Yes it's very sad watching it all unfold. What to do?This is a common theme and it’s viewed as the great demand of the internet provider against the old ageing stores. Better value and better service.
It’s very clear today’s results show this is not the case. It’s unfair competition and it’s not a level playing field.
Tax avoidance on a gross scale and exploration of workforce on pitiful pay rates.
We get cheaper goods so I guess that’s all that matters. Of course when competition is eliminated and a company whose greed and obsession with margins is all that matters - don’t complain when the prices at Amazon rocket - after all there’s nowhere else to go is there.
Almost lefty of you, that!This is a common theme and it’s viewed as the great demand of the internet provider against the old ageing stores. Better value and better service.
It’s very clear today’s results show this is not the case. It’s unfair competition and it’s not a level playing field.
Tax avoidance on a gross scale and exploration of workforce on pitiful pay rates.
We get cheaper goods so I guess that’s all that matters. Of course when competition is eliminated and a company whose greed and obsession with margins is all that matters - don’t complain when the prices at Amazon rocket - after all there’s nowhere else to go is there.
Yes it's very sad watching it all unfold. What to do?
Amazon have sold us up the river.Yes it's very sad watching it all unfold. What to do?
Amazon have sold us up in the river.
I saw the feature in the newsAn additional tax on internet provided goods or elimination of business rates - or both
I saw the feature in the news
HOF paid roughly what 3 times amazons tax Bill of £1.7M.
And an American free marketeer Interviewed sees the elimination of heavy taxation or business rates as the solution .
Myself I can see part of that solution,however their avoidance scheme must be responsible for increasing the load on everyone else .
There are essentials to life and they need maintaining
Whatever all others are doing they have to partake too .
Amazon's a truly awful company and it's a fair point that they need covering off. Better employment law would be a start as well. It's maybe not as simple as just taxing internet goods though. Do you tax *all* internet sales including second hand stuff on ebay? Maybe you do, but if you do that you probably need other measures tro compensate. If you eliminate business rates, where do you get that tax income from instead?It’s hardly a laughing matter. I’m sure their staff are pissing themselves.
Well actually they are - as toilet breaks can result in dismissal due to lower productivity.
Yeah that's what I meant to say but wasn't clear enough.Actually it’s worse than that. HoF pay 3 times more business rates in ONE store than Amazon pay in corporate tax - its a chilling thought. How can businesses operate in those conditions. It’s almost promoting Victorian values of the business owners against the hapless employees.
Almost lefty of you, that!
Good lad, I'm with this !!I don’t know if it is or not.
The funny thing is that I suspect many lefties love Amazon as it’s cheap
What I can’t abide us we are giving these great big multi national conglomerates a huge advantage against companies who have paid taxes and employed people with s decent wage.
It’s an obscenity. I heard it all day then saw the report in channel 4 and some smug wanker from America trying to claim that by offering the beleaguered Amazon workforce profit related shares they truly were a caring company.
Funnily I’d argue this is an argument if traditional conservatism - but real conservatism died in the 70’s anyway.
Either way it’s made me angry and I’m not shopping with Amazon again.
Oh and he was a smug wanker !!I don’t know if it is or not.
The funny thing is that I suspect many lefties love Amazon as it’s cheap
What I can’t abide us we are giving these great big multi national conglomerates a huge advantage against companies who have paid taxes and employed people with s decent wage.
It’s an obscenity. I heard it all day then saw the report in channel 4 and some smug wanker from America trying to claim that by offering the beleaguered Amazon workforce profit related shares they truly were a caring company.
Funnily I’d argue this is an argument if traditional conservatism - but real conservatism died in the 70’s anyway.
Either way it’s made me angry and I’m not shopping with Amazon again.
Yeah, but wasn't it that, that got you barred in the end? Perv.There used to be this really good used bookshop in Earlsdon (years ago).
I went in there quite a few times.
The last time I was in there, the proprietor said he was selling more books online than in the shop and it made no sense to keep paying rent on the property.
The shop disappeared shortly afterwards.
The sad thing is browsing for books the way you can in an actual shop, can't be done online.
I like to touch, feel, and yes even smell the books.
Obviously you have a sick mind and are not a book lover.Yeah, but wasn't it that, that got you barred in the end? Perv.
We get cheaper goods so I guess that’s all that matters.
Obviously you have a sick mind and are not a book lover.
I agree. I made a similar anti Amazon argument on here before. I think generally though a lot of tree populice are so selfish / ignorant that they don't really think about the impact of Amazon. Abhorrent organisation.I don’t know if it is or not.
The funny thing is that I suspect many lefties love Amazon as it’s cheap
What I can’t abide us we are giving these great big multi national conglomerates a huge advantage against companies who have paid taxes and employed people with s decent wage.
It’s an obscenity. I heard it all day then saw the report in channel 4 and some smug wanker from America trying to claim that by offering the beleaguered Amazon workforce profit related shares they truly were a caring company.
Funnily I’d argue this is an argument if traditional conservatism - but real conservatism died in the 70’s anyway.
Either way it’s made me angry and I’m not shopping with Amazon again.
Same with McDonald's. Any negative story on their practices or environmental impact or quality of their product is just met with a 'well it's cheap and I like it' attitude.I agree. I made a similar anti Amazon argument on here before. I think generally though a lot of tree populice are so selfish / ignorant that they don't really think about the impact of Amazon. Abhorrent organisation.
This is a common theme and it’s viewed as the great demand of the internet provider against the old ageing stores. Better value and better service.
It’s very clear today’s results show this is not the case. It’s unfair competition and it’s not a level playing field.
Tax avoidance on a gross scale and exploration of workforce on pitiful pay rates.
We get cheaper goods so I guess that’s all that matters. Of course when competition is eliminated and a company whose greed and obsession with margins is all that matters - don’t complain when the prices at Amazon rocket - after all there’s nowhere else to go is there.
You know Amazon is a marketplace don't you? They don't set all their prices. You or I can sell on Amazon and undercut them. Amazon run ads for their competitors on their own site because it keeps them as the one stop place to go.
Same as eBay.
You're also aware that Bezos' motto is "your margin is my opportunity" meaning if you're taking huge profits he'll undercut you on price and/or convenience and take your profit. Same applies to Amazon and a competitor. Service stickiness is a thing but not insurmountable, as MySpace and Friendster found out. That's the point of the Internet.
And if you think Tesco and Walmart have great ethical business practices and pay all their tax Ive got a bridge to sell you.
Looking forward to seeing lots more people in the centre of our glorious City supporting the high street..........or people could carry on doing all their shopping online or worse still.....going to Brum or towns like Leam and Solihull.
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