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I've also pretty much entirely stopped buying from amazon, save for maybe 1 - 2 orders a year. Although my biggest problem is that because any number of sellers
by asddubs 2y ago
I've also pretty much entirely stopped buying from amazon, save for maybe 1 - 2 orders a year. Although my biggest problem is that because any number of sellers can offer products on the same listing, you often just flat out do not get what's in the listing. 32A fuses being sold under a listing for 16A because or even at times the title and description having different values. And that's not even talking about the abundance fake items. Amazon is just dogshit now.
- radicality 2y agoSame for me, after way too many fakes, i have been reducing my Amazon spend by a lot in last two years and moving purchasing to places like Walmart (non-marketplace) for random items, HomeDepot for home stuff and B&H for trusted electronics (don’t even let it cross your mind to buy an SD card from Amazon!)
- JohnFen 2y agoWhen I eliminated Amazon from my life, I replaced it with with first checking if I can find what I want from a local on-prem business. If so, I buy it there. If not, then I see if I can buy it directly from the manufacturer's website. 80% of the time, I can (often with free shipping). If that fails, then I check a small number of resellers that I trust. This mostly tends to be electronic components, so I'm talking places like Digikey. If that fails, then it's off to the classifieds and eBay. Those bring many of the same problems as Amazon, but I very rarely have to go that far.