Amazon delivery is rubbish nowadays

[Audio Al]

I'm OK with their deliverys , Also have Prime

[Sherwood]

Prime is worth having if you use them regularly, which I do as I hate going to shops. I usually make back the subscription cost in 6 months, after that you're saving money every time. Plus you get the telly channels and the films too. No wonder they've never made a profit.

I agree that Prime is good value. However, the Amazon business model was for slow and sustainable growth. It has proved very successful and Amazon have been making profits for years now!

Geoff

[Tim]

You're right - just me getting impatient in my old age - and I do love them for Kindle.

[Macca]

I agree that Prime is good value. However, the Amazon business model was for slow and sustainable growth. It has proved very successful and Amazon have been making profits for years now!

Geoff

That's weird since I was reading just the other day that they had never declared a profit to date.

[Macca]

That's weird since I was reading just the other day that they had never declared a profit to date.

Scratch that it was clearly at lot longer ago than the other day. Looks like they went into profitability in 2016. Prior to that they were making a loss some quarters and a comparable profit in others, so arguably not profitable. https://www.recode.net/2017/4/27/154...ash-flow-chart

[struth]

only recently been hitting profits, even tho their investment in growth is continuing. made 500mil$ a quarter net profit a couple of years ago. still low compared to google, but they are growing faster.

[Sherwood]

only recently been hitting profits, even tho their investment in growth is continuing. made 500mil$ a quarter net profit a couple of years ago. still low compared to google, but they are growing faster.

This was a purposeful business model: reinvestment, diversification and sustainable development. Jeff Bezos seems to be doing well on it!

Geoff

[Barry]

I must have bought hundreds of items from Amazon, not just music software. Never had a problem: good communication; more than adequate packaging and prompt delivery.

I do feel guilty however in using Amazon for convenience, as I'm sure the use of Amazon has caused many specialist book shops and record shops to close down and disappear from the high street.

[Audio Al]

I waited in all day from 8am to 5-30 pm for a parcel , it was delivered to a freind 3 doors away at 19.30

[Marco]

Never had any problems with Amazon, but then I only use them occasionally, mainly for films and music, or recently buying Monoprice HDMI cables. Deliveries have always been on time, without issues.

However, I don't use them as my main on-line 'shopping centre', so have no need for Prime [although I do hate the way you're 'guided' to a trial of it with every purchase, which can only be avoided with careful concentration!]

Overall, I buy more stuff on ebay, or in 'bricks and mortar' shops, which I much prefer, as I enjoy browsing through a physical stock of goods, simply because you almost always discover more interesting things that way. Plus, outwith of essential items, I'm a spontaneous buyer, so often don't know what I might want until I see it!

The key to enjoyable shopping in towns is to do it at times when it's quiet, so that the experience is relaxed and stress-free, and tie it in with having a nice lunch somewhere, at a favourite pub or restaurant, which makes the overall experience much more pleasurable. That's how Del and I do it, or how I do it if she's working.

We don't do last minute 'panic buying', running around busy, overcrowded shops, or going into towns at evenings or weekends, when you can't park anywhere (and every bugger gets in your way), unless it's completely unavoidable. As with anything in life, shopping can be a pleasure if you do it properly - well away from the maddening crowds, and when you've got plenty of time on your hands.

Done right, it can be a pleasure, not a chore

Marco.