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50. When I send "cash" gifts to my great nephews and niece, I send prepaid credit cards

Sat Mar 19, 2022, 12:20 PM

Mar 2022

Such as Visa prepaid cards. I'm sending them through the mail, a credit card is safer than cash.

With the prepaid cards, the kids (the oldest is about ten now, I believe, youngest three) can select what they want - but the parents are instructed that the cards be used for books. All of the mothers have indicated they love this - the kids can pick out their own books that fit their interests and they learn budgeting as they grow up. They can buy a few very expensive books or stretch their budgets by buying used or lower cost books.

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I Went to Jared - Why Brick and Mortar Loses to Amazon [View all] MineralMan Mar 2022 OP

They don't want to pay labor costs, so they lose more customers. tblue37 Mar 2022 #1

+1 n/t area51 Mar 2022 #93

No one in customer service? luv2fly Mar 2022 #2

I did not check Customer service. MineralMan Mar 2022 #4

You have to register & sign in on Amazon also. Why is it offensive to you at a b/m store? delisen Mar 2022 #3

That is true. I have an account at Amazon. MineralMan Mar 2022 #8

It is true that Amazon will let you "window shop" without registering but there are costs. delisen Mar 2022 #36

You raise some interesting questions. MineralMan Mar 2022 #39

Kmart, Sears HipChick Mar 2022 #5

Yes. The only possible way brick and mortar stores can compete MineralMan Mar 2022 #11

Walmart online storefront keeps getting better and better JCMach1 Mar 2022 #30

Yes. Target, too. MineralMan Mar 2022 #40

We got a plain (not smart) 42" UHD (RCA brand) for my son's XBOX X during the pandemic. It was $159 JCMach1 Mar 2022 #88

That's happened snowybirdie Mar 2022 #6

A quarter century ago, ... old as dirt Mar 2022 #7

In Dubai, where I lived and worked for 12 years, everything was 18k up JCMach1 Mar 2022 #32

I visited el Museo del Oro in Bogota back in 2005. old as dirt Mar 2022 #69

Carrots are things you eat. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #54

I've been known... old as dirt Mar 2022 #70

If order was fulfilled by Amazon you should be ok. Freethinker65 Mar 2022 #9

Well, there's nothing complicated about MineralMan Mar 2022 #16

Sometimes online vendors will fill orders faster than local stores csziggy Mar 2022 #47

That's an excellent example, too. MineralMan Mar 2022 #61

Pretty sure I mentioned placing an online/app order for a product out of stock at local pharmacy Freethinker65 Mar 2022 #87

Whenever I am asked to sign in I usually use Fred Flintstone or Abe Lincoln and other fiction dutch777 Mar 2022 #10

Travel agents used to get paid from Tree Lady Mar 2022 #33

Fifty years ago a friend was told he had to provide a phone number to a vendor csziggy Mar 2022 #48

Amazon changed the game, and it's here to stay. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2022 #12

When I send "cash" gifts to my great nephews and niece, I send prepaid credit cards csziggy Mar 2022 #50

Yes, I've also bought a few prepaid general-use cards... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2022 #55

I like the kids to have something they can hold in their hands csziggy Mar 2022 #63

Regulate the shit out of Amazon. aocommunalpunch Mar 2022 #13

+100 sinkingfeeling Mar 2022 #15

I've shopped from Amazon, before. old as dirt Mar 2022 #17

If i don't log out I don't log in everytime..I click on my Amazon link and start shopping.. EX500rider Mar 2022 #26

Google remembers my login information at Amazon. MineralMan Mar 2022 #27

I do use it for books on occasion. old as dirt Mar 2022 #34

A number of years ago I filled my library with signed hardcover copies of my 2 favorite authors... Hekate Mar 2022 #85

what? Celerity Mar 2022 #28

I can help you if you need help creating account! Nt USALiberal Mar 2022 #53

Yeah, OK, you do you. MineralMan Mar 2022 #19

I will, thanks. aocommunalpunch Mar 2022 #71

In what areas is Amazon not regulated ? brooklynite Mar 2022 #51

I predict you will not get an answer. MineralMan Mar 2022 #57

Wherever their claw like appendages have a grip aocommunalpunch Mar 2022 #72

Last time I checked, nobody was obliged to purchase from them... brooklynite Mar 2022 #74

