RE: On line tax8 Feb 2021 09:20
Chilting, there are consequences arising out of the growth of Amazon. Today people may want the lowest possible price but then are upset when they see a High Street made up of coffee, and nail bars, charity shops. I am near Henley on Thames but we are in danger of losing a wonderful book shop due to Amazon's impact. I am not being an Ostrich but I find the online experience is pretty boring. You don't have a relationship with them, and there is enough in the public domain to show Amazon don't care about their staff. Because of their buying power there are small successful businesses effectively forced to do business with A or lose their business; this forces the little man to accept reduced margins. A job being an order filler with Amazon must be a sole destroying role, its a factory with limited human interaction. A small business employs people, the likes of Amazon want to employ robots. I am an oldie so it has limited negative impact on me but I fear for our grand-children. Amazon will gobble up all it can, only paying minimum wage for most . Ghastly. JJ