"We'll be replaced by idiots just like us." Wildberries stores are being sold out en masse across the country. NeMoskva spoke with one of the owners.
Urgent sale ads for marketplaces are published on the Avito service. In just one Chelyabinsk over the past two weeks exhibited Around 20 locations. Judging by posts on regional Telegram channels, Wildberries pickup points are actively selling out. Udmurtia, Tula, Nizhny Novgorod и Volgograd region.
To date, Avito has posted over two thousand ads for Wildberries pickup locations across the country. Prices range from 49 rubles (pickup points) is в Moscow) up to 13 million (a network of six points and a staff of 18 employees) works в Samara).
According to the source NotMoscow, who owns several pickup points in one of the cities of the Volga region, “has to sell for next to nothing.”
"Nobody's telling us what's going to happen to Wildberries next," he said on condition of anonymity. And then we have to choose which path to take. Either sell the business and invest in something else. Or, if we have the financial reserves, hold out until better times and stay at the pickup point. Although, in reality, it's all a lottery now—you never know whether you'll win. The only thing we were told for sure was not to expect any support, because we were the lowest link in the chain. We opened the points at our own risk. And no one cares what happens to us. We'll be replaced by idiots just like us.
The owner of the pickup point clarified that after the massive attacks on Wildberries warehouses, delivery speeds have noticeably decreased, causing customer dissatisfaction and a loss of customers.
— People have become unaccustomed to waiting for a long time, — The owner of the pick-up point sums up. "They used to see delivery as 'tomorrow,' but now they see 'in a week.' And it shocks them. Although, if you think back to 2021, when we opened, delivery was exactly the same, taking a long time. And no one paid any attention to it. There's a certain pampering that goes, 'We don't want to wait long.' You'll never know what you'll get."
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