going to sell the same stuff that doesn't require any sort of face to face interaction for decision making purposes and do it for an elevated price, well then you aren't going to be successful.
Restaurants are one of the things that does this well and not just to stuff fat faces. Even smaller towns have a local restaurant or two that thrive. The reason is that they offer something...convenience of not having to cook at home while still getting a well cooked meal.
And really I don't see how online shopping is anymore soulless than flipping through the Sear Christmas Wish book like people did for decades....that was the online shopping of the time.