The Shoutbox
Plus, I just don't see how some of those side effects = Amazon is evil. That's just an easy statement to throw out there.

And if they're truly evil, then why are you buying from them? Clearly you are not convinced of your own statement.

I'm on the opposite side of this one. I'm more of an Amazon fangirl, a loyal customer for 22 years now. Gosh, I remember when they sold only books.

And yes, Yoda's right. I make far fewer single-person-in-the-car trips to the store because of Amazon.
I'd like to see a study, but very often massive enterprises like this can lower CO2 emissions because they're way, way more efficient than smaller operations.

For example, it'll use more than if we didn't buy anything, but one truck going around bringing everyone in the neighborhood something is definitely going to use way less than if most of us got in our own cars and went to the store.
But I’ll shut up now.
Plus, the number of businesses that have had to shutter because they can’t compete has got to be in the tens of thousands, which means hundreds of thousands of jobs.
I mean, their 2 day shipping has created expectations across every industry, and the infrastructure demands to deliver at that speed have created so much disruption. I hate to think how much CO2 levels have been affected by the 2 day shipping expectations we live with today.

And that’s not even getting started with how they handle our data. Evil to the core, man.
Amazon has always been evil. I’m just more vocal about it now.
Originally Posted by John McClane
It came from Amazon Warehouse, so I only ripped off Amazon. I feel pretty good about it.

Besides, it technically was defective because the advertised feature that I bought it for didn’t function the way it was advertised, but that’s not a return option because Amazon is evil.
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How did we get from Amazon having bad return options to "Amazon is Evil?"
And I will also add that is the only time I have ever done that.
And $30 is more than a few dollars. That’s equivalent to a 20% restocking fee.
Originally Posted by doubledenim
Originally Posted by Loner
Originally Posted by doubledenim
So for some reason searching for a Ray Liotta Goodfellas gif brought up a lot of Aishwarya Rai.
and that's a bad thing?


Not a chance.
Best gif ever! +1!
It came from Amazon Warehouse, so I only ripped off Amazon. I feel pretty good about it.

Besides, it technically was defective because the advertised feature that I bought it for didn’t function the way it was advertised, but that’s not a return option because Amazon is evil.