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Walmart unveils Walmart+, a $98/yr Amazon Prime competitor
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Ew. Most of my orders from Walmart get cancelled for some stupid reason days after ordering, so no thanks I'm good.
Lol, it's definitely the second one. I wouldn't pay $1 a month for Prime video. I wish they would separate it out and charge me less as all I really want is the shipping, but that's exactly why they won't. I guarantee I'm not alone.
As for Walmart, I assume this might be a draw for rural customers who don't have Instacart or any other alternative. 🤷‍♂️
as i already pointed out, this entire thread is ignoring rural america and it's sad. it's turning into a walmart bashing thread instead of attempting to critically think about who this helps.
the family in Middletown, OH is not getting their groceries from AmazonFresh but instead are driving 30 minutes to a walmart and spending $200. where can country folk order 3 tomatoes, some underwear, and 3 gallons of milk on Amazon?
the family in Middletown, OH is not getting their groceries from AmazonFresh but instead are driving 30 minutes to a walmart and spending $200. where can country folk order 3 tomatoes, some underwear, and 3 gallons of milk on Amazon?
it's competing more with AmazonFresh and Instacart, Shipt, etc.
plus the article says they're adding more services to the membership so i'm sure streaming is coming
Honestly, this is somewhat accurate. I don't think Walmart is in nearly the dire straights that Blockbuster was back in the day, but they continue to miss the point on how to compete with Amazon. It's all about FBA, and the fast/free access to millions of products that provides. And until Walmart wants to get into the warehousing business, they will continue to struggle in Amazon's shadow.
Do you think their stores in rural America are going to do same-day delivery regularly as well? They'll need some sort of distribution center to make it feasible in most cases. Most of these people will still have some sort of delay. Amazon has Amazon Pantry as well which offers grocery delivery in 2 days for free if you're a Prime member.
This is the worst bargain in history. Many gas station rewards programs already offer well over 5 cents off, for free. No free shipping, no Netflix supplement, no other value adds. What in the flying fuck are Walmart smoking? They're literally expecting people to pay them $100/yr for nothing. This is such an astonishingly stupid proposition, all the people responsible deserve to be fired over it. These people are brain dead.
Come'on man, Walmart ain't paying people to do hour+ round trip deliveries for 3 tomatoes and underwear. They ain't doing it for any size order an unlimited number of times for $10/mo, that's a black hole of losses. They also have to pay an employee to do the shopping.
Come'on man, Walmart ain't paying people to do hour+ round trip deliveries for 3 tomatoes and underwear. They ain't doing it for any size order an unlimited number of times for $10/mo, that's a black hole of losses. They also have to pay an employee to do the shopping.
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Amazon had the luxury of being first with this kind of service so they had the luxury of continuing to improve the value of that service piecemeal. Add better video streaming over time. Add unlimited photo cloud later. Add music streaming and audiobook limited selection. Add limited kindle books included in service.
Walmart has the unfortunate duty of trying to make a competing service as enticing. They also don't have the luxury of AWS income. They also don't want to canabalize on in-person shoppers to the detriment of their retail stores. It's a tough road.
I'll never shop at Walmart for any price unless my life depends on it. Definitely not signing up for a subscription service lol
LOL oh come on Walmart, you guys are going to fumble this one, just like your Amazon competitor, Jet.com, remember that multi-billion dollar flop? I do. You can't "Walmart" Amazon, because Amazon is playing Walmart's game, but better.
Let's see, Walmart's fuel is straight trash (here it is heavily mixed with ethanol), Amazon Prime means I can order a part for as cheap as possible and get free shipping (not $35 Walmart). Amazon has a much larger selection of items I can choose from.
All in all they are both very anti-competive, so screw them both, but it's always funny when Walmart tried to innovate and compete.
Let's see, Walmart's fuel is straight trash (here it is heavily mixed with ethanol), Amazon Prime means I can order a part for as cheap as possible and get free shipping (not $35 Walmart). Amazon has a much larger selection of items I can choose from.
All in all they are both very anti-competive, so screw them both, but it's always funny when Walmart tried to innovate and compete.
Don't they already offer free shipping on orders over $50? What are you even getting from this? Sounds completely useless
The way grocery delivery works here (not rural at all) is that you order your groceries today, pick a delivery time tomorrow, doordash delivers your stuff at your chosen time. I'm sure they could do this for most items in-store, not just groceries.
They offer same day delivery for an upcharge. Would that not work in rural areas?
Presumably there are not a lot of Door Dash drivers in very rural areas so I don't think they could definitively have worry-free same-day delivery very easily in these cases. If it's a day later, it's not that much of a better option than the litany of grocery options Amazon Prime has in place already.
HEB bought Favor here in Austin to have their own equivalent service to Door Dash which was smart of them.
The bolded might hurt this badly, cause I'm pretty sure they expect this stuff to 'ship' via that kind of delivery, and not the post office or how Amazon handles it.
I think that would have really added the icing to the cake on this deal as this doesn't seem like a great deal that has a "too good to pass up" kind of feeling to it. At least with Amazon Prime, you get the free shipping, 2 days in most cases. Prime Music and Prime video, Prime Reading, Prime Photos, whole foods in-store discounts, etc. I'm sure I am missing some. I think it's going to be a hard switch, especially people who have bought into their Amazon ecosystem.
Had trouble finding what you get from the service so it seems like potential same day delivery but still have 35 minimum. I've been buying a lot from Walmart online lately and it gets here by third day with free shipping after 35. The wait isn't bad since I overstock to get shit above 35 anyways. 5 cents off gas isn't much of a perk, I got a free shell card that gets me that much at shell.
"No checkout lines" sounds intriguing, but there's no further detail. I do get groceries at Wal-mart. If that means I can use an app to scan as I shop and then just leave, that would be cool.
On the other hand, my Wal-mart has a person checking receipts at the door. You just know that person will have no idea what Wal-mart+ is, and is not going to let me just roll on out with a wave of my phone. Probably take longer to explain what's going on, get the manager over, and prove that I paid than it would to check out.
On the other hand, my Wal-mart has a person checking receipts at the door. You just know that person will have no idea what Wal-mart+ is, and is not going to let me just roll on out with a wave of my phone. Probably take longer to explain what's going on, get the manager over, and prove that I paid than it would to check out.
lol, this is why small business is fucked.
thanks for ruining peoples' understanding of how shipping works Amazon...
/sigh
Ugh, sounds like they're just making us pay now for the $35+ free shipping. That really sucks. I expected the $35 to be for free customers and $0 for membership customers when I heard the rumors about this. What exactly are they doing with the $100?
I don't necessarily trust Wal-Mart's ability to execute, but you people acting like this couldn't be a great value for people in underserved, less dense communities are weird.
This could be an interesting bridge to establishing a delivery service. I'd kill to see what research and service design they actually did for this; wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't much tho.
This could be an interesting bridge to establishing a delivery service. I'd kill to see what research and service design they actually did for this; wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't much tho.
Considering it for the free grocery delivery as they have by far the best and most complete system in that regard.
Not sure if I need one more excuse not to go outside though.
Not sure if I need one more excuse not to go outside though.