*Prompter Thread* (NO personal attacks, NO trolling)

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by Brohan_Santana

I use google bud

Amazon has people brainwashed that their the only online retailer. There not & there not the best value majority of the time

But you and others are brainwashed into thinking Amazon is the only one out there

Where not and where not?

[Climb2safety]

Originally Posted by trd1610

when you do your online shopping, do you go to target and walmart? or do you go to amazon?

Depending on what it is I check them all.

I don’t really like target.

[Brohan_Santana]

Originally Posted by trd1610

who would you say is the largest threat to amazon from a competitive perspective?

You do realize WalMart & Costco have a bigger share of the retail market than Amazon, right?

[mandy18]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

How is that even possible?

That first product you see below the sponsored ads, the Amazon's Choice! promoted product is AmazonBasics.

I know, right?!
A lot of my orders are brand specific (like the shampoo I use or the cat / dog food we use). But, in looking through just my 2019 orders to date, I even have batteries, and I know I wouldn't have put a brand in, but I still bought duracell.

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by Brohan_Santana

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=batteries&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Fake news - Energizer is first listing. Stop spewing fake news

Try reading better. That first line of products, of which Energizer is the first one, is the sponsored ads I mentioned. You see where it says "Sponsored" right below the picture? That's how you know it's a sponsored ad.


Now, the next line, the first line "BELOW THE SPONSORED ADS", what's the first product?

[trd1610]

Originally Posted by Climb2safety

You know fair when you see it and our country was founded in principles of fairness.



Being wealthy and powerful in itself is not unfair. If they weird power unfairly we have laws to enforce.



And, these companies have done a zillion times more good than bad.

our country was actually founded on slavery and the consolidation of power and capital exclusively among white men, but yeah, principles of fairness.

[mdel21]

Brohan showing us his shopping list.

[Climb2safety]

Honestly, in the internet age, barriers to entry for retailers and entrepreneurs has never been lower.

[trd1610]

Originally Posted by Brohan_Santana

I use google bud



Amazon has people brainwashed that their the only online retailer. There not & there not the best value majority of the time



But you and others are brainwashed into thinking Amazon is the only one out there

don’t get too familiar brohan. i was asking a question.

*they’re *their *their

[Climb2safety]

Originally Posted by trd1610

our country was actually founded on slavery and the consolidation of power and capital exclusively among white men, but yeah, principles of fairness.

Wow. Hate America much?

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by scrock25

Where not and where not?

Originally Posted by trd1610

don’t get too familiar brohan. i was asking a question.

*they’re *their *their

[trd1610]

Originally Posted by Brohan_Santana

You do realize WalMart & Costco have a bigger share of the retail market than Amazon, right?

walmart and costco have a larger share of online retail than amazon? i’d like you to source that claim, please.

[trd1610]

Originally Posted by Climb2safety

Wow. Hate America much?

everyday, and twice on sunday

[Brohan_Santana]

Originally Posted by trd1610

walmart and costco have a larger share of online retail than amazon? i’d like you to source that claim, please.

https://stores.org/stores-top-retailers-2018/

Wal Mart is 3.5x larger

[zajDmB1]

Somewhat apropos of the convo, but more a random question...is AmazonBasics stuff manufactured by Amazon?

Because Kirkland stuff is largely real, already established brands that Costco just orders and renames. I know quite a few vineyards that get a ton of money selling to Costco, but many are kept secret. So you could legit be buying $80 wine at Costco but it’s labeled Kirkland so it’s like $10

[Brohan_Santana]

It's 2019 & when you're wrong on substance you nitpick at grammer to make yourself fell better about being wrong

[rickyh24]

If target offered me free one day shipping on orders over 30 bucks, discounts on my groceries at Whole Foods, a rewards program that results in funds I can spend in their store, as well as a music/video streaming service all included for the same reasonable price and carried essentially anything I ever needed which I could insert into my target shopping cart by voice command I would probably use them more for general household items.

[trd1610]

Originally Posted by Brohan_Santana

https://stores.org/stores-top-retailers-2018/



Wal Mart is 3.5x larger

right, but that includes h&m’s no? that’s not an apples to apples comparison

[Brohan_Santana]

Originally Posted by zajDmB1

Somewhat apropos of the convo, but more a random question...is AmazonBasics stuff manufactured by Amazon?

Because Kirkland stuff is largely real, already established brands that Costco just orders and renames. I know quite a few vineyards that get a ton of money selling to Costco, but many are kept secret. So you could legit be buying $80 wine at Costco but it’s labeled Kirkland so it’s like $10

No - Amazon isn't a manufacturing company. They just brand it like everyone else in the market

What people don't understand is those manufacturers are also selling the exact same product in different channels.

