The case for NOT supporting local business

saabsaab

Some stuff are ok to buy online others are better bought local. Several advantages. Say clothes and shoes.



You see the quality of the item
You see if it fits
You can bring it back easily if there is a problem (online too much hassle)
No postage costs
You get it straight away.
It doesn't get lost in transit
You get what you actually ordered
You get the colour as it is in daylight.

Wanderer78

Pussyhands wrote:

As for the comments like "when you buy local, you're helping someone send their daughter to dance class, not helping Jeff Bezos buy another yacht!". Well, saving money on Amazon helps send my daughter to dance class.

3DataModem wrote:

So buying Amazon is in some ways buying local.

Companies such as Amazon are what are called rent seekers, or wealth extractors, they're effectively giant wealth vacuum cleaners, sucking wealth out of an economy, they are monopolies and net job destroyers, and the replacement jobs are generally more precarious than what was lost. The only ones truly gaining from these processes are the major share holders, while everyone else gets screwed

Pussyhands

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Companies such as Amazon are what are called rent seekers, or wealth extractors, they're effectively giant wealth vacuum cleaners, sucking wealth out of an economy, they are monopolies and net job destroyers, and the replacement jobs are generally more precarious than what was lost. The only ones truly gaining from these processes are the major share holders, while everyone else gets screwed

By that token, any exporters are wealth vacuums sucking wealth out of other economies.

The J Stands for Jay

Pussyhands wrote: »

By that token, any exporters are wealth vacuums sucking wealth out of other economies.

Importers are sucking wealth out of our economy, exporters are showering us with lovely foreign earnings.