Amazon puts (shopping) cart before the horse

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Amazon puts (shopping) cart before the horse
Topic Started: Jan 27 2014, 01:31 AM (226 Views)
goldengal	Jan 27 2014, 01:31 AM Post #1
Mistress, House of Dogs Posts: 11,674 Group: Member Member #715 Joined: March 31, 2010	Quote: First they were trumpeting flying delivery drones. Now Amazon may be going into the crystal-ball business. The Seattle-based, e-commerce giant is quietly proposing a system that would send packages on their way to customers before they actually order them. And unlike its pie-in-the-sky drones idea, Amazon likely has the technology to pursue the prognosticating strategy right now, say experts. “They are already doing it to an extent,” says Murat Kristal, a supply chain and operations management expert at York University’s Schulich School of Business. http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2014/01/25/amazon_puts_shopping_cart_before_the_horse.html Must admit I am a pretty steady customer of Amazon when it comes to books, and always ensure my order is in excess of $25 (not hard for sure) in order to qualify for free shipping. I am amazed that my order recently has been here within two days, and have now discovered there is a warehouse in Mississauga. I constantly receive notices of new releases by authors I buy, and others I might be interested in. There is a library across the street, but I am just not the type to put my name on a list and wait for a new release. Take care, Pat



agate	Jan 27 2014, 11:18 AM Post #2
Posts: 21,864 Group: Administration Member #203 Joined: February 2, 2006	That is amazing GG. I have ordered from amazon and yes it gets here very quickly. I am one to who does not like to put my name on a wait list at the library. I usually have good luck at our club house library or the thrift stores finding the books I want to read.



helen_t	Jan 27 2014, 11:37 AM Post #3
Red Star Member Posts: 2,767 Group: Member Member #712 Joined: March 30, 2010	I love the library, if I don't like a book I can take it back. I have 48 books on order and I release them when I want to, I don't have to wait long as I time it correctly. I do buy a book occasionally at Costco but, most of the time, I go into Chapters and make a note of the new books and order them from the library. There''s an old saying - "different strokes for different folk"- or something :smileyphp.gif: like that



Darcie	Jan 27 2014, 11:44 AM Post #4
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	I am a great fan of ebooks, I have a Kobo reader and also have an ereader on my tablet. I do belong to more than one library and have never found that I had to wait for any book that I really wanted to read. I pay (because I am not a resident of) a very small monthly fee to the library I used to belong to in Montreal and consequently have access to all libraries in the Greater Montreal area. We have a shared library in the building and quite a few readers who are into reading the latest. Consequently we have a lot of the new books downstairs and often have more than one copy.



reactivate	Jan 27 2014, 12:43 PM Post #5
Gold Star Member Posts: 3,897 Group: Member Member #769 Joined: May 18, 2010	I also am a fan of eBooks. I have a Kindal reader app on my Android tablet as well as a Kobo Reader app.I can get just about any publication I wish within minutes and substantially cheaper than a book. I have an app on both Windows and Android called Press Reader and a subscription to my local newspaper for $3.99 per month which is delivered to my systems automatically and I can purchase a single copy of any of about 2000 newspapers for $.99 and have it in front of me in a few seconds. I would not want to be in the business of selling printing presses these days. I have bought the occasional non-book item from Amazon and have not found their prices very impressive but that may be because of all the third party sellers on Amazon.



goldengal	Jan 27 2014, 12:58 PM Post #6
Mistress, House of Dogs Posts: 11,674 Group: Member Member #715 Joined: March 31, 2010	Books are cheaper at Costco or Walmart than Amazon, but the secret is no one has the selection that Amazon does. I'll find a mystery author I like and can buy some of their books going way back on Amazon. I cannot see myself ever using an eReader or Kindle. Old fashioned I suppose, but I still like a book to hold onto. There again .... different strokes. Take care, Pat



Darcie	Jan 27 2014, 01:08 PM Post #7
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Pat, I felt that way, got my ereader as a present and it sat around for a long time. One day my back was really bad and I wasn't going out, decided to go for it. It has been really nice, never thought I would like it. I occasionally read a book inbetween and if feels awkward, guess it is all in the getting used to. I feel better about it because I once read a newspaper article about bedbugs in books in a library and the problems they had getting rid of them. I thought it was exaggerated but asked a friend who is a librarian in Montreal and she said it was true, many libraries have that problem, even school libraries.



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