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Amazon Advice (lemy.lol)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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With all of the sketchy products Amazon has and their bad practices, I’m really considering getting rid of Amazon. The only thing I will really miss is the fast shipping.

My reasoning is that I don’t use Prime benefits outside of shipping because I don’t play live service games anymore, and lots of local stores price match.

For those of you who have ditched Amazon(or not), what’s your reasoning and advice?

Any input is appreciated, thank you.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

If you live somewhere where the 2 day shipping actually gets to you in 2 days

That's not really true if you need a specific thing, or choice of thing, and not just a generic version of thing. And ...

Often you can get products right from the website of actual brands for the same price. You might not get 2 day shipping, but that’s almost never necessary. If you live somewhere where the 2 day shipping actually

... often you spend a hours finding an item somewhere else and when you go to checkout, they redirect you to their Amazon store.

I fully support efforts to boycott Amazon. But, sad to say, sometimes it's not really feasible.