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> Second, for a lot of things you want to order, the manufacturer has its own online store these days and a lot of them are actually well-built, perfectly pleas

> Second, for a lot of things you want to order, the manufacturer has its own online store these days and a lot of them are actually well-built, perfectly pleasant to use. Which in my experience are ALL a combination of: - More expensive, - Very long shipping times, - Paid shipping which removes the benefit of the lower price in the rare event they do exist, - Abysmal customer guarantees and return policies. I think the rest of the article is good but frankly there just isn't a real alternative to Amazon.

MattPalmer1086 2y ago
In my experience this has not been the case. I left Amazon years ago because of endless counterfeit stuff, poor search, and prices that aren't actually better than you can get elsewhere. The fast delivery was not reliably fast anyway, and I can wait an extra day for things. I'm not usually in that much of a rush. I have not found buying things from other places to be worse in general. Often cheaper, delivery is fine, and more confidence I'm getting the actual thing I wanted. The only thing Amazon does better is simply that it's a one stop shop for almost everything. But given the other downsides, that is not enough. EDIT: Also, the dark patterns they deploy to try to make people sign up to Prime makes me sick.
spiderfarmer 2y ago
That’s not the real point of the article. The point is that we shouldn’t give money to companies we don’t really want to support.
- iLoveOncall 2y ago
  Hum, no? The author clearly states: > I’m bailing out of Prime not to hurt Amazon, but because it doesn’t make commercial or emotional sense for me just now. So, he doesn't doesn't get the ROI he needs, that's purely a financial transaction.
  - spiderfarmer 2y ago
    Read it again: > Emotional? · Amazon is an US corporation and the US is now hostile to Canada, repeatedly threatening to annex us. So I’m routing my shopping dollars away from there generally and to Canadian suppliers specifically. Dumping Prime is an easy way to help that along. ¶

MattPalmer1086 2y ago

In my experience this has not been the case. I left Amazon years ago because of endless counterfeit stuff, poor search, and prices that aren't actually better than you can get elsewhere. The fast delivery was not reliably fast anyway, and I can wait an extra day for things. I'm not usually in that much of a rush. I have not found buying things from other places to be worse in general. Often cheaper, delivery is fine, and more confidence I'm getting the actual thing I wanted. The only thing Amazon does better is simply that it's a one stop shop for almost everything. But given the other downsides, that is not enough. EDIT: Also, the dark patterns they deploy to try to make people sign up to Prime makes me sick.

spiderfarmer 2y ago

That’s not the real point of the article. The point is that we shouldn’t give money to companies we don’t really want to support.

iLoveOncall 2y ago
Hum, no? The author clearly states: > I’m bailing out of Prime not to hurt Amazon, but because it doesn’t make commercial or emotional sense for me just now. So, he doesn't doesn't get the ROI he needs, that's purely a financial transaction.
- spiderfarmer 2y ago
  Read it again: > Emotional? · Amazon is an US corporation and the US is now hostile to Canada, repeatedly threatening to annex us. So I’m routing my shopping dollars away from there generally and to Canadian suppliers specifically. Dumping Prime is an easy way to help that along. ¶