I Love Walmart!
Quote: FaceWhich is why WMT is peerless
You haven't seen the courthouse at the end of the month when the car tax is due!
Quote: JohnzimboThen WM decides to bump the online price to $1.48 but it is still 94 cents in the store.
Bastards.
They did that because free shipping on canned
stuff was killing them. I order cat food online
and have it delivered to the store for free
pick up.
Quote: AxelWolfTarget doesn't seem to have all the crazy people there.
I think i would rather hang out with the people who go to walmart over the Hipsters and Feminists lol
from Walmart and Amazon. Spices,
condiments, pork rinds, cat food,
olive oil, canned sardines, light
bulbs. With free shipping, a thing
pops into my head and I have it
the next day sometimes.
Amazon is building a gigantic
regional warehouse 5 miles from
me, should make delivery even
faster.
Quote: EvenBobI'm buying more and more online
from Walmart and Amazon. Spices,
condiments, pork rinds, cat food,
olive oil, canned sardines, light
bulbs. With free shipping, a thing
pops into my head and I have it
the next day sometimes.
Amazon is building a gigantic
regional warehouse 5 miles from
me, should make delivery even
faster.
They are building one by me too. After our city lost the bud for h2q they decided to build something like 1 million sq feet facility with 5000 employees.
Quote: EvenBobI'm buying more and more online
from Walmart and Amazon. Spices,
condiments, pork rinds, cat food,
olive oil, canned sardines, light
bulbs. With free shipping, a thing
pops into my head and I have it
the next day sometimes.
Amazon is building a gigantic
regional warehouse 5 miles from
me, should make delivery even
faster.
We have one in Vegas and many items are now overnight delivery.
God Bless Technology.
Or can’t we say that anymore?
I think of myself as probably one of the last holdouts trying to purchase locally. But they just won't let me. I understand why they don't want to carry merchandise, but even Lowe's doesn't re stock, the local WM is pitiful.Quote: BozNo reason not to order from Amazon for almost everything. My wife does it multiple times a week. Only issue is my security system going off all the time.
God Bless Technology.
Or can’t we say that anymore?
do they deliver sardines?Quote: EvenBobI'm buying more and more online
from Walmart and Amazon. Spices,
condiments, pork rinds, cat food,
olive oil, canned sardines, light
bulbs. With free shipping, a thing
pops into my head and I have it
the next day sometimes.
Amazon is building a gigantic
regional warehouse 5 miles from
me, should make delivery even
faster.
Quote: AxelWolfdo they deliver sardines?
Why wouldn't they.
online now, the FedEx drivers
hate me. Each box weighs 40
pounds. It's so much easier
hauling it from the back deck
than putting it in the basket
at the store, scanning it, putting
it in the trunk, carrying it into
the house.
Canned cat food is actually 5
cents cheaper online, and free
delivery. Amazon Prime has
free delivery with no minimum.
So I can order a food item that
costs $2 and get it delivered
the next day. I take huge
advantage of this and have
stuff coming here 6 days out
of 7.
Quote: EvenBobI buy all my pet food at Walmart
online now, the FedEx drivers
hate me. Each box weighs 40
pounds. It's so much easier
hauling it from the back deck
than putting it in the basket
at the store, scanning it, putting
it in the trunk, carrying it into
the house.
Canned cat food is actually 5
cents cheaper online, and free
delivery. Amazon Prime has
free delivery with no minimum.
So I can order a food item that
costs $2 and get it delivered
the next day. I take huge
advantage of this and have
stuff coming here 6 days out
of 7.
We order from Chewy.com, same thing. They deliver 40 pound litter boxes cheaper than I can drive to Walmart or Target for. I’m sure the drivers hate it but it makes sense for us.
Quote: BozWe order from Chewy.com,
I checked out Chewy, too expensive
on most things for me. For instance,
Chewy is $3 more than Walmart for
a 32 can case of Friskies.
You reserve a time slot and order all your food on the website/app. When you get to the store you park in a designated spot and check in on the app or call a number, and they bring everything right out to. I’ve never waited more than 5 minutes.
