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Personally I find local bike and book shops to be excellent alternatives to Amazon. For tech stuff I go to Best Buy where possible (not exactly a local shop, bu
by silicon2401 5y ago
Personally I find local bike and book shops to be excellent alternatives to Amazon. For tech stuff I go to Best Buy where possible (not exactly a local shop, but at least it's still competition for Amazon). Nice to see the suppliers themselves pull out of Amazon.
- jonahhorowitz 5y agoBest Buy is great for electronics. They have control over their supply chain and you don't have to deal with counterfeits.
- silicon2401 5y agoAgreed. They even offer free 2-day shipping just like Amazon (at least past a certain price point or something) or let you pick up in store, which I've preferred in certain cases where I want to minimize the time a fragile purchase spends shipping. My one gripe has been that they put a huge sale sticker right on the box of the animal crossing edition switch I bought. At least it was on the side and not front and center, but it would've been nice to not do that. Adding on to the Amazon alternative, Target is also great. I've happily purchased many electronics, home supplies, etc from them. Costco too, though they sell a different kind of inventory. Again, not quite mom and pops, but IMO anything that's not Amazon or Walmart is still an improvement.
- mym1990 5y agoAs an additional benefit, local bike shops and book shops also usually have some pretty cool people working there!
- HWR_14 5y agoI went to a manufacturer's website recently to buy something direct (cut out the middle man, better for everyone, yay!) The price was double that on Amazon. And they charged shipping. I get that bringing wearhousing in house has to cost more money, but it was just strange to see that dramatic a discount.
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