For me its quite funny to discuss Amazon… I live in a country where Amazon does operate, but its not a main thing at all. I dont think they even have their own delivery vans here, its all done via third parties because it doesnt make sense enough to have their own systems for the 43 people who use it.
Some time ago I was discussing Amazon with an American and said that I have never needed Amazon for anything in my life. Then they asked me “well where do you go when you need dog food, a new drill bit set and bathroom cleaning products” and I just said “to the shopping center 700m away from me?” I dont know if Americans have forgot that malls are a thing, or have malls disappeared from there completely, but based on that guys response, it was like I was talking about going to a different planet. Some people are way too deep into these things… Its pretty concerning, in my opinion.
I mean I’m an American. Shit I live in Florida, that’s like the pinnacle of American madness to some extent.
My answer to where I would acquire that assortment of random items you mentioned?
Walmart dude! Never Amazon. What the fuck! Lol
We have a mall near me but it is dying and half empty, Walmart and Target and Costco etc are what fills the need for “Mall/shopping center.”
The rise of online shopping essentially helped accelerate the decline of malls in the traditional sense.
They would end up withering away during the fallout of the recession in the late 2000’s, the geographic distance an high cost of gas, along with the ridiculous pics gaulging malls were doing contributed as well
We totally have strip malls and big box stores
“Shopping centers”
The funny thing is that a huge problem with online shopping people swore Amazon had gotten past, the inability to gauge the quality of the item before buying has come back in full force, people are just so used to garbage materials when buying in Amazon they don’t realize it now
For me its quite funny to discuss Amazon… I live in a country where Amazon does operate, but its not a main thing at all. I dont think they even have their own delivery vans here, its all done via third parties because it doesnt make sense enough to have their own systems for the 43 people who use it.
Some time ago I was discussing Amazon with an American and said that I have never needed Amazon for anything in my life. Then they asked me “well where do you go when you need dog food, a new drill bit set and bathroom cleaning products” and I just said “to the shopping center 700m away from me?” I dont know if Americans have forgot that malls are a thing, or have malls disappeared from there completely, but based on that guys response, it was like I was talking about going to a different planet. Some people are way too deep into these things… Its pretty concerning, in my opinion.
I mean I’m an American. Shit I live in Florida, that’s like the pinnacle of American madness to some extent.
My answer to where I would acquire that assortment of random items you mentioned?
Walmart dude! Never Amazon. What the fuck! Lol
We have a mall near me but it is dying and half empty, Walmart and Target and Costco etc are what fills the need for “Mall/shopping center.”
The rise of online shopping essentially helped accelerate the decline of malls in the traditional sense.
They would end up withering away during the fallout of the recession in the late 2000’s, the geographic distance an high cost of gas, along with the ridiculous pics gaulging malls were doing contributed as well
We totally have strip malls and big box stores
“Shopping centers”
The funny thing is that a huge problem with online shopping people swore Amazon had gotten past, the inability to gauge the quality of the item before buying has come back in full force, people are just so used to garbage materials when buying in Amazon they don’t realize it now