McGee ends reseller agreement with AutoGeek and Autopia
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BudgetPlan1
Active member
Pretty much
If I get home from shopping and realize I forgot something, off to the Amazon app!
Setec Astronomy
Well-known member
Wait...an Autopian buying more and more stuff they don`t need?? Sounds pretty far-fetched to me.
Bill D
Hooked For Life
I haven’t bought a thing detailing wise since I stopped getting sales e mails from AG
Setec Astronomy
Well-known member
I hadn`t bought anything in a long time until someone started this thread...
The only thing I`ve bought in the last year is some cheap coating, tire, and round yellow foam applicators from China/Amazon. Oh...I might have bought some towels from TRC...but I hardly remember that kind of thing because I only have a hundred towels I haven`t even used yet.
And I still am trying to use up stuff I bought in 2004 when I joined this <expletive deleted> forum.
I was just thinking the other day when I was using my circa 2004 or 5 Meguiars Gold Class Tire Brush...how many more of these did I buy at Big Lots and stash somewhere when they stopped making them? And here I am still on the first one...same goes for the wheel brush.
The only thing I`ve bought in the last year is some cheap coating, tire, and round yellow foam applicators from China/Amazon. Oh...I might have bought some towels from TRC...but I hardly remember that kind of thing because I only have a hundred towels I haven`t even used yet.
And I still am trying to use up stuff I bought in 2004 when I joined this <expletive deleted> forum.
I was just thinking the other day when I was using my circa 2004 or 5 Meguiars Gold Class Tire Brush...how many more of these did I buy at Big Lots and stash somewhere when they stopped making them? And here I am still on the first one...same goes for the wheel brush.
Stokdgs
dansautodetailing.com
Amigo !
Hope you guys are all good !
My Prime Membership with Amazon costs me $119.00/year..
And it`s not just free Shipping, it`s also Free Prime Video, Free Prime Music, and a lot more optional things that cost a little more money..
They also have Rewards Points that you get with their Visa Card..
Yes, sometimes, items cost a little more on Amazon than on say, EBay, for example.. But then you have to sometimes pay Shipping with Ebay..
I live in the Farmland now and the little towns around me have barely anything compared to the big cities I used to live in, so Amazon is really good for getting things I know I will never find here in the boonies..
Dan F
dcjredline
New member
I was gonna say something similar. LIKE that is a PRIME problem??? LOL Just about every week someone here says they buy more than they need in this store or AG store HA HA HA. Yeah Bill its only because of prime, totally specific to the all evil prime right? HA HA HA
I`m too cheap to pay for Prime too, but I`ll buy 8 things in a year using same day shipping. Which winds up costing me more than Prime lol. I think they offer a monthly payment option for Prime too. My track record with same day shipping`s not great. I`ve ordered things "I HAD TO HAVE!" than I haven`t even used yet lol. In my mind a week shipping`s too long, who cares if I might not even use it for a long time after I get it? I worked at an Amazon warehouse, it`s astounding how many people order 50 pound bags of cat liter. unloading and boxing a pallet of nothing but 50lb cat liters suuuuucks! I don`t know how but they sure seems like they weight a lot damn more than 50 pounds. Working there the 3 months I did, it`s truly amazing all of the stuff some people order with same day/next day shipping.
BudgetPlan1
Active member
Guilty as charged
Guilty as charged
I bet the UPS drivers hate delivering those up stairs, I know 50lb is 50lb but those and the boxes of reems of paper seem to weigh like 3x what they were. Maybe because they`re so small in comparison to something that comes in a much bigger box. I use to watch the tiny female`s struggling to package up cat liter and I felt bad for them lol. I mean I guess if I had a cat and free Prime shipping I`d order liter from Amazon too. I remember days where by myself I`d package up 200 tubs of cat liter. I`m sure many other people did the same those days. This was 1 Amazon location with like 4 more within a 30 minute drive. They really really really sell a lot of cat liter. Well damn I guess they sell a lot of everything.