Seems about right. aocommunalpunch Mar 2022 #80

Lol, ok, please explain!!! Nt USALiberal Mar 2022 #52

Regulate it...hell, nationalize it n/t leftstreet Mar 2022 #73

In my area, stores were both.. luvs2sing Mar 2022 #14

If you counted all of the employees at all of the Kohl's stores MineralMan Mar 2022 #20

Commercial real estate rates are killing brick and mortar stores. Mosby Mar 2022 #18

Yes. And Amazon isn't the only one, either. MineralMan Mar 2022 #22

I suggest that your brick and mortal examples were both poor examples. brooklynite Mar 2022 #21

Brick and mortar shopping will likely persist... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2022 #24

Well, yes. However, Tiffany's is not the destination of choice MineralMan Mar 2022 #25

I agree. shrike3 Mar 2022 #60

Always had to psych myself up to go into stores, unless it was a musical instrument store. Hoyt Mar 2022 #23

My wife has the Prime account. MineralMan Mar 2022 #29

I'll just put this South Park clip here. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2022 #31

I love the "this isn't very fulfilling " Tree Lady Mar 2022 #37

LOL! MineralMan Mar 2022 #42

I'm sorry to hear that. shrike3 Mar 2022 #35

Funny how you don't want Jared to have your info, yet Amazon has all that and more. tinrobot Mar 2022 #38

Yes, Amazon has all of that information. MineralMan Mar 2022 #43

Considering the pay XanaDUer2 Mar 2022 #41

OK, whatever. I choose not to return to stores like that. MineralMan Mar 2022 #44

Sure XanaDUer2 Mar 2022 #46

I worked retail in the 1970s and 1980s. Elwood P Dowd Mar 2022 #66

That's a good point, for sure. MineralMan Mar 2022 #67

There's an interesting sub reddit XanaDUer2 Mar 2022 #68

Talk about NO Customer Service, did you see this, MM? Totally Tunsie Mar 2022 #45

Same here mercuryblues Mar 2022 #49

Sounds familiar. MineralMan Mar 2022 #56

I prefer brick and mortar stores for buying clothes, unless I'm already very familiar with highplainsdem Mar 2022 #58

Shopping is difficult these days. KentuckyWoman Mar 2022 #59

Yeah. I'm 76 years old, myself. MineralMan Mar 2022 #62

One of my pet peeves is the difference between shopping and buying. old as dirt Mar 2022 #76

Point well taken. I don't shop. I buy. KentuckyWoman Mar 2022 #83

I buy many things online because they don't have them in stock at the stores. marie999 Mar 2022 #64

Yes. That's getting more and more common. MineralMan Mar 2022 #65

I used to work retail back in the day Maeve Mar 2022 #75

You're far from alone in noticing the changes. MineralMan Mar 2022 #78

Amazon et. al. are TOO convenient. usonian Mar 2022 #77

Well, delivery services vary from place to place. MineralMan Mar 2022 #79

Did you have an onion on your belt at the time? Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2022 #81

Uh, what? MineralMan Mar 2022 #84

An obscure TV show reference, I think. Mister Ed Mar 2022 #90

It was just a lame insult. MineralMan Mar 2022 #91

Reminds me of my waning days as a Sears customer. I wanted some items for my then-teen ... Hekate Mar 2022 #82

is there not a person capable of sales anymore? alphafemale Mar 2022 #86

Yeah. Taking someone into a jewelry store to buy MineralMan Mar 2022 #95

This is why I ForgedCrank Mar 2022 #89

OK, but here's the thing: MineralMan Mar 2022 #92

I love Amazon. tavernier Mar 2022 #94

Maybe the sign-in was Covid-related Polybius Mar 2022 #96

Nope. Nobody working in the store MineralMan Mar 2022 #97

I hate giving Amazon my money, BUT eissa Mar 2022 #98