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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2017, 01:14:20 PM »
Walmart is price matching Amazon either way, so once they're selling at that super-low price there's no reason not to offer the pickup discount.
Except that Amazon undercuts them by matching the pickup discount, which means people will order from Amazon.
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #21 on: May 09, 2017, 01:19:29 PM »
Except that Amazon undercuts them by matching the pickup discount, which means people will order from Amazon.

Amazon has far more to lose.
They are shipping huge oversized items (which many of the deals were for) at expedited speed. Walmart is losing far, far less per sale. Then also have Walmart purchasing merchandise at cheaper prices than Amazon. If Amazon will continue matching these crazy prices Walmart may as well feed them deals that will cause Amazon to lose billions if they decide to go that far. Not really that difficult for Walmart to pull off.
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2017, 01:22:47 PM »
Too early to call this one.

Publicity? Yes. Full fledged competition? I wouldn't call it that. Amazon is way ahead of them from a technological and end user experience standpoint.
True, but over the long term this will put them on the map as a seller of products other than the typical walmart stuff if they continue it long enough. Do they have work to do still? yes.
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2017, 01:23:07 PM »
Just think about it- Walmart has a couch with 3 in stock in Texas, and that's it. Create a huge pickup discount of 99% off so it's priced at $5. Wait for Amazon to match and sell a couple hundred grand worth of couches at a price that's less than the cost of shipping. Would be fun to watch.
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2017, 01:27:55 PM »
I think pickup discounts will stay, but not the 90% off pickup discounts, that's just a mistake. Until today the discount was much more logical.
I agree with this prediction. I also agree any attention Walmart gets to be seen as an actual deals site is a win for them, and of course getting foot traffic in their stores is a win as well.
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #25 on: May 09, 2017, 01:28:44 PM »
Amazon has far more to lose.
They are shipping huge oversized items (which many of the deals were for) at expedited speed. Walmart is losing far, far less per sale. Then also have Walmart purchasing merchandise at cheaper prices than Amazon. If Amazon will continue matching these crazy prices Walmart may as well feed them deals that will cause Amazon to lose billions if they decide to go that far. Not really that difficult for Walmart to pull off.
True. Interesting strategy. Still going to cost them both big time.
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #26 on: May 09, 2017, 01:34:32 PM »
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« Reply #27 on: May 09, 2017, 01:35:18 PM »
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #28 on: May 09, 2017, 01:41:10 PM »
How do you find the deals in this war?

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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #30 on: May 09, 2017, 02:16:20 PM »
True. Interesting strategy. Still going to cost them both big time.

It seems like each day Walmart is becoming increasingly more relevant than ever in the ecommerce space. If they spend billions to get millions of customers to create accounts and get used to free (2 day) shipping for orders over $35 it will be a huge win. OTOH Amazon has to outspend WM and the main benefit is retaining their (huge) customer base.

Please God give Walmart the strength to continue this battle.
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #32 on: May 09, 2017, 02:34:31 PM »
It seems like each day Walmart is becoming increasingly more relevant than ever in the ecommerce space. If they spend billions to get millions of customers to create accounts and get used to free (2 day) shipping for orders over $35 it will be a huge win. OTOH Amazon has to outspend WM and the main benefit is retaining their (huge) customer base.

Please God give Walmart the strength to continue this battle.
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #33 on: May 09, 2017, 02:37:18 PM »
The DD franchise is definitely benefiting from it.
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #34 on: May 09, 2017, 02:38:51 PM »
We are watching what economist will surely be teaching in Colleges in a couple decades from now in text books.
Ha. Text books? Decades from now? I doubt they'll still be using text books then.
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #35 on: May 09, 2017, 02:41:00 PM »
The DD franchise is definitely benefiting from it.
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #36 on: May 09, 2017, 02:45:31 PM »
True, I haven't been so glued to DDF since the delta glitch  :P.
It's the click-throughs and the publicity that count.
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #37 on: May 09, 2017, 02:54:15 PM »
It's the click-throughs and the publicity that count.
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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #38 on: May 10, 2017, 08:18:12 PM »
It seems like each day Walmart is becoming increasingly more relevant than ever in the ecommerce space. If they spend billions to get millions of customers to create accounts and get used to free (2 day) shipping for orders over $35 it will be a huge win. OTOH Amazon has to outspend WM and the main benefit is retaining their (huge) customer base.

Please God give Walmart the strength to continue this battle.
I agree look even ddf equated them with Amazon. Just look at the new Amazon & Walmart deals thread.

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Re: Will Amazon vs Walmart war ever end?...
« Reply #39 on: May 10, 2017, 08:56:41 PM »
Just think about it- Walmart has a couch with 3 in stock in Texas, and that's it. Create a huge pickup discount of 99% off so it's priced at $5. Wait for Amazon to match and sell a couple hundred grand worth of couches at a price that's less than the cost of shipping. Would be fun to watch.
Interesting thought, although I doubt that that's their strategy.