Goodbye high street clothes shopping. Hello Amazon.

It's fine to use Amazon.

And I didn't vote for Brexit, biba70

I too have used Amazon during the past year, but I have also used small traders who have developed websites. It’s all very fine to criticise those of us who use Amazon, but if you are unable to use shops as a result of sheltering and/or have had medical advice not to go in shops, what are you supposed to do?

I dislike buying clothes or white goods etc online. Most of the clothes need to be returned because they are not what they appear in the pictures quality/colour/size/design. I have a limited number of online companies I do buy from; Lands End for trousers - and that is about it. I like Woolovers but you cannot tell from the pictures how thick some sweaters are. I bought what looked to be identical products two years running - but they werent. one was much finer than the other.

Ditto with things like kitchen appliances, you need to finger the goods, open and shut the doors get the feel of whether you want drawers or shelves.

This doesn't mean I do not shop online, there are lots of items I buy. In the past week I have bought tin snips, an alarm clock, floor clothes, a hand bell and a chopping board, to name but a few but those are things that are exactly what they are and canimmediately oressed into service.

Biba you are funny!

How on earth do you know how I voted in the referendum? (clue: you don't)

Why do you think so many people on GN are reliant on companies like Amazon? (tip: use some empathy)

Looking at the pro Amazon posters- they are all our Brexiter friends- those who have been saying how we must save Great Britains and keep it individual and different and wonderful (and I agree with this- which was of course totally possible as well as being in EU) - and they want to destroy it all by supporting Tax Avoiding Foreign super powers like Amazon.

It truly beggars belief.

traditional cafés, butchers selling British meat, fruit and veg stalls and markets, independent boutiques and shops and so much more.

How sad.

You can forget about tourism with it too.

Urmstongran

Wow! Just like Brexit.
Pick a side ladies!

I’m with Amazon.
?

so that means you are happy that our towns and villages will die and just become ghost towns? With all the local jobs and taxes going- whilst Amazon rips our way of life and pays no tax.

Because town centres will not survive if we don't go to them and use the shops, and will never recover from Covid.

You reap what you sow- and again, it is your children and grandchildren that will suffer when you are long gone.

You want Sovereignty, and destroy quintessential England and Great Britain with it. Bravo.

Let's not forget who set up Amazons wonderful tax evasion
( sorry I meant avoidance ?) scheme.
Jean Claude Juncker ( ex eu president) when he was Prime minister and finance minister of Luxembourg.

Has anyone tried onbuy.com? It has set up as a British rival to Amazon and they pay taxes. I have had a couple of orders with them which were fine. It's a similar set up to Amazon and has similar categories.

Amazon also sell a lot of old tat in their clothing ranges

But do the younger generation, who are a big chunk of Amazon's customer base, think of Superdry, Calvin Klein and Nike as tat ranges?

Amazon also sell a lot of old tat in their clothing ranges, I've been disappointed at times looking through their clothing.
Amazon get a lot of stick for their ethics or lack of them and working conditions, there are other similar firms I'm sure who don't get the same criticism.

I'm team Amazon as well. I pay for prime for the year as it's cheaper. I have two echoes, two firesticks, two kindle fires,an old kindle and a kindle oasis. I have just joined kindle unlimited for 99p for three months. The thing I like about Amazon is you can return an item and you get a refund straight away. I don't think I would buy clothes from them though. I buy from the supermarkets and I also have a grattan catalogue.

They do their own brands of clothes too. They're very good.

Crikey, how did I miss that in the past? I didn't know they sold clothes. I would imagine they will be taking on lots of new labels now.

I just fancy ordering 6 items in different colours (and sizes) without having to pay in advance like John Lewis or Next. And if it means keeping away from shops that's a bonus.

We have kicked it's backside big time - Amazon all the way for us
I'm actually sat in a gorgeous purple cowl necked top that was bought as a gift that I had on my Amazon list. In fact most of our family have operated through the list system - it's been a godsend, especially this year.

Until someone else can compete with Amazon on price, selection and efficient delivery, I’m with them. Clothes, not sure, I’m hardly a style icon, normally M&S sales/Matalan or charity shops.

NotSpaghetti I have not been in a shop since February and have only bought a pair of trousers online from Damart in that time. They were properly packaged and I’m pretty certain had not been tried on by anyone. With Covid I am less inclined to want to try anything someone else may have tried.
The chances are there will be lots of returned items at Amazon if they are not well made.

Team Amazon although I disagree with many of their practices but I feel that about some high street shops as well.

Definitely team Amazon!!

25Avalon - do you ever try-on clothes in a shop?

Oops - X-posted Fanny, sorry

So you try these items on and return any or all you don’t want. What happens to the returned ones? Bet they aren’t cleaned before they are sent out again which would concern me with Covid.

I don't think this is new, Ellianne

Whatever the rights and wrongs, I have found Amazon absolutely essential this year; also ebay.