The best part is, if they are out of stock of something you purchased, they’ll substitute a larger size or more expensive brand, but charge you the same price. This seems to happen with half of the stuff I order. The last time I got a $20 pack of steaks for $10.
Quote: gamerfreakWalmart Grocery pickup is fantastic. I will never shop for food inside of the store again.
You reserve a time slot and order all your food on the website/app. When you get to the store you park in a designated spot and check in on the app or call a number, and they bring everything right out to. I’ve never waited more than 5 minutes.
The best part is, if they are out of stock of something you purchased, they’ll substitute a larger size or more expensive brand, but charge you the same price. This seems to happen with half of the stuff I order. The last time I got a $20 pack of steaks for $10.
Not sure how it makes long term profits. It eliminates the impulse purchases.
Granted I’m old but as a business person, I fail to see the where this makes sense. Unless the gain from competition covers the expected losses.
And the elimination of labor covers the cost. But elimination of jobs is an entire different discussion not allowed here.
Quote: EvenBobI checked out Chewy, too expensive
on most things for me. For instance,
Chewy is $3 more than Walmart for
a 32 can case of Friskies.
Chewy is top notch customer service though. One of my dogs was on a special diet of prescription food at the end. I had just ordered a dozen cans for $72 which arrived the day she died. Called Chewy a week or so later to see about a return. They just credited back my credit card and told me to give it to my vets office. Unbelievable. They gained a customer for life that day. I don't care if its a few nickels more.
Quote: MaxPenChewy is top notch customer service though. One of my dogs was on a special diet of prescription food at the end. I had just ordered a dozen cans for $72 which arrived the day she died. Called Chewy a week or so later to see about a return. They just credited back my credit card and told me to give it to my vets office. Unbelievable. They gained a customer for life that day. I don't care if its a few nickels more.
Horrible but all of us pet people live through it.
Condolences to you and your family.
Quote: BozNot sure how it makes long term profits. It eliminates the impulse purchases.
Granted I’m old but as a business person, I fail to see the where this makes sense. Unless the gain from competition covers the expected losses.
And the elimination of labor covers the cost. But elimination of jobs is an entire different discussion not allowed here.
It’s so convenient that even if the average order isn’t more, I am sure they see more frequent orders.
In my case, I rarely shopped for groceries at Walmart because it’s 10 minutes farther than the nearest grocery store. I now get pretty much everything there because it saves a ton of time not having to actually pick the groceries myself and wait in line to checkout.
Quote: MaxPenChewy is top notch customer service though. One of my dogs was on a special diet of prescription food at the end. I had just ordered a dozen cans for $72 which arrived the day she died. Called Chewy a week or so later to see about a return. They just credited back my credit card and told me to give it to my vets office. Unbelievable. They gained a customer for life that day. I don't care if its a few nickels more.
Chewy is top notch C/S for sure. They really know how
To acquire customers.
Quote: AxelWolfWe use chewy as well.The same High protein cat food feed all of our critters except for the turtles. The delivery guy must hate us as well because the cat litter is 25 lb on its own, I'm pretty sure the cat food is a 25 lb bag. I think we do a three or four month supply at once. I use a dolly/ hand truck to cart it all to the garage, I wonder if they use one to get it to my door?
I see the guy on my security system carrying litter to my door regardless of where I am. And yea I feel for him carrying litter to the door.
I still don’t see how it makes business sense unless the volume makes sense overall and they have found a way around charging per pound.
No business model I know makes delivering litter makes financial sense.
If you can find heavy dense stuff that does not need to ship in a large box, the negotiated service agreements shipping discounts are much larger than light fluffy stuff.
That’s why you see all three carriers slowly reducing their dimensional divisor.
Quote: happaheroFor people talking about shipping heavy stuff being expensive, in 2019 UPS/FDX/USPS care WAY more about the density of the package than the weight. This is because their trucks always fill up the cargo volume first before even getting close to the max weight on the vehicle.
If you can find heavy dense stuff that does not need to ship in a large box, the negotiated service agreements shipping discounts are much larger than light fluffy stuff.
