Walmart employs many people. |
I always go to my local mom and pop electronics store to buy my InfiniBand adapters. |
Walmart treats their employees much better than Amazon.
Best Buy, Walmart |
Walmart prices are comparable |
Walmart employs many at minimum wage, so that they need food stamps and other government assistance to survive. |
Amazon is not cheap. The cheap stuff from amazon mostly chinese crap things that maybe cost pennies originally. Amazon just the convenience after you pay $150 membership. Amazon convenience (generous return, same day delivery ) comes from the cost of other aspect. Its notorious that it is almost impossible to make money selling on Amazon, their hefty fee to sell there somewhat 40%. |
Apple. |
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Amazon is not even the cheapest option anymore for a number of things. I bought both new iPads from Apple because they were $50 cheaper on the Apple site than Amazon was selling them for. The biggest thing for me is the shipping cost. I used to get free shipping with Amazon which helped. I wish more stores would offer free shipping. |
Has anyone tried radio shack? |
BH Photo Video |
Target, Best Buy, Home Depot, Walmart, Lowe's, heck you can buy a charger at Barnes & Noble. |
MicroCenter near Vienna/Fairfax. Wide selection and lots of helpful salespeople. |
Costco. |
Micro center or Best Buy in person; Costco online. Anger used to be part of the Costco next program where you could order direct w/a discount. I have always voided Amazon bc their non-certified products can be a fire hazard |