More and more brick and mortar stores are closing. Online shopping is extremely popular. Why?
Stores are stocking fewer varieties of items. It used to be that you could find absolutely anything at Walmart. Not anymore. There are brands they no longer carry. The personal section, like shampoo, only carries about 4 brands. You can't really look around for something new. I've gone to stores, even grocery stores, and simply cannot find things and am forced to shop on Amazon.
Here is the problem in America. Amazon wants to save money so they rarely use UPS. If the item is tiny, they MAY use UPS. If the item is large, they use the postal service and we have to pick it up. The problem here is that now that 90% of Amazon's products are shipped through the mail, the post offices are overwhelmed. I drive by my small post office and see them filling a van to the brim with boxes. Sometimes, they can't fit it all and you have to wait or pick it up.
Amazon Prime no longer exists. They even stopped using their own Amazon trucks. It's rare for items to come in 2 days directly from the warehouse and you can forget next day delivery. What happened to the drone idea?
So, the more we shop online, the slower it becomes, but we can't always just run to the store because less is being sold in the stores!
Is this happening by design so that they can see and control what we buy? It would be easy for the government to stop a shipment. More and more shipments are already being delayed. I can't tell you how many times a delivery was delayed. It's taking over a week to get my daughter a pair of shoes! (She needs an old model, so we can't go to the store).
Stores are stocking fewer varieties of items. It used to be that you could find absolutely anything at Walmart. Not anymore. There are brands they no longer carry. The personal section, like shampoo, only carries about 4 brands. You can't really look around for something new. I've gone to stores, even grocery stores, and simply cannot find things and am forced to shop on Amazon.
Here is the problem in America. Amazon wants to save money so they rarely use UPS. If the item is tiny, they MAY use UPS. If the item is large, they use the postal service and we have to pick it up. The problem here is that now that 90% of Amazon's products are shipped through the mail, the post offices are overwhelmed. I drive by my small post office and see them filling a van to the brim with boxes. Sometimes, they can't fit it all and you have to wait or pick it up.
Amazon Prime no longer exists. They even stopped using their own Amazon trucks. It's rare for items to come in 2 days directly from the warehouse and you can forget next day delivery. What happened to the drone idea?
So, the more we shop online, the slower it becomes, but we can't always just run to the store because less is being sold in the stores!
Is this happening by design so that they can see and control what we buy? It would be easy for the government to stop a shipment. More and more shipments are already being delayed. I can't tell you how many times a delivery was delayed. It's taking over a week to get my daughter a pair of shoes! (She needs an old model, so we can't go to the store).