That’s why you see all three carriers slowly reducing their dimensional divisor.
I was getting cases of $1 coins shipped to my house twice a week for a year. They were small boxes but weighed about 25 pounds each. My mailman delivered over $500,000 in cash to my house.
That was the good old days when you could get airline miles for having cash shipped to your house.
Quote: happaheroFor people talking about shipping heavy stuff being expensive, in 2019 UPS/FDX/USPS care WAY more about the density of the package than the weight.
I ordered 3 plastic wastebaskets
from Amazon last week. They
came in a huge box, 24" by 20"
by 20" high. Weighed nothing.
But it was Amazon local delivery,
so it only mattered to the poor
driver using his own vehicle.
Amazon pays drivers $18 an
hour to use their own vehicles
to deliver packages. I wonder how
many are in an area at one time.
Last week I had 3 different orders
arrive on 3 different vehicles.
Sometime you can see online a
map of where the driver is and
how many stops he has before
he gets to you. I'm always amazed
at how many people order from
Amazon in my area. I wonder if'it's
this way all over the country.
They don't actually bring it to my door since I have a fence "moat" and gate surrounding my courtyard area(sounds a lot fancier than it is). They leave it on the sidewalk just outside, so the camera doesn't trigger that far away.Quote: BozI see the guy on my security system carrying litter to my door regardless of where I am. And yea I feel for him carrying litter to the door.
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Quote: AxelWolfThey don't actually bring it to my door
I have some Amazon horror stories.
Twice last winter they said a package
was delivered and it wasn't. I got
refunds for both. In the spring I
found them in front of the barn
after the snow melted. The lazy
driver had just thrown them from
from his vehicle instead of coming
up to the house.
They take a pic now of the delivered
package and post it on the site.
I had something delivered from Amazon and they took a picture of it being delivered.... Too bad for them it wasn't a picture of my place.Quote: EvenBobI have some Amazon horror stories.
Twice last winter they said a package
was delivered and it wasn't. I got
refunds for both. In the spring I
found them in front of the barn
after the snow melted. The lazy
driver had just thrown them from
from his vehicle instead of coming
up to the house.
They take a pic now of the delivered
package and post it on the site.
Quote: EvenBobI have some Amazon horror stories.
Twice last winter they said a package
was delivered and it wasn't. I got
refunds for both. In the spring I
found them in front of the barn
after the snow melted. The lazy
driver had just thrown them from
from his vehicle instead of coming
up to the house.
They take a pic now of the delivered
package and post it on the site.
I love amazon.
Bought this baseball net for $41 including delivery opposed to $137. Different brand but it is the exact same thing. Not sure how they can deliver it at a price like that.
https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/franklin-mlb-7-x-7-flexpro-backstop-net-19fraumlb7x7flxprtra/19fraumlb7x7flxprtra
Quote: GWAEI love amazon.
Bought this baseball net for $41 including delivery opposed to $137. Different brand but it is the exact same thing. Not sure how they can deliver it at a price like that.
Regional warehouses. That's the key to
Amazon free delivery. They just built
one 8 miles from my house. The vast
majority of frequently ordered items
are there. Remember when Bezos
started he didn't make a profit for
a huge number of years? He's doing
it again with these warehouses and
he's crushing it.
It's so successful Walmart is considering
closing all it's stores eventually and
making them warehouses for online
delivery only. Save them a ton on what
gets shoplifted from a store. I don't think
they'll do, it would be a logistical and
PR nightmare. But they're discussing
it.
Quote: EvenBob
They take a pic now of the delivered
package and post it on the site.
That worked out for me once. I have a tricky address. Ordered tennis shoes last year and the email said they arrived, they did not. I go thru customer service and they send a door pic. I explain it was not my door. So they replace the order, no muss no fuss. Even give the fast shipping. Next day I come home from work. two boxes at my door! I think a neighbor dropped the second one.
Once I was on my porch and a package flies up and lands. I should have filed a complaint but did not. I also have a door to my basement they sometimes leave packages at, I now note "to side door" but need to order one of those signs about deliver to side door.
