Things are really heating up in the Middle East. While ISIS in retreat is always a good thing, tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia and their proxies are eventually going to blow up.
It's been a while since I shopped at Jet. But I found their process of getting extra savings by buying items from similar warehouses to be very confusing. Overall it was difficult to understand how much I was paying for each item. And I found those numbers often changed. For instance, if I added an item to my cart it would list thousands of items that I could get cheaper. But wanted they didn't mention is that the savings would only apply if I added ONE item, I would not get more savings by adding more than one item. Also, if purchasing many items, it was hard to keep track of which item was linked to savings on which items. So if you deleted an item from your cart later, you might lose the extra discount on something else which may have been the only reason you added it to your cart in the first place.
Without the additional savings, every item I looked at was cheaper on Amazon. Just a very confusing model over all. And that was the only technological enhancement I even saw. Otherwise the website was extremely basic. The search function was dismal and their item selection was pretty limited and ever changing. So there were many times I bought an item I liked and wanted to re-order it, but when I tried, I found they no longer carried it.
I will say they had very good customer service though. Something Walmart could benefit from but which I fear might work the other way around. At least Walmart's customer service is as poor as ever. Personally, I wouldn't mind if Amazon put Walmart out of business with the exception that competition is good for the consumer.
Walmart acquired Jet to get a very much needed technological edge over Amazon. But have you ever shopped at Jet? I have. It pales in comparison to Amazon's technical knowhow and breadth of features/reach. There is no comparison. In fact overall I found Jet's website to be buggy, boring and confusing. And shipping is as slow as Walmart. I saw no advantage to the acquisition.
#Walmart acquired #Jet to compete with #Amazon. Now Amazon wants to acquire #WholeFoods to compete with Walmart. I don't think Walmart's acquisition did a think for them. Hopefully Amazon's will work out better for them $WMT$AMZN$WFM
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It's been a while since I shopped at Jet. But I found their process of getting extra savings by buying items from similar warehouses to be very confusing. Overall it was difficult to understand how much I was paying for each item. And I found those numbers often changed. For instance, if I added an item to my cart it would list thousands of items that I could get cheaper. But wanted they didn't mention is that the savings would only apply if I added ONE item, I would not get more savings by adding more than one item. Also, if purchasing many items, it was hard to keep track of which item was linked to savings on which items. So if you deleted an item from your cart later, you might lose the extra discount on something else which may have been the only reason you added it to your cart in the first place.
Without the additional savings, every item I looked at was cheaper on Amazon. Just a very confusing model over all. And that was the only technological enhancement I even saw. Otherwise the website was extremely basic. The search function was dismal and their item selection was pretty limited and ever changing. So there were many times I bought an item I liked and wanted to re-order it, but when I tried, I found they no longer carried it.
I will say they had very good customer service though. Something Walmart could benefit from but which I fear might work the other way around. At least Walmart's customer service is as poor as ever. Personally, I wouldn't mind if Amazon put Walmart out of business with the exception that competition is good for the consumer.
Amazon's Acquisitions Create Adverse Reactions
Walmart acquired Jet to get a very much needed technological edge over Amazon. But have you ever shopped at Jet? I have. It pales in comparison to Amazon's technical knowhow and breadth of features/reach. There is no comparison. In fact overall I found Jet's website to be buggy, boring and confusing. And shipping is as slow as Walmart. I saw no advantage to the acquisition.
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Amazon's Acquisitions Create Adverse Reactions
#Walmart acquired #Jet to compete with #Amazon. Now Amazon wants to acquire #WholeFoods to compete with Walmart. I don't think Walmart's acquisition did a think for them. Hopefully Amazon's will work out better for them $WMT $AMZN $WFM
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