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Yup, I use Best Buy for all electronic purchases now. They have a great return policy and I enjoy that most things I could want are available same day. I prett

Yup, I use Best Buy for all electronic purchases now. They have a great return policy and I enjoy that most things I could want are available same day. I pretty much only rely on Amazon for Kindle purchases now or to read reviews on big ticket items that I'm curious about.

noir_lord 7y ago
I went back to argos (UK retailer) for small stuff and ebuyer/aria for everything else tech related - they have the same range as amazon (in their domains), the same returns ease (better in the case of ebuyer in practive). I buy very little from Amazon, enough that I'm going to cancel prime since the only thing of theirs I still use is is Amazon Prime TV and well..its OK but not enough to justify it.
- LoSboccacc 7y ago
  i left Amazon too, now I either go to the manufacturer itself if I need the quality or cut the middleman and go directly on AliExpress if quality is not a concern.
- phatfish 7y ago
  I buy from Argos too, they also have a nice network of physical locations for in-store pickups. The prices are very close to Amazon usually, which really only wins on free delivery options. If you can pickup in store that's not an issue. Argos actually pay some tax as well.
  - noir_lord 7y ago
    On bigger items Argos do (or did at the time) free one day delivery, I ordered a new TV for Christmas a couple of years ago at 1pm and was sat watching crap Christmas movies with my family by 9pm, I mean Amazon can’t compete with that here yet.
Groxx 7y ago
Ironically, I stopped using Best Buy at all due to their return policies. More than once I've had missing components from what I purchased. And they won't accept refunds or replacements unless all parts are included. Amazon takes nearly anything back, from my attempts.
- dylan-m 7y ago
  For me this has had the side-effect that their warehouse deals thing will ship literally anything back out :b It's worth it if you're okay processing returns for them, but when they started to send me broken cameras full of sand, and then film which had been aggressively ripped out of the cartridge and exposed, I really started to wonder…

noir_lord 7y ago

I went back to argos (UK retailer) for small stuff and ebuyer/aria for everything else tech related - they have the same range as amazon (in their domains), the same returns ease (better in the case of ebuyer in practive). I buy very little from Amazon, enough that I'm going to cancel prime since the only thing of theirs I still use is is Amazon Prime TV and well..its OK but not enough to justify it.

LoSboccacc 7y ago
i left Amazon too, now I either go to the manufacturer itself if I need the quality or cut the middleman and go directly on AliExpress if quality is not a concern.
phatfish 7y ago
I buy from Argos too, they also have a nice network of physical locations for in-store pickups. The prices are very close to Amazon usually, which really only wins on free delivery options. If you can pickup in store that's not an issue. Argos actually pay some tax as well.
- noir_lord 7y ago
  On bigger items Argos do (or did at the time) free one day delivery, I ordered a new TV for Christmas a couple of years ago at 1pm and was sat watching crap Christmas movies with my family by 9pm, I mean Amazon can’t compete with that here yet.

Groxx 7y ago

Ironically, I stopped using Best Buy at all due to their return policies. More than once I've had missing components from what I purchased. And they won't accept refunds or replacements unless all parts are included. Amazon takes nearly anything back, from my attempts.

dylan-m 7y ago
For me this has had the side-effect that their warehouse deals thing will ship literally anything back out :b It's worth it if you're okay processing returns for them, but when they started to send me broken cameras full of sand, and then film which had been aggressively ripped out of the cartridge and exposed, I really started to wonder…