Pats300zx
Super Moderator
LMAO !!! I was going through some of my detailing stuff I have archived in the basement. I must have like 5 of those still packaged that I got from Big Lots. I still don`t want to use the one I have open on tires cause it might get yucky lol.
acuRAS82
New member
This has turned hilarious. I haven’t been in this as long as you guys, but consider me in the current stage that you guys were while in your buy and stash mode. If the apocalypse happens, no one is going to have cleaner wheels, tires and trim than “this guy” (that’s me)!
Accumulator
Well-known member
As I`ve posted before, my wife definitely *DOES* get her $ worth out of Prime, no question about it. Money well-spent even disregarding the quick shipping. But...
Noting my username and all the [stuff] I`ve, uhm...accumulated...around here...
...my wife and I are over the acquisitional phase of life. When the first of us dies, the surviving spouse is gonna have a job-o`-work getting rid of all the [stuff] as it is, and neither of us wants to make that any worse. Other than Distilled Water, I don`t think I`ve bought anything Detailing-related for at least a year.
I`m simply over buying stuff I don`t really need. Basically woke up one day and accepted that it`s not rational, and from then on it`d simply *bother* me to continue doing that.
IF something I truly rely upon were going off the market (e.g., the 1Z ProLine stuff I`ve stockpiled), that`d be different. But those things are few and far between and the Next Greatest Thing is usually right around the corner anyhow.
I assume you`re indulging in a little hyperbole there, but I really *might* have 100 unused towels of various kinds (Detailing and not) around here. I absolutely had that many unused MFs for a long time (bought a gross of the ones I use for household stuff).
Noting my username and all the [stuff] I`ve, uhm...accumulated...around here...
...my wife and I are over the acquisitional phase of life. When the first of us dies, the surviving spouse is gonna have a job-o`-work getting rid of all the [stuff] as it is, and neither of us wants to make that any worse. Other than Distilled Water, I don`t think I`ve bought anything Detailing-related for at least a year.I`m simply over buying stuff I don`t really need. Basically woke up one day and accepted that it`s not rational, and from then on it`d simply *bother* me to continue doing that.
IF something I truly rely upon were going off the market (e.g., the 1Z ProLine stuff I`ve stockpiled), that`d be different. But those things are few and far between and the Next Greatest Thing is usually right around the corner anyhow.
Setec Astronomy said:
I assume you`re indulging in a little hyperbole there, but I really *might* have 100 unused towels of various kinds (Detailing and not) around here. I absolutely had that many unused MFs for a long time (bought a gross of the ones I use for household stuff).
BudgetPlan1
Active member
The cat litter order is generally accompanied by a 25# bag of cat food
We dont get too many UPS deliveries from Amazon anymore, usually the blue Amazon trucks. Amazon took over an abandoned old Sears nearby; drive by there around 9am on a Saturday and get caught in the traffic of a hundred vans heading out everywhere...kinda like cockroaches scattering when the light comes on.
Accumulator
Well-known member
The Amazon Delivery people in my area have been slacking off ever since their latest, uhm...change in Delivery Policy. They`ve simply been *lying* about the deliveries, saying they "handed off to the homeowner" when nobody was here and that they "left it at the door" when it`s in the mailbox. We even had [a pricey item] left curbside on the ground (again, they said they handed it off to me). Yes indeed, we complain every time it happens, but it still does.
Stokdgs
dansautodetailing.com
I should get a job at an Amazon Warehouse someday..
When I was stationed at this little Air Force Radar Station in Texas, my girlfriend`s dad who owned a Moving Company asked me to help unload an entire Railroad Boxcar of 100lb sacks of flour.. It was almost full to the top..
I did all; it was hard at first, but I got used to it and lucky for me, I was already in great shape to start..
Dan F
When I was stationed at this little Air Force Radar Station in Texas, my girlfriend`s dad who owned a Moving Company asked me to help unload an entire Railroad Boxcar of 100lb sacks of flour.. It was almost full to the top..
I did all; it was hard at first, but I got used to it and lucky for me, I was already in great shape to start..
Dan F
GearHead_1
Long Time Member
Yeah, but how long did it take you.
It funny/not funny how this topic has "morphed" from McKee`s 37 ending its relationship with PBMG, to everything and anything about Amazon.
