this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2023
928 points (97.5% liked)
Technology
59599 readers
3301 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related content.
- Be excellent to each another!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Approved Bots
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Don't use Amazon. It's not like they are the only web shop for stuff you would like to have.
I've had good luck with drop.com for electronics.
Have any recommendations? Sometimes it's hard to beat the convenience of Amazon.
Drop used to be so much better before the rename.
100% agree.
It is still usable, for now at least.
Between home depot, target, best buy, and walmart I can typically find most things I'm looking for.
I usually try to shop by reviewers first and check if the manufacturer sells directly. Retailers don't need to get a chunk of every purchase.
Amazon and bezos sucks, but Walmart and the Waltons is evil condensed. the only excuse to shop walmart is if it's the only option for 100 miles. Amazon at least has aws and few redeeming pro services that pay their employees and provide infastructure to others.
Walmart is a last resort option. For example, my last purchase was an unusual size bicycle inner tube. I physically went to two other stores before ordering from walmart. I have no love for walmart, but Amazon poses the larger monopolistic threat. The damage amazon is capable of inflicting is only just beginning.
Amazon's marketshare with aws scares me more than their retail presence. They will definitely use that market dominance to the detriment of society.
As it should. AWS is making Amazon a feudal lord in the cloud space.
I avoid Wal-Mart like the fucking plague.
Agreed with all of that. And luckily at my current shop, im a proud user of azure devops. Now thats a company who is good for competition and doesn't contribute to any social injustices. Sigh. Well I guess at least our available infastructure options and datasets arent managed by the ccp. Smh that will teach me to think my horse isn't so high
I buy a lot of electronics (and reading glasses) from AliExpress. I had the occasional malfunction but probably not even one in 30-50. Great NEMA motors too and 18650 batteries among other stuff like the Orange Pi, or mega boards.
A word of caution, there is lot of really cheap stuff that's quite low quality, and you can't post reviews under 4 stars (they won't show up) so you have to check the numbers sold and read the feedback.
Edit: it also sometimes take 3-4 weeks to get the stuff. It's like a little surprise sometimes.
Man, you're playing with fire by buying 18650s from a vendor that doesn't test their batches.
You are right, but where would you buy sure batteries and how can you be sure they are?
Illumn and imrbatteries are two trusted vendors for both the flashlight and vaping communities. They test each batch to ensure they're authentic.
I just use Walmart+ now.
Better for groceries, but they don't sell wrapping papers :(
Way to fight the man by using the little guys.