I'm starting to get the ick from Amazon shopping. Anyone else?
I started getting the ick from Amazon years ago.
Amazon’s a horrible company but you are kind of forced to shop with them if they have that brand of shampoo you can’t find locally or if you want to watch that rare obscure movie you can’t find on any of the other streaming services.
It seems like everything is all these new cheap brands I've never heard of before. I'll get a few things from them if I have to but things have gone full circle now because I typically find it better just to get what I need at a brick and mortar store. Still, they do have some things you can't get locally
I deleted my account early this.year and haven't looked back. if I want to buy specific and/or cheap and flimsy things there's always ebay.
I also highly recommend buy nothing groups if anyone is still on Facebook!
I have avoided Amazon, Walmart as much as possible for many years. I have ordered things directly and paid higher price from the manufacturer and it still comes in Amazon packaging. Somethings are hard to find elsewhere or you pay a lot more, unfortunately.
There's an abundance of fake companies on Amazon. Sometimes you'll see the same exact thing offered by a dozen different companies whose names look like they were made from tiles pulled randomly out of a scrabble bag. I never order anything from a company that doesn't have their own website, and I only order from Amazon if I can't buy directly from their website.
My daughter had an issue ordering from them at our last locked apartment building. They refused to deliver there. That's just 1 of many reasons they suck. I avoid them, they don't need or deserve my money.
When talking about a race to the bottom, Amazon strapped on a rocket. A lot of their products are dangerously low quality IMO.
I’m wholly dependent on Amazon because some major herbal companies (the exact same brands that large chain Farmer’s markets use) are on there. Yea, I could buy direct, but I would sacrifice shipping.
If you ever try to sell vitamins, herbs, or supplements on there, you may gain a newfound respect for them, because they require them to be lab tested, and produced in government inspected facilities.
But, admittedly, that only applies to vitamins, herbs, and supplements; not because they’re an upstanding company, but because they’re averse to litigation.
As far as selling anything else… I can totally see how a random Joe with a t-shirt printer, and a 3d printer could just sell knockoffs of mainstream products—at a little lower than market price—and make a killing.
I'm a conscientious consumer. I stopped utilizing Amazon 10+ years ago, due to poor customer service and poor treatment of their employees. I vote with my dollars and choose not to contributed to Bezos wealth. There is nothing I need that I can't find locally.
@BR123 posted: "not because they’re an upstanding company, but because they’re averse to litigation."
Sadly true of many people.
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