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Amazon 💞

Sweet_Serenity — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 02:44:57 GMT

Amazon continues surprising me! In a good way. So here's the latest.

Tonight ordered "Anastasia Brow Wiz" No Tax! Delivery Thursday.

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ECBG — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 03:08:22 GMT

I find SO many products I could never buy here!

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september — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 03:13:46 GMT

I use that! Bought it at Ulta, which isn’t close to me.

nice to know, that when we’re too busy to travel out of our area to shop, that amazon can get our things to us so quickly, at no extra cost.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 03:43:06 GMT

The only thing that bothers me about Amazon is the way Jeff Bezos uses his fortune. Unlike Bill Gates and other billionaires, he apparently has no regard or feels no responsibility for contributing to "the greater good". Like a little boy, he's interested in and supports building space rockets which, to me, seems like a totally facetious use of his fortune and very selfish. I know it's his money but he wouldn't have it if it weren't for us citizens of the world. It could do so much good.

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phoenixbrd — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 04:13:09 GMT

@Sweet_Serenity Thanks, never thought about Amazon for A.Brow Wiz...but I do purchase many items from Amazon and usually get excellent competitive prices

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sofgirl — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 06:12:03 GMT

He has donated thousands of dollars to help with the homeless problem in Seattle. Perhaps you should read up on him before you judge him.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 07:17:37 GMT

@sofgirl wrote:
He has donated thousands of dollars to help with the homeless problem in Seattle. Perhaps you should read up on him before you judge him.

@sofgirl. Thousands of dollars is a pretty pitiful contribution from a man whose fortune is estimated at $126 Billion.

"Bezos has not engaged in public philanthropy to the same extent as many of his hyper-billionaire peers like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, who have both pledged to donate the majority of their fortunes to charity."

"Indeed, Bezos told Döpfner that he plans to spend his entire fortune on space exploration, saying "I am going to use my financial lottery winnings from Amazon to fund that."

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Desertdi — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 07:49:09 GMT

Nobody knows how much he has given to anybody.....except Bezos and the IRS.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 07:57:47 GMT

@Desertdi. How about the recipients?

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Desertdi — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 11:57:38 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@Desertdi. How about the recipients?

@Kachina624 I dunno........do the recipients even know where it came from? I used to work for the director of a HUGE foundation. We didn't "advertise" our gifts. I am very skeptical of donors who "blow their own horn"...........like the one who made the news today(!!)

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Nataliesgramma — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:44:52 GMT

I love Amazon and anytime that I had an issue they took care of it to my satisfaction....

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fancy pantsy — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:06:48 GMT

i really love amazon!

i order at least once a month, sometimes two ... and i find that i am picking up a lot of 'drugstore' items. it is especially handy to be able to order on amazon those things that are located on the very bottom shelf at the store ... so very often the one thing i want is on that very bottom shelf, and not only can i NOT READ the labels from where i am standing, often times the shelf supply is all mixed up and things are not where they belong (if i was able to see the label LOL). the other irritation is that often times they don't have the one i am looking for!

it's so much easier to just press a few buttons, and bingo!

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chrystaltree — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:01:39 GMT

Me too. I'm at the point now where, when I see something I want; I check out Amazon first. You cannot be that 1-2 delivery.

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phoenixbrd — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:40:32 GMT

I wish Gates would concentrate on the United States as much as he supports/gifts third world countries.

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proudlyfromNJ — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:50:03 GMT

Everyone, even wealthy people, are free to do whatever they want or don't want to do with their money. And that's the way it should be.

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LTT1 — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 21:03:33 GMT

@Sweet_Serenity @fancy pantsy

The way Amazon has saved me may/may not apply to other situations.

My most egregious packing errors (lol) have been remedied by Amazon.

1) Enzymes were delivered to a hotel for me in San Antonio!

2) A delivery of a hard-to-find necessity has been delivered out of town for me every time we travel, it seems. One time it was even unmentionables!

3) DGCs presents and also even the adults sometimes, are wrapped and delivered!

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ECBG — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 21:13:56 GMT

@sofgirlThank you. I had no idea.

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NYC Susan — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 03:21:30 GMT

@sofgirl wrote:
He has donated thousands of dollars to help with the homeless problem in Seattle. Perhaps you should read up on him before you judge him.

Many very wealthy people live lifestyles that others criticize, and spend their money on things that other people think are extravagant. I work with a lot of those people (some very well-known), and the constant criticism is that they should be giving their money to charity. Well, in most cases, they are giving a LOT to charity!

Just because someone spends their money on things that others think are over-the-top doesn't mean they aren't also donating a ton of money to very worthy causes. And lots of them donate a great deal of time too. (Often this is done very privately.)

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NYC Susan — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 03:19:12 GMT

@Nataliesgramma wrote:
I love Amazon and anytime that I had an issue they took care of it to my satisfaction....

Me too!

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giddy up — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 04:00:11 GMT

I save so much gas, time, money and energy buying from Amazing Amazon.