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I'm still wondering when that tipping point will happen. I've personally stopped using Amazon years ago for all those reasons and more. Somehow they still keep

I'm still wondering when that tipping point will happen. I've personally stopped using Amazon years ago for all those reasons and more. Somehow they still keep making more money than God.

WalterBright 3y ago
I buy stuff from Amazon all the time. Some products I won't buy from them. Sometimes I get something bad, and I just return it. Amazon is pretty good about accepting returns. Amazon saves me a great deal of time. Before Amazon, I'd have to spend 2 hours going to the mall and back, and face a very limited selection there. Now I spend 5 minutes and it drops on my doorstep, sometimes even that evening. Time means a lot to me. I'll put up with a lot to save time.
- cycomanic 3y ago
  This is a weird comparison, there are other online vendors except for Amazon. In fact, one of the reasons I don't use Amazon is because I value my time, if I search for something specific e.g. a particular phone model, I don't want to wade through several pages of results with screen protectors. Amazon has the worst search of all online shops I know, by a huge margin.
  - WalterBright 3y ago
    I prefer to buy electronics from newegg.com, but I have to wait for the deliveries.
  - NavinF 3y ago
    You kinda glossed over "it drops on my doorstep, sometimes even that evening". Only a few other sites (Costco+Instacart, Walmart, Apple, etc) offer same day delivery. Their search engines are almost as bad as Amazon's.
    - dontlaugh 3y ago
      Nobody needs same day delivery for general items. Waiting a few days is ok.
      - NavinF 3y ago
        That's certainly a take lol. Funny how Amazon dominates the retail space despite nobody needing same day delivery. I used to pay $60 per order for overnight delivery from electronics distributors. Same-day is faster and almost free. Life is good :)
  - dotancohen 3y ago
    What other retailers do you recommend? Especially for non-electronics.
    - Blackthorn 3y ago
      I buy most industrial-related things on Zoro (owned by Grainger).
  - octacat 3y ago
    There are, once I tried a trusted shop I've used a couple of years ago. They made me wait one week to dispatch the item. Instead of using allegro.pl (aka amazon for Poland) which had the next day delivery for the same item. The platforms make the sellers to dispatch stuff in the time period they've listed in the description.
jncfhnb 3y ago
> Somehow they still keep making more money than God. It’s AWS
Freedom2 3y ago
> I've personally stopped using Amazon years ago for all those reasons and more. Somehow they still keep making more money than God. Sorry, I'm trying to figure this out and have been having a hard day on this forum with all the subtext. Was your personal expenditure on Amazon enough to impact their revenue to the point where it would be noticeable?
- Blackthorn 3y ago
  No. I'm a raindrop in an ocean. But given how terrible my overall experience with them has been, and the issues brought up in Walter's original post, I'm surprised that my not-shopping there has been more of a personal thing and less of a trend.
partiallypro 3y ago
Every time I try to intentionally not buy something from Amazon, I find no store in town has it and every other online store is more expensive when you include shipping.
- dxdm 3y ago
  You could consider intentionally paying a somewhat higher price in order not to support Amazon's practices with your money. I'd imagine some of the price difference is attributable to the kind of conduct you may find objectionable - assuming this is the reason why you're looking for alternatives.
datavirtue 3y ago
It's the shipping and returns. Easy button.
- ClumsyPilot 3y ago
  UK, still many retailers do just fine - I just bough 2 portable AC's to compare, returned 1, and got a discount for damage in transit. Appliances Direct

I'm still wondering when that tipping point will happen. I've personally stopped using Amazon years ago for all those reasons and more. Somehow they still keep making more money than God.

WalterBright 3y ago

I buy stuff from Amazon all the time. Some products I won't buy from them. Sometimes I get something bad, and I just return it. Amazon is pretty good about accepting returns. Amazon saves me a great deal of time. Before Amazon, I'd have to spend 2 hours going to the mall and back, and face a very limited selection there. Now I spend 5 minutes and it drops on my doorstep, sometimes even that evening. Time means a lot to me. I'll put up with a lot to save time.

cycomanic 3y ago
This is a weird comparison, there are other online vendors except for Amazon. In fact, one of the reasons I don't use Amazon is because I value my time, if I search for something specific e.g. a particular phone model, I don't want to wade through several pages of results with screen protectors. Amazon has the worst search of all online shops I know, by a huge margin.
- WalterBright 3y ago
  I prefer to buy electronics from newegg.com, but I have to wait for the deliveries.
- NavinF 3y ago
  You kinda glossed over "it drops on my doorstep, sometimes even that evening". Only a few other sites (Costco+Instacart, Walmart, Apple, etc) offer same day delivery. Their search engines are almost as bad as Amazon's.
  - dontlaugh 3y ago
    Nobody needs same day delivery for general items. Waiting a few days is ok.
    - NavinF 3y ago
      That's certainly a take lol. Funny how Amazon dominates the retail space despite nobody needing same day delivery. I used to pay $60 per order for overnight delivery from electronics distributors. Same-day is faster and almost free. Life is good :)
- dotancohen 3y ago
  What other retailers do you recommend? Especially for non-electronics.
  - Blackthorn 3y ago
    I buy most industrial-related things on Zoro (owned by Grainger).
- octacat 3y ago
  There are, once I tried a trusted shop I've used a couple of years ago. They made me wait one week to dispatch the item. Instead of using allegro.pl (aka amazon for Poland) which had the next day delivery for the same item. The platforms make the sellers to dispatch stuff in the time period they've listed in the description.

jncfhnb 3y ago

> Somehow they still keep making more money than God. It’s AWS

Freedom2 3y ago

> I've personally stopped using Amazon years ago for all those reasons and more. Somehow they still keep making more money than God. Sorry, I'm trying to figure this out and have been having a hard day on this forum with all the subtext. Was your personal expenditure on Amazon enough to impact their revenue to the point where it would be noticeable?

Blackthorn 3y ago
No. I'm a raindrop in an ocean. But given how terrible my overall experience with them has been, and the issues brought up in Walter's original post, I'm surprised that my not-shopping there has been more of a personal thing and less of a trend.

partiallypro 3y ago

Every time I try to intentionally not buy something from Amazon, I find no store in town has it and every other online store is more expensive when you include shipping.

dxdm 3y ago
You could consider intentionally paying a somewhat higher price in order not to support Amazon's practices with your money. I'd imagine some of the price difference is attributable to the kind of conduct you may find objectionable - assuming this is the reason why you're looking for alternatives.

datavirtue 3y ago

It's the shipping and returns. Easy button.

ClumsyPilot 3y ago
UK, still many retailers do just fine - I just bough 2 portable AC's to compare, returned 1, and got a discount for damage in transit. Appliances Direct