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What other retailers? The brand's store directly? I want other options but I don't know of any.

bovermyer 8y ago
Depends on the brand. The larger ones sometimes have their own online storefronts. Other times, smaller retailers have online storefronts that work well enough. Shipping isn't as fast or as cheap when using anything other than Amazon, though, so that's worth considering.
scrooched_moose 8y ago
Wal-Mart is really the only comparable one-stop shopping experience. Target is OK on some categories but has a much smaller selection overall. I've switched mostly to smaller single-category retailers: Electronics - Newegg and Monoprice Board & Table Top Games - Miniature Market Pet Food - Chewy (owned by PetSmart now) Clothing - Depends on your style, but I tend to stick to Eddie Bauer and Duluth Trading Company for good quality, affordable clothes Comic trade paperbacks - InStockTrades Books - Barnes & Noble (new) and eBay (used) Tools - Ace, Menards, Woodcraft
- tracker1 8y ago
  One comment on Newegg... similar issue to Amazon marketplace, pretty much want to select newegg as the seller, or you may be waiting a month for products shipping from China.
LargeWu 8y ago
Almost anything you can find on Amazon you can find at another online retailer with a quick search. And anything that has a brand name (that isn't a commodity, e.g. batteries, or store brand) can probably be found on the brand's own website. Here's an example: the other day I was buying some funny socks as christmas presents. They sell on Amazon as well as their own store. The price was the same on both, but I would get free shipping, and faster shipping, from Amazon. Nonetheless, I chose to buy directly from the company because I don't like the way Amazon does business sometimes, and because buying directly gives smaller retailers a bigger cut. As I've been running and growing a few very small online retail operations myself, I feel a lot better about supporting other small businesses directly.

Depends on the brand. The larger ones sometimes have their own online storefronts. Other times, smaller retailers have online storefronts that work well enough. Shipping isn't as fast or as cheap when using anything other than Amazon, though, so that's worth considering.

scrooched_moose 8y ago

Wal-Mart is really the only comparable one-stop shopping experience. Target is OK on some categories but has a much smaller selection overall. I've switched mostly to smaller single-category retailers: Electronics - Newegg and Monoprice Board & Table Top Games - Miniature Market Pet Food - Chewy (owned by PetSmart now) Clothing - Depends on your style, but I tend to stick to Eddie Bauer and Duluth Trading Company for good quality, affordable clothes Comic trade paperbacks - InStockTrades Books - Barnes & Noble (new) and eBay (used) Tools - Ace, Menards, Woodcraft

tracker1 8y ago
One comment on Newegg... similar issue to Amazon marketplace, pretty much want to select newegg as the seller, or you may be waiting a month for products shipping from China.

LargeWu 8y ago

Almost anything you can find on Amazon you can find at another online retailer with a quick search. And anything that has a brand name (that isn't a commodity, e.g. batteries, or store brand) can probably be found on the brand's own website. Here's an example: the other day I was buying some funny socks as christmas presents. They sell on Amazon as well as their own store. The price was the same on both, but I would get free shipping, and faster shipping, from Amazon. Nonetheless, I chose to buy directly from the company because I don't like the way Amazon does business sometimes, and because buying directly gives smaller retailers a bigger cut. As I've been running and growing a few very small online retail operations myself, I feel a lot better about supporting other small businesses directly.