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Amazon Advice (lemy.lol)

submitted 9 months ago by fortniteplaya@lemy.lol to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Because of everything Amazon does and is I've completely stopped using Amazon a few years back and it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be.

Most small businesses have an online store and a very convenient ordering process. Hell, most even ship the next day. I go out of my way to try and find smaller businesses (who often have to charge for shipping) to order from, but if you just want to avoid Amazon, you can find larger outlets that don't have shipping costs either.

If you need some weird stuff that you can't seem to find anywhere but Amazon, try eBay.

And you won't miss next day delivery very long, I can promise you that. You'll even get to know a completely new joy: "Oh shit, I totally forgot I had ordered that!"

[–] fortniteplaya@lemy.lol 2 points 9 months ago

I agree with you, Amazon seems to be designed to make it feel like there are not better options when there definitely are better options.