Eww… Maybe they come with free nits (headlice)? 🤔

In one case it was selected by default (“used - very good condition” for a whopping $1 discount!), so be careful to anyone reading this.

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    I find it so odd that some people only buy from Amazon. There are shit tons of other online retailers around and nowadays Amazon is usually more expensive.

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      19 days ago

      They built up a reputation for good service in the 2010’s which isn’t really deserved anymore, but vast numbers of people still think of them as ol’ reliable.

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      Everything I want in one place, with a decent searchable ui and next day delivery? Sometimes I try to get away from that, but that’s a whole lot of convenience you’d have to avoid

      Over the weekend I went to the home center for a part, even asked for help finding it, and the guy looked it up and said they no longer carry it. I used the Amazon app in the parking lot for literal seconds , and the part arrived the next day.

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        I hate it. I try to buy local, I really do. But everybody is like “we don’t have that, but we can order it for you!”

        Goddamit, I can order things myself.

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        18 days ago

        Their search is appalling. They hide stuff, they have terrible filters, and 90 percent of results is stuff you weren’t looking for.

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        decent searchable ui

        Amazon:
        “Ergonomic Office Chair,Mesh Office Chair with Lumbar Support,High Back Desk Chair with Flip-up Arms,400 lbs Big and Tall Computer Chair with Headrest,Comfy Desk Chairs”

        Any other decent store:
        “Sihoo M57 - ergonomic office chair, gray”

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      19 days ago

      In general less consuming helps. Even try cutting what 30% of the crap consumed. It helps.

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      I lived in a remote mountain town and could either travel 1,5 hours in either direction to see if a store happened to carry what I need for a reasonable price (not usually the case) or find it on amazon for a lot cheaper and delivered the next day.

      I’m glad I got away from that but it’s really easy to slide into amazon addiction.

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        I lived in a remote mountain town and could either travel 1,5 hours in either direction to see if a store happened to carry what I need for a reasonable price

        Or call them?

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        18 days ago

        I haven’t given Amazon money in a decade or more.

        Options:

        1. Local stores if you have any that haven’t been strangled by chains yet.
        2. The manufacturer of whatever product you’re buying.
        3. A non-Amazon retailer listed in the “where to buy” section of the manufacturer’s site.
        4. In those rare cases where a manufacturer ONLY sells through Amazon, just buy from one of their competitors unless the product literally turns lead into gold.

        I’m seeing a lot of “but I can get it the next day” in this thread. If my options are to wait a week for a product or to put money in the pocket of a billionaire who is actively contributing to the destruction of the free press, democracy, and the QoL of the working class, like… I’ll find something to do for a week?

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      Well, some Tanchjim earphones (as an example) are only available there. But I don’t even have an amazon account and want to keep it that way.