Amazon Crushes Big Box Retailers: My Personal Story of the Day
It is rather ironic that I have been currently reading a library book about Amazon.com called " The Everything Store " when I came home today on a hot, muggy day and smelled my dehumidier release an electronic death smell in our basement. I looked up when we bought our old Whirlpool dehumidifier, and it was in 2007 when we lived in our previous house and it was purchased at the now defunct "American" appliance stores for only $110. So I realized it was time to replace the unit with a new dehumidifier to last another 5 to 7 years. I let my lovely Acer Chromebook surf the Lowes and Home Depot sites to see what units are available for sale. Lowes.com only had Hisense, Soleus and Idylis units, but HomeDepot.com had Frigidaire and GE units which are companies I had actually heard about in my life. Home Depot had a well rated 50 pint Frigidaire unit for $229.00 plus over $20 in hefty Brentwood city and Missouri sales tax so the total would be over $250 if I drove...