- YouTube
www.youtube.com
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

Particularly egregious in the United States, where they have such a strong monopoly.

And also why supporting independent shops directly is SO important.

  • venusaur
    1·
    9 hours ago

    Got it. Thanks! Is there an Amazon alternative? Something that has a lot of variety of products, fast shipping, and isn’t overpriced? I try to go to individual retailers but you end up paying multiple shipping fees, and shipping takes a long time. Often brick and mortar stores don’t care specific items I need either.

    • QualifiedKitten@discuss.onlineEnglish
      2·
      7 hours ago

      Keep in mind that it doesn’t have to be all or nothing. The fewer purchases you make through Amazon, the less power they have. If you have to shop there occasionally, that’s much better than shopping there always. I cancelled my Prime a year or two ago, and I’ve adjusted to life without super fast shipping. And, if you can afford it, paying a few extra bucks to a less shitty company is worth it to support them.

      • venusaur
        2·
        6 hours ago

        For sure. They’ve definitely crippled us with convenience and pricing.

    • OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      2·
      8 hours ago

      I haven’t found one yet. I think anyone who could offer the same would inevitability end up using the same slimy tactics as Amazon.

      When I can, I wait and bundle purchases together in order to save on shipping costs. Almost nowhere can match the 1-2 day shipping on Amazon, but it’s rare that I actually need anything so fast.

      Some of my go-to choices:

      • If it’s some cheap product that Amazon sells 10,000 different versions of from brands with unpronounceable names, I usually can get it on AliExpress for cheaper. The tradeoff is waiting longer.
      • For consumer electronics, I’ll look on B&H, BestBuy, Microcenter
      • For PC components, although I dislike newegg, I consider them less bad then Amazon
      • Books I order from my local store and pick them up in person
      • Electronic components, microcontrollers, etc I look at Mouser, Digikey, SeeedStudio, Adafruit, Sparkfun, and others
      • EBay is low on my list, because sometimes the seller is just drop-shipping you a product straight from Amazon and charging you more for it
      • venusaur
        1·
        6 hours ago

        Thanks! I’ve stopped using Aliexpress after my credit card being stolen a couple of times. I can’t prove it but they were both recently after a purchase from them and hasn’t happened since I stopped. And it takes forever to ship.