Quote: gamerfreakWalmart Grocery pickup is fantastic. I will never shop for food inside of the store again.
You reserve a time slot and order all your food on the website/app. When you get to the store you park in a designated spot and check in on the app or call a number, and they bring everything right out to. I’ve never waited more than 5 minutes.
The best part is, if they are out of stock of something you purchased, they’ll substitute a larger size or more expensive brand, but charge you the same price. This seems to happen with half of the stuff I order. The last time I got a $20 pack of steaks for $10.
Does this really save time? I know some people that do it, almost always they do it because they have little kids. To me it seems I can get in and out fast. To scroll around and order would take more time for my order. I usually get just a few items at WMT.
Quote: AZDuffmanThat worked out for me once. I have a tricky address. Ordered tennis shoes last year
You play tennis?
Quote: EvenBobYou play tennis?
Nope, just wear the shoes.
Quote: AZDuffmanNope, just wear the shoes.
I bet you meant sneakers. They haven't
been called tennis shoes since Sally
Field played Gidget..
Quote: EvenBobI bet you meant sneakers. They haven't
been called tennis shoes since Sally
Field played Gidget..
I don't think anyone under the age if 60 says sneakers
From wiki incase anyone cares why they are called sneakers.
In 1917, he used the term because the rubber sole made the shoe stealthy. ... The name "sneakers" originally referred to how quiet the rubber soles were on the ground, in contrast to noisy standard hard leather sole dress shoes. Someone wearing sneakerscould "sneak up" on someone while someone wearing standards could not.
Quote: GWAEI don't think anyone under the age if 60 says sneakers
We always called them gym shoes.
Quote: EvenBobWe always called them gym shoes.
Might be a regional thing. I have always known them as tennis shoes. Possibly sometimes just called running shoes. Older people say sneakers.
I think I say "tennis shoes" nowadays but I'm honestly not sure because I don't talk about shoes that often so it rarely comes up in conversation. I think I usually just refer to them as what I use them for; "dress shoes," "dog walking shoes," "yardwork shoes," etc. I have some hiking shoes that are my "everyday shoes" that I just call "shoes."
Now that I've typed out "shoes" so much it doesn't look like a real word anymore.
Quote: DRichAm I the only one that rarely wears "tennis shoes", "gym shoes", or "sneakers"? I wear dress shoes and sandals, maybe twice a year I will put on some athletic shoes.
Today's the third day this year that I wore underpants. Now I no longer understand their purpose.
Quote: FaceToday's the third day this year that I wore underpants. Now I no longer understand their purpose.
1) To prevent any last drops of stray pee from soaking through your pants.
2) To protect the goods from rough denim.
3) Protection from accidentally zippering your junk.Quote: TigerWu1) To prevent any last drops of stray pee from soaking through your pants.
2) To protect the goods from rough denim.
4) Offers some protection for your pants in case of Montezuma's Revenge or other such ailment.
Quote: EvenBobI bet you meant sneakers. They haven't
been called tennis shoes since Sally
Field played Gidget..
Sneakers? Do you sneak around?
Quote: FaceToday's the third day this year that I wore underpants. Now I no longer understand their purpose.
There's just one.
When you bend over and split your pants wide open.
Bonus for doing it at something like an airport check in station.
Quote: FaceToday's the third day this year that I wore underpants. Now I no longer understand their purpose.
To keep the skid marks off your
pants and to catch the drainage
when you put your weapon back
in your pants. Your jeans must
have a lovely aroma..
Reminds me, I've been lamenting the loss of a certain style by Adidas for some 20 years now. They did me wrong.
Quote: EvenBobTo keep the skid marks off your
pants and to catch the drainage
when you put your weapon back
in your pants. Your jeans must
have a lovely aroma..
Do you buy Depends in bulk? Maybe you need to change your diet.
Quote: DRichAm I the only one that rarely wears "tennis shoes", "gym shoes", or "sneakers"? I wear dress shoes and sandals, maybe twice a year I will put on some athletic shoes.
Good quality dress shoes are actually comfortable.
Pro-AP tip: wear the bowling shoes home.