It is pretty plain from all this discussion that:
1) It will NOT stop those of you who love McKee`s 37 car-care products from using them and will continue to order them direct or through an alternate supplier/distributor
2) It seems EVERYONE orders from Amazon and is a Prime member, and for good reason: it`s how consumer business is done in this Internet/Smartphone era
It is all about:
a) Time & Convenience (shop from home; pay with credit card. No driving to brick-n-mortar store in mall and fight the crowds, No checks, no cash)
b) Product selection and availability (Amazon has everything and its always in stock, NO empty shelves to deal with)
c) Competitive product price (And I thought Walmart was "inexpensive"! Not since their competitive "let`s-retain-the-better-employee" wage restructuring.) Amazon`s robotic system cost is the equivalent of (x-amount) human employees for (y-amount) years (someone has done this cost and return-on-investment comparison, hence my "x "and "y"values, because I do not know what they truly are), and while they do need maintenance, programming, and software upgrades, they don`t whine about working conditions, get sick, or quit for a better job. Less labor cost as the-most expensive part of business overhead makes you more product price competitive.
d) Delivery (Today or tomorrow. Use up FedEx and UPS vehicles and gas, not mine)
I again go back to my original post #29 in this thread:
It is very disconcerting to see the impact that Amazon has on retail business in general AND what this might mean to Palm Beach Motoring Group (PBMG) and the Autopia Store and, hence, this Autopia forum.
It is pretty plain from all this discussion that:
1) It will NOT stop those of you who love McKee`s 37 car-care products from using them and will continue to order them direct or through an alternate supplier/distributor
2) It seems EVERYONE orders from Amazon and is a Prime member, and for good reason: it`s how consumer business is done in this Internet/Smartphone era
It is all about:
a) Time & Convenience (shop from home; pay with credit card. No driving to brick-n-mortar store in mall and fight the crowds, No checks, no cash)
b) Product selection and availability (Amazon has everything and its always in stock, NO empty shelves to deal with)
c) Competitive product price (And I thought Walmart was "inexpensive"! Not since their competitive "let`s-retain-the-better-employee" wage restructuring.) Amazon`s robotic system cost is the equivalent of (x-amount) human employees for (y-amount) years (someone has done this cost and return-on-investment comparison, hence my "x "and "y"values, because I do not know what they truly are), and while they do need maintenance, programming, and software upgrades, they don`t whine about working conditions, get sick, or quit for a better job. Less labor cost as the-most expensive part of business overhead makes you more product price competitive.
d) Delivery (Today or tomorrow. Use up FedEx and UPS vehicles and gas, not mine)
I again go back to my original post #29 in this thread:
It is very disconcerting to see the impact that Amazon has on retail business in general AND what this might mean to Palm Beach Motoring Group (PBMG) and the Autopia Store and, hence, this Autopia forum.
Bill D
Hooked For Life
I’m not a Prime member and still have no interest in being one at this time
gorram
New member
I`ve been an avid Prime member in the past but more and more I liking Amazon less and less for every day purchases as the past few years. I absolutely hate that when you search for random generic items there are 15 different brands and product names for what is all clearly the same exact item. Each have wildly different review scores. Which is another huge negative on Amazon, how can you trust the review system. It`s filled with absolute garbage reviews or even ones that are obviously fake. I know there is a site out there that can even score how fake the overall reviews are, ugh.
Then along comes the Amazon run delivery vehicles. Not that I need any order I place within a day or 2 days, they are almost often a day later than what they state. This wasn`t the case when all the packages were being handled by USPS/UPS/Fedex.
Back on topic of McKee`s, anybody seen the videos done with Yvan the past few days. In particular where Nick is showing Yvan the new McKee`s products. Kind of odd for a guy coming from a brand with what seems like only about 8 products to a table with what looks like 80 sitting there.
Then along comes the Amazon run delivery vehicles. Not that I need any order I place within a day or 2 days, they are almost often a day later than what they state. This wasn`t the case when all the packages were being handled by USPS/UPS/Fedex.
Back on topic of McKee`s, anybody seen the videos done with Yvan the past few days. In particular where Nick is showing Yvan the new McKee`s products. Kind of odd for a guy coming from a brand with what seems like only about 8 products to a table with what looks like 80 sitting there.