I often say that advances in technology are great until they fail. Sometimes it’s the simple things. Years ago, you’d order something by mail and wait. The package would show up in days, weeks, or sometimes months. But now, we can track our packages online. The system is great, sometimes. Often, it just leaves me…
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One of the ways that businesses got customers to switch to online shopping was by offering free shipping. Amazon made it a feature of their Prime membership. But it looks like that feature could be going away very soon. All major carriers, UPS, FedEx, and the US Postal Service, regularly raise their rates. What always…
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I often find myself impatiently waiting for item to arrive that I bought online. I still prefer to shop in person, but you can’t avoid shopping online. But I really hate the fact that most of the things we now buy online arrive late…
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I don’t know many people who don’t love potato chips. But I can honestly say I don’t know anyone who likes broken chips. Technically they’re the same thing, but we all know that they’re not. I would think at this point there would be some sort of technology to take care of it…
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No, I’m not dreaming of taking a trip through the rain forest. I’m actually thinking about the other more famous Amazon…
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Yesterday in the podcast I talked about visiting one of our local big box retailers looking for a desk lamp. They wanted m (okay, forced me) to shop for it online. But there is still one major problem with online shopping…
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I’m jumping up on my soapbox today. I’ll try not to get too amped up.
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