when I buy stuff online, I am very happy to go to the website, do a search, check prices, etc.
But even then, I'm not going to buy stuff that way when there is a store RIGHT HERE... that I can get it from... NOW... and often at a lower price.
Why press the button the at all? I'm not getting who this is for really. I don't see the demographic.
If you're poor you don't buy things this way. If you're middle class you're very happy to buy it at the store. If you're rich and are just too busy to even look at a site o
If you're middle class you're very happy to buy it at the store.
I think this is the flaw in your argument. You've demonstrated fairly well that very rich and very poor people won't have use for it, but your analysis of the majority demographic is fairly lax. Every middle class person is not happy to run out to the store when they realize they forgot to buy laundry detergent. Middle class people have jobs and typically kids, and their free time is their most valuable asset. The markup becomes acceptable
As a member of the middle class, I often find it inconvenient to go to the store. A special trip to the nearby supermarket is at least twenty minutes of my free time devoted to the acquisition, and they have neither the best selection nor the best prices. Stopping on the way to or from work is awkward given rush hour traffic flows, means that a crowded store will slow me down, and I usually have to be getting to work or really want to get home anyway. If I stop on the way home from work I'm likely to forget something I'd intended to buy. It wouldn't happen if I were more organized, but I'm not.
I'm not complaining, but pointing out that buying stuff at the store isn't an automatic win. Not having to make a trip to the store is worth some money to me.
The nearby supermarket is the first floor of a building with high-end condos. I've wondered what it would be like to be an elevator ride from a grocery store that's open pretty much any time I'm awake. Not that I'd spend that much money on a condo.
Can you give me a rough idea where you live. I'm not asking for a street address or GPS... tell me what point of the compass you live in whatever area... town, city, county... something.
Because I frankly find your position to either be unbelievable or a sign that your local economy is doing a very poor job of serving your area.
I have lived in a lot of places. Some of them the ass end of no where. And I've never had that problem.
So... I mean do you like at the bottom of the sea?
First, it's not a big problem. It is one that would make me think of spending a little extra money, not a whole lot, to avoid a trip to the store. To answer your question, I live in Northeast Minneapolis, not far from downtown.
I have a supermarket pretty close. It isn't really on my way home, and getting to it during rush hour is somewhat unpleasant. If the weather's nice, and what I need isn't all that heavy, I'll walk there just for the exercise, if I have the time. After retirement, I suspect I'l
Not lazy enough (Score:2)
when I buy stuff online, I am very happy to go to the website, do a search, check prices, etc.
But even then, I'm not going to buy stuff that way when there is a store RIGHT HERE... that I can get it from... NOW... and often at a lower price.
Why press the button the at all? I'm not getting who this is for really. I don't see the demographic.
If you're poor you don't buy things this way.
If you're middle class you're very happy to buy it at the store.
If you're rich and are just too busy to even look at a site o
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If you're middle class you're very happy to buy it at the store.
I think this is the flaw in your argument. You've demonstrated fairly well that very rich and very poor people won't have use for it, but your analysis of the majority demographic is fairly lax. Every middle class person is not happy to run out to the store when they realize they forgot to buy laundry detergent. Middle class people have jobs and typically kids, and their free time is their most valuable asset. The markup becomes acceptable
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Middle class people go to the store all the time. And keep in mind... they have to wait 48 hours to get the thing they want.
Forty.... Eight.
Now... would a middle class family rather wait 48 hours or simply buy it from a store when they're out and about doing something already.
Yes yes... you don't want to buy the thing RIGHT NOW... but amazon isn't going to give it to you right now either. Are they?
And tomorrow... because you're middle class and have a job... you're going to go to work... and when you are co
Re:Not lazy enough (Score:2)
As a member of the middle class, I often find it inconvenient to go to the store. A special trip to the nearby supermarket is at least twenty minutes of my free time devoted to the acquisition, and they have neither the best selection nor the best prices. Stopping on the way to or from work is awkward given rush hour traffic flows, means that a crowded store will slow me down, and I usually have to be getting to work or really want to get home anyway. If I stop on the way home from work I'm likely to forget something I'd intended to buy. It wouldn't happen if I were more organized, but I'm not.
I'm not complaining, but pointing out that buying stuff at the store isn't an automatic win. Not having to make a trip to the store is worth some money to me.
The nearby supermarket is the first floor of a building with high-end condos. I've wondered what it would be like to be an elevator ride from a grocery store that's open pretty much any time I'm awake. Not that I'd spend that much money on a condo.
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Can you give me a rough idea where you live. I'm not asking for a street address or GPS... tell me what point of the compass you live in whatever area... town, city, county... something.
Because I frankly find your position to either be unbelievable or a sign that your local economy is doing a very poor job of serving your area.
I have lived in a lot of places. Some of them the ass end of no where. And I've never had that problem.
So... I mean do you like at the bottom of the sea?
I am from the US... we have st
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First, it's not a big problem. It is one that would make me think of spending a little extra money, not a whole lot, to avoid a trip to the store. To answer your question, I live in Northeast Minneapolis, not far from downtown.
I have a supermarket pretty close. It isn't really on my way home, and getting to it during rush hour is somewhat unpleasant. If the weather's nice, and what I need isn't all that heavy, I'll walk there just for the exercise, if I have the time. After retirement, I suspect I'l
Re: Not lazy enough (Score:2)
as I said, the prices are not competitive. never trust an unlisted price.