Amazon about to sell grocery's

Oldernotwiser

shadowknightz wrote: »

Indeed. This won't take off, no matter how much free publicity the newspaper rags supply them with. They're probably adding enormous surcharges to goods like that because people too lazy to get off their behind and walk to a shop will just think, "Ah, well, don't mind spending a couple of quid extra if it saves me the bother of having to put one foot in front of the other..." How lazy does one have to be to sit at home like a vegetable while groceries are delivered to their door? Eugh.

Well, that told Tesco where to go, didn't it!

raphanius

imho the prices are set rediculously high because the site is 'in beta' they will be more competitive when the site actually 'goes live'.

Barneysmom

shadowknightz wrote: »

Are you telling me that the only way you can get your shopping is if it's delivered to you? Don't you have someone who could go with you and assist you in carrying it or bringing it home?

I'm quite positive there are solutions people could work out instead of choosing the vegetable option of sitting at home while groceries are sent to them.

No, I have nobody at all to help, I'm having to dress my hubby at the moment too, he has severe epilepsy. One of those laugh and the world laughs with you times. I have a full time job, a house to look after and a disabled hubby.
One thing I don't do is vegetate, oh the bliss a day off would be.

shadowknightz

Barneysmom wrote: »

No, I have nobody at all to help, I'm having to dress my hubby at the moment too, he has severe epilepsy. One of those laugh and the world laughs with you times. I have a full time job, a house to look after and a disabled hubby.
One thing I don't do is vegetate, oh the bliss a day off would be.

Sorry, I didn't know. No offence meant; in your case I do not disagree with you having groceries delivered at all.

geordie_joe

shadowknightz wrote: »

Indeed. This won't take off, no matter how much free publicity the newspaper rags supply them with.

Why not, it's been working on ebay for years, and on amzon dot com too.

The problem is, the media have billed it as a challenge to tesco's, but that's not what it is meant to be. It's not for people to do their entire shopping there, just to buy one off items they can't get locally.

shadowknightz wrote: »

They're probably adding enormous surcharges to goods like that because people too lazy to get off their behind and walk to a shop will just think, "Ah, well, don't mind spending a couple of quid extra if it saves me the bother of having to put one foot in front of the other..." How lazy does one have to be to sit at home like a vegetable while groceries are delivered to their door? Eugh.

It's not a case of being too lazy, not everyone lives in a place where they can get to a supermarket easily. There are also people who can't get out of the house without help from others, and they welcome the chance to buy something without having to ask others for help getting it.

I'm not lazy, or disabled, but I live in a small town and if I can't get something in town I have to get the bus to the city. It cost £8 for a return fare, the journey takes 45 minutes each way and the bus only runs every 2 hours. When it gets to the city it waits 10 minutes then comes back again, so if you can't do what you want in 10 minutes you have to wait 2 hours for the next bus.

So most of the time it's cheaper and easier to order things online.

Barneysmom

shadowknightz wrote: »

Sorry, I didn't know. No offence meant; in your case I do not disagree with you having groceries delivered at all.

No problem Shad, I just had one of my (not many ) thoughts.
Seeing as you've not done it, give it a go, just as a practical excercise to see if you can save money?
The first shop is always about a tenner off, and they do online offers sometimes that you can't buy in the shops? I hated it at first but now I see the benefits, as I haven't got to lug loads of heavy stuff home.:)

shadowknightz

geordie_joe wrote: »

I'm not lazy, or disabled, but I live in a small town and if I can't get something in town I have to get the bus to the city. It cost £8 for a return fare, the journey takes 45 minutes each way and the bus only runs every 2 hours. When it gets to the city it waits 10 minutes then comes back again, so if you can't do what you want in 10 minutes you have to wait 2 hours for the next bus.

So most of the time it's cheaper and easier to order things online.

Fair do's in your case, but I was referring more to people who are completely able to either walk or drive to a nearby grocery shop but are lazy enough to sit at home and have groceries ordered in! I fully appreciate however that for some people who can't easily get to the shops without enduring costly bus travelling or are disabled etc, getting groceries delivered is quite helpful.

In regards to Amazon.com's grocery service itself, though, I still don't think it will fully work out. I understand the concept that people may want to order one-offs that they can't find elsewhere but I think the delivery charges will prohibit many people from bothering and they can probably find the goods from other specialised online stores.

Hippeechiq

I'm not lazy, disabled or a vegetable, and your comment is clearly intended to offend

I choose to have my shopping delivered because it helps me to budget and because it saves me money

zzzLazyDaisy

Hippeechiq wrote: »

your comment is clearly intended to offend

I was thinking the same. It really doesn't matter whether people shop on-line because they are disabled/live rurally/are too damn rushed off their feet/or it saves them money. It is a service that many people use for many different reasons, and someone who find it necessary to sit in judgement and resort to name calling is, frankly, behaving in a suspiciously trollish manner (in my view) :cool:

weegie.geek

I do my big shops online. Tins, bottles, jars, frozen stuff. I don't drive. It's £3 minimum for a taxi from supermarket to home, ignoring actually getting there in the first place. A shopping trip, from leaving the house to returning, will take anything up to 90 minutes. 20 minutes online and It's ordered to arrive the next day. It's a bit of a no-brainer. I still pop in to raid the reduced fridge from time to time, but calling people lazy?

I'm not sure why some people equate convenience with laziness. The less time shopping takes me, the better. In the time it'd take me to walk to Tesco I could've ordered it all online. Price comparison is a bit of a chore on foot as well.

I don't have to queue, I don't have to wander around the shop to see where they've moved the fairy liquid to this week...

If being sensible and efficient and not making my life unnecessarily difficult is the same as being lazy, I guess I'm lazy.

I took a look at the Amazon stuff the other day. Some of the prices are decent in comparison with supermarkets, but the delivery fees ruin it completely.