We didn't "suffer", just like everything else, we find better ways to do things as time goes by.
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We didn't "suffer", just like everything else, we find better ways to do things as time goes by.
My parents had to walk uphill both ways to get groceries. Told me how spoiled I was to get to carry them home in bags!
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just started using Amazon Prime about a month ago.
I like it.
They do charge state tax now, and I was not aware when that started.
Got my eye on a Dewalt Air Compressor. That thing is heavy. Not sure how they would unload that and leave it . We got fences and gates. I guess they leave it outside the gate. I am new to this but I like it.
Now that you are retired, the extra 40 minutes to go through a store verses going through 30 minutes deciding online to pick out EVERY thing you need must be taxing and a hardship for you. If you need a refund? Do they come and take it back to the store? Only to turn around and drive back to your home to get your money back?
Just want to see how the whole online grocery thing works.....
I dont do it, I just think your stance is a bit absurd. Are you really that upset if someone decides to use this service? I simply dont see why it would twist your sails.
You're ignoring the jobs it creates. Automation and process improvement will always eliminate some jobs, but those groceries aren't picking themselves at the store, there is an employee who does that.
UPS/FedEx/USPS are hiring and can't get enough employees. Know why?
Look, if you just wanna go all crusty old man about this then go ahead, but don't look down your nose at the rest of us for taking advantage of the offering that does nothing but save us time.
Please tell me what each of you do with that extra 20-30 minutes to let someone else pick out your grocery items? Sit in your car? Give Jack a few more clicks on here, which I am sure he appreciates? Read your phone in the car? Clicking the items on a computer takes time as well. Maybe its an anti-social thing or people bother you? The fact you let some teenager pick your groceries for you I do not understand, with the exception of Morris situation. And there even, not one mention of a man in the kids life to take care of and give your daughter time to do what she wants???
You don't want the most fresh items or the items dated furthest out? Stores put about to expire items in front for a reason, and that is what teenager is trained to pull. I have seen Walmart food and their meats and produce suck compared to most stores, then again they are the cheapest for a reason. How do you know what might be out that is new and different with cheeses, spices, etc.? Eating the same meals week after week must be boring as fawk. Steak night from Walmart must be a big occasion, seeing everyone chew the gristle for 10 minutes in each bite. Now THAT is a waste of precious time.
Otherwise, for other things I use Amazon and ebay for things not carried in stores, like Jack mentioned, and I love that convenience. Golf balls and cooking pans, oysters and clams, you name it. Just ordered 4 bottles of Italian Luxardo Maraschino cherries for Manhattans. Less expensive than any liquor store also.
You don't want the most fresh items or the items dated furthest out? Stores put about to expire items in front for a reason, and that is what teenager is trained to pull. I have seen Walmart food and their meats and produce suck compared to most stores, then again they are the cheapest for a reason. How do you know what might be out that is new and different with cheeses, spices, etc.? Eating the same meals week after week must be boring as fawk. Steak night from Walmart must be a big occasion, seeing everyone chew the gristle for 10 minutes in each bite. Now THAT is a waste of precious time.
Otherwise, for other things I use Amazon and ebay for things not carried in stores, like Jack mentioned, and I love that convenience. Golf balls and cooking pans, oysters and clams, you name it. Just ordered 4 bottles of Italian Luxardo Maraschino cherries for Manhattans. Less expensive than any liquor store also.
Amazon.com doesn't accept returns of the following items:
- Items classified as hazardous materials or use flammable liquids or gases (contact the manufacturer directly for service, warranty, return, and refund information)
- Any product missing the serial number or UPC
- Downloadable software products
- Online subscriptions after they have been accessed
- Gift cards (except as required by law)
- Pay As You Go (or prepaid) phone cards (contact a local authorized dealer or the carrier directly)
- Prepaid game cards (World of Warcraft, Xbox 360 Live, Wii Points, etc.)
- Some jewelry orders
- Some health and personal care items
- Grocery products
- Prime Pantry products
- Fresh flowers and live indoor plants
- Open software
- Items with special shipping restrictions imposed by the U.S. Department of Transportation (as indicated on the product detail page)
- Live insects
- Good luck returning Grocery products on Amazon!!!
You can call me what ever name that makes you feel good, I do not care nor will I change my mind on delivered groceries.
I'm not sure you understand how it works. It's not like I run in and give them a list and wait in the car for them to bring them. You pick out the items you want through the website and pick a time to pick them up which may be that day or any other day. In other words, i do whatever I want with that 30 minutes besides walking up and down the aisle at Wal Mart.
Sure it does, but it can be done while watching a game or whatever from my chair, again, just not in the aisles of Wal Mart.
You probably should tread lightly when questioning someone else's family situation. It's really none of your business and you aren't in a position to judge. I have a situation here that I have never discussed on the board and, because of people like you (and others), I will never discuss on the board. I will say that the convenience of not being away from the house more than I already am is a great asset to me.
I'm aware that stores rotate product, not just to put "about to expire items to the front", but as a matter of constant practice. I'm also aware that the kid stocking the shelf doesn't always do that so checking the dates of an item is something I would do regardless if I am at the store or putting things away at home. Most of the things I order online are basic items that sell fast enough freshness is not an issue. I do check the dates on things and to my knowledge I have not received anything even close to expired yet. I don't doubt that will happen, though.
As I've posted before I get things like that from Costco, mostly. I can't speak to the quality of a WalMart steak because I just don't get them there. Typically I swing by Costco and get what I want there and head to WalMart to pick up the basics that are there waiting for me.
Golf balls and cooking pans are not carried in stores around you? Seems odd, but the exact same convenience you are referring to is what I like about grocery pickup. YMMV, but I find it a great convenience.
Did you do your list for next week while writing this diatribe of a breakdown point by point? You could have been to the grocery and back already. Funny, your area has a convenient Costco (obviously populated area) yet you admit you have few stores besides Walmart to buy your groceries? Just admit instead that you are cheap and on a tight budget and everyone will be fine with that answer.
By the way, Southwest having a sale today, and the money you save there and Walmart will afford you to buy section "A" passes for the family so you do not worry about seats together. Just trying to help. :0008
Piggly Wiggly was the first store to have customers pick out their own items. Prior to that, you told the owner what you wanted, and someone packed the items.
Piggly Wiggly actually put people out of work by creating how we shop today.
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Piggly Wiggly actually put people out of work by creating how we shop today.
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