Easons: 25% off books

two wheels good wrote: »

I'll happily pay a bit more to support a local business. I do want to deal with or via Amazon for any purchase.

Amazon are easier to deal with than Easons. Amazon also employ ~2,500 Irish people compared to Eason's ~1,800 Irish people.

two wheels good wrote: »

Businesses are struggling, and failing, to compete with the Amazon behemoth. I have no wish to enrich Jeff Bezos further or contribute to amazon's tax dodging.
Jeff allows many of his staff to be treated very badly while he trumpets his philanthropy. Where one chooses to spend one's money is a political act.

Eason's is also considered a behemoth compared to small, local bookshops. It's all relative, look what happened to Reads for example. And if you care about supporting Irish businesses then buy items at regular prices from Irish companies instead of browsing the bargain alerts forum.

But as you've attempted to make someone's philanthropic efforts sound negative I think you have made up your mind and won't be swayed on your views.

two wheels good wrote: »

Are you advocating amazon or local books shops? It can't be both. When your priority is saving money and mouse clicks then that implies it's the former.

I'm keen to support the few book shops that remain on my local high streets. The other book shop I like to visit has fewer than a dozen employees BTW.

I'm advocating no one, I am merely pointing out the fact that you are being hypocritical by saying you won't shop at Amazon because they are a "behemoth" but will shop at Eason's even though they are also a behemoth who dominated the Irish book-selling market pre-Amazon, have forced local businesses to close in the past and even bought some of them out. Eason's are just as much everything you hate about Amazon as Amazon themselves. You have simply made no point in what you have said except that you are anti-Amazon just "because".

I shop where I want and leave the ethics to non bargain hunters.