• tempest@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Good. People can wait a few days to get their packages if it means better working conditions.

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      1 year ago

      Also just not buy things from Amazon until the strike is over. Real stores exist!

      (I say this as a recluse who buys almost everything online)

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          Yeah. Your item on Amazon often will say “order fulfilled by Company Y.” You can look that company up to see if you can order directly from them, that way they still get the sale without Bezos taking his cut.

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          I did this a few times. Ordered directly from the company instead of through Amazon. But then an expensive order didn’t show up. Amazon would have replaced it. But others companies’ policies are not so customer friendly. I was in the middle of contesting the charge 3 weeks later when a neighbor showed up at my front door with the package. Said he found it while clearing brush along our common road.

          Now I only buy through Amazon. If the neighbor had not been honest, I could have been out $280. And yes, we do have a problem with overworked USPS drivers leaving packages at the bottom of the road.

      • UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works
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        Same, but I’ve got away without buying from Amazon for 5+ years now, so I’m pretty sure anyone can do it.

        A couple of times a package I ordered from some random website would come in an amazon box, just because they incidentally use the service, but that was it.

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          They got me with the free prime delivery. I’ll get, like, a single bottle of Tylenol delivered. My husband likes the card benefits, so they got him there. Plus, sometimes we watch shows and movies if Netflix or Youtube doesn’t have them (we only pirate if what we want can’t be found elsewhere, since we are fortnate enough to be able to pay for the media we consume)

          I hate to say it, but… it’s a great service

          But even I can walk away, and stand in solidarity with workers. They deserve better, and Amazon can afford to give it to them

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          We recycle cartons at work to send stuff to our customers.
          Saves a bit of money and is better for the environment.

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        I will openly admit I should be much better about not ordering so much stuff online.

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      Nothing will come out of that strike. It’s just 1 day and then back to being a wage slave. If anything, it will prove to Amazon that they, Amazon, are pulling the levers. In order for a strike to be effective, it has to last until changes are agreed upon which is impossible without a strong union.

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    I cannot express how much I love this. Jeff Bezos is an evil piece of dog poo… actually, that is an insult to dog poo.

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    Oh can not wait for Amazon blaming the strike for any and all issues for the next year or so.

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      Why? People can still order at “discounted” prices, their packages will just arrive a little late.

      I’m sure actual profits will not suffer too much.

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      Probably just later deliveries and new hires or more robots.

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      Yep, they’re surely not at all scrupulous but I use them all the time now, and indeed I try to buy from specific sites if possible. Amazon is the devil and they’ve had enough of my money.

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        I’m mean, to be honest, yes. I haven’t purchased anything from Amazon in years. It was an adjustment, but easier than you think. Most times, I just wait a little longer for free delivery of something I don’t care about getting in two days anyway. One of the other changes I made was getting a membership to a Costco type place that has local delivery for my household stuff like cereal and toilet paper. You should give it a shot.

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      I wonder how ebay treats their workers. I’m trying to find a good alternative but ebay is the next best competition basically.

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        eBay doesn’t have workers, it’s a marketplace that facilitates transactions between sellers and buyers

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          There are a few specialized programs ebay runs (card vault, authenticity guarantee, international shipping dispatch) where they do have direct employees - not very many I’ll grant you. From everything I’ve been able to find out, they’re treated at-or-better-than the average for warehouse gigs, and the skilled staff are treated like cattle (but cattle where the rancer knows the beef tastes better if the cows are happy and have those cute brush things)

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          I thought they have distribution centers like Amazon. Amazon also has sellers and buyers, though most of it is sent, stored, distributed by Amazon.

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            yeah definitely not. When you sell on eBay you’re entirely responsible for how your item gets to the buyer (I’ve done it). The closest you’ll get is paying eBay for a shipping label.

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    Wait, Fucker Carlson made a good point? Broken clock is broken at least once a day I suppose.

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    This strike is sponsored by Amazon so that 99% of their business keeps on making money by creating a distraction.

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    If BF has lower volume due to inflation, this will actually result in more profit for Amazon due to reduced wages.