I use Ebay as an alternative for some purchases, but I primarily use Amazon.
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There are lots of other marketplace sites (e.g. I was just looking at appliancesconnection.com) - but also generally I either google the name of the thing I'm looking for or look up the name of the seller on amazon and buy it from their site.
I never understood the reliance on amazon. Its the internet, every category of item you could want has a bunch of manufacturer sites dedicated to it. "Websites you trust", hell are yall doing trusting Amazon.
No other company offers the selection or convenience.
I'm working on a vintage bike and needed a few parts. I ordered them last night and they are out for delivery now... on a Sunday.
Any other place would be processing the order for days, charge me shipping, and have me wait at least several days to several weeks to receive it.
I haven't come close to finding an alternative, as much as I'd like to.
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Local online stuff when I can. National stuff like trademe.co.nz. Then I guess Ebay and Alibaba.
You could try checking out Wish, Craigslist, or Ali Express. I've used all three to scrounge for parts to build a server for myself
I usually order form Amazon for convenience, but sometimes use shopping.google.com. I look up every site before ordering though. Some of the sites that show up in the results are sketchy or deceptive. I also sometimes use Ebay if I'm ok with buying something used, or something very cheap of questionable quality (from people who I'm guessing are just resellers of Alibaba crap).
Wayfair occasionally
Best Buy for gadgets.
I've been getting incredibly cheap clothes at temu.com. Decent quality too.
Like $9 Hawaiian shirts and shirts. I also bought my SO dresses for $10.
They have tons of other stuff too.
I've seen a bunch of ads for that. I was curious about it, but I'm naturally suspicious of new shopping websites, especially those with very low prices. It might be worth a look later when I want to buy something.
I was very suspicious too. But I figured I'd give it a try for maybe $25 and it was okay. I ordered a couple other times and the stuff came as advertised.
However, what does bothere is that this stuff is so cheap that I'm wondering if they are using slave labor. It is a real possibility.
My girlfriend gets stuff from Temu sometimes. It's basically ordering directly from China without the foreign middlemen, so the prices are really low, but the shipping times are really long. The product quality is about the same as anything else made in China, which is to say pretty good, but not the best.
I usually just use walmarts website, you can type in your zip code and find the physical walmart where you live and then filter items there are actually in the store, it tells you the price obviously but also the exact isle its in, so once you find what you need it you can just go get it in like 10-20 minutes based on distance