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I heard on some tech podcast about how great it is to buy "everything" on Amazon.com. Yeah, it's known for books and music, but I also heard they now basically have everything you can find in a grocery store.
So I went shopping for stuff I hate to track down at the grocery store because I can never find them: Windex, fancy stuff I use on the floor, toilet paper, and about four other items. When I get to the check-out screen I noticed that the shipping costs were astronomical. Sheesh. But I had already wasted a bunch of time and I justified it based upon "convenience."
But I blew through the final screens a little too quickly because I didn't realize that all of these items were being shipped from third party stores separately. You see that box above? Notice my business card I taped to it for some size perspective? Today it arrived with one 32 ounce bottle of Windex in it. The box was huge. No wonder shipping cost so much.
Now I've got the joy of receiving similar huge boxes over the next three days.
16 comments:
Does the name P.T. Barnum ring a bell?
Get bigger business cards and your boxes won't seem so big.
Yeah, I agree, that's the only thing I dislike about Amazon.com, they really stick the screws to you in shipping.
Only one word applies to this blog entry................
Idiot.........
Can you dig it? Probably not.
Glad I don't need a lawyer right now.
HFJC.
The trick on amazon.com is to get the prime shipping membership. It is $79 bucks a year for 2nd day shipping. Only order from AMAZON.com, no third party sellers. Most of the stuff will come from DFW or Tulsa shipping centers and it works as if it is overnight. I've used it for close to a year and it is fantastic.
If you are an idiot, what does that say about those of us that daily read your writings. Are we the followers of an idiot?
Those is another one of the "Things That Makes America Great" right?
I never go to the grocery store, but Windex, cleaning supplies and toilet paper always seemed pretty easy for me to find. What kind of store do you shop in?
Barry don't use hurt words like idiot about yourself,when you do it makes the baby Jesus cry.
Have you ever heard of personal shoppers? You could pay someone 10.00 to go to the store and pick up all of the items and deliver them to your office. You get them the same day.
i'll be your personal shopper, bu.
I'll be your personal shopper!
MORON!
Do you know how many tree's died to ship you your Windex?
Not to mention how much fuel was used when you could have just picked it up somewhere local?
Let me guess, you're the type that tries to pick your nose by shoving your fingers up your bum.
I vote for Silicone to be Barry's personal shopper.
Barry,I think of you more as a cyber pioneer,and of course not all expeditions into the unknown end as we would like.
Trees schmees,there are a lot more trees in North America than when "The white man came",so get over it kimosabe.
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