[coldengrey12]

Originally Posted by Climb2safety

Wow. Hate America much?

Times have changed a lot, Climb. Back in the 1770s, it says here that a bunch of ... *checks notes* ... rich old white guys didn't wanna pay taxes.

[Lee3691]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

Try reading better. That first line of products, of which Energizer is the first one, is the sponsored ads I mentioned. You see where it says "Sponsored" right below the picture? That's how you know it's a sponsored ad.


Now, the next line, the first line "BELOW THE SPONSORED ADS", what's the first product?

Amazon??

[mr.MikeD]

Originally Posted by rickyh24

If target offered me free one day shipping on orders over 30 bucks, discounts on my groceries at Whole Foods, a rewards program that results in funds I can spend in their store, as well as a music/video streaming service all included for the same reasonable price and carried essentially anything I ever needed which I could insert into my target shopping cart by voice command I would probably use them more for general household items.

I suppose the theory is that they won't because they can't. And when they go under because Amazon fucks them out business, then Amazon won't either. And, because Amazon controls both the marketplace and the production, no one else can fill the void to compete. In theory. Let's see.

[Lee3691]

Originally Posted by scrock25

Grammar Nazi!

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by Lee3691

Amazon??

Ding ding ding.

[coldengrey12]

Bill Shine resigns from the WH.

I gotta say, today was a good day.

[coldengrey12]

Ilhan Omar taking Obama to task:

As she saw it, the party ostensibly committed to progressive values had become complicit in perpetuating the status quo. Omar says the “hope and change” offered by Barack Obama was a mirage. Recalling the “caging of kids” at the U.S.-Mexico border and the “droning of countries around the world” on Obama’s watch, she argues that the Democratic president operated within the same fundamentally broken framework as his Republican successor.

“We can’t be only upset with Trump. … His policies are bad, but many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies. They just were more polished than he was,” Omar says. “And that’s not what we should be looking for anymore. We don’t want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile.”

https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...c-party-225696

[trd1610]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

Ilhan Omar taking Obama to task:

As she saw it, the party ostensibly committed to progressive values had become complicit in perpetuating the status quo. Omar says the “hope and change” offered by Barack Obama was a mirage. Recalling the “caging of kids” at the U.S.-Mexico border and the “droning of countries around the world” on Obama’s watch, she argues that the Democratic president operated within the same fundamentally broken framework as his Republican successor.

“We can’t be only upset with Trump. … His policies are bad, but many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies. They just were more polished than he was,” Omar says. “And that’s not what we should be looking for anymore. We don’t want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile.”

https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...c-party-225696

she’s 100% correct here

[mdel21]

Originally Posted by Brohan_Santana

It's 2019 & when you're wrong on substance you nitpick at grammer to make yourself fell better about being wrong

Great trolling here.

It might also be that your lack of basic grammar and use of the English language makes it hard to take any of the things you say serious. My 5-year-old cousin doesn't know the difference between their/they're/there yet and I wouldn't take anything he says about politics or life in general too serious.

[Benny003]

Originally Posted by mr.MikeD

I suppose the theory is that they won't because they can't. And when they go under because Amazon fucks them out business, then Amazon won't either. And, because Amazon controls both the marketplace and the production, no one else can fill the void to compete. In theory. Let's see.

Being from Minneapolis, I hear a lot about Target since they are headquartered here. Just recently it was announced that their sales are increasing after they spent the last 2 years investing several billion dollars into upgrading their stores and their online sales systems to be more nimble. So Target is actually doing really well these days.

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

Ilhan Omar taking Obama to task:

As she saw it, the party ostensibly committed to progressive values had become complicit in perpetuating the status quo. Omar says the “hope and change” offered by Barack Obama was a mirage. Recalling the “caging of kids” at the U.S.-Mexico border and the “droning of countries around the world” on Obama’s watch, she argues that the Democratic president operated within the same fundamentally broken framework as his Republican successor.

“We can’t be only upset with Trump. … His policies are bad, but many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies. They just were more polished than he was,” Omar says. “And that’s not what we should be looking for anymore. We don’t want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile.”

https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...c-party-225696

That's a fair point. I have to say that it's kind of exciting to see so many progressive politicians with bold ideas. They might be a little too idealistic sometimes, but they want to make actual, meaningful changes and I can respect that.

[trd1610]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

Bill Shine resigns from the WH.

I gotta say, today was a good day.

air force secretary has apparently resigned as well