[unclebilly]

Originally Posted by masraum

I don't think it's possible for small businesses to offer Amazon prices, literally, not possible without losing money on every sale. If you're a small business, and you buy item X wholesale for $10 and sell for $11. Amazon can go to the manufacturer and say "I want to buy 100 pallets of item X, but I'll only do it if you sell it to me for $7.50. And then Amazon sells that item for $8.50.

Then there's the issue of small businesses stocking EVERYTHING. They would have to put out millions of dollars to have every item in stock on the shelf which is not feasible for those businesses.

If I can pick up an item local for only a little more than Amazon, I am willing to do that. If the price difference is huge, $50 local - $30 Amazon, then I'm ordering from Amazon. Its funny though, sometimes Amazon is more expensive than local which I always find a little odd.

Amazon isn’t always cheaper - usually they aren’t on much of what I buy. For me it comes down to convenience and don’t forget, Amazon still pays a courier to deliver… it’s weird because Amazon trucks go next door but have never come to my place… not one time.