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Finally got around to canceling my Prime membership. I've been relying on Amazon to get all the shit I can't buy in person, but I'll figure out some other way to get those.
You're probably out of luck. I've been trying to avoid amazon for two years but all the other options suck. I'm constantly chasing missing orders and returning items because they're just not as described.
Amazon revolutionised the customer experience and apparently nobody else has even bothered to try and mirror their formula.
In the West. In China there are several amazing alternatives; they are like ten years ahead.
Makes me so annoyed that we are stuck with this monopoly.
It isn't that no one has tried, but Amazon has several anticompetitive policies in place that make it virtually impossible for anyone to compete with them.
That's simply not true anymore.
We recently got straight-up scammed on Amazon by a third-party seller on Amazon, and they won't do jack about it. They said it's between us and the third party.
I'm done with their bullshit. They're nothing but an expensive front page for alibaba drop-shippers these days.
If it was just AliBaba drop shippers it would probably be better, but rather than drop-shipping they're basically a US based warehouse and distributor for drop-shippers to be able to sell their garbage with 2-day shipping.
Lots of it doesn't even go through Amazon warehouses these days.
I've ordered 3-4 things from Amazon in my entire life. It's really not hard to ditch if you grew up in a time before Amazon. I'm 39, I can go to the store.
Everything they sell is on eBay from private sellers and importers.
You could say the reviews are a plus but some products are all propelled by bot reviews and Amazon featuring items anyway, so what good is it, really?
I'm back to square 1 with the internet of looking up item reviews on small forum posts and word of mouth since Amazon has abandoned the one thing it had useful to me, peer-review.
eBay also tends to have free shipping too without having to pay for prime
Probably a bad time to simp for Amazon lol just saying
Yeah unfortunately I live in a major city and every other retailer has trash delivery that costs an arm and a leg. I tried buying a few items from a store in my province, and shipping the items was more than the cost of the items. Even hot topic, I ordered a couple of t-shirts and a jacket and they wanted $50 for shipping across the city to me
Part of why they can absorb so many returns, unfortunately, is because of their sheer scale of business.
4 years in and the only problem I’ve had is when a retailer uses FBA and Amazon ends up delivering it. It is not that hard, use eBay (avoid Amazon dropshippers by not buying things with free expedited shipping and free returns). I have not struggled whatsoever it just takes more time and is often cheaper. Especially with fewer impulse purchases.
I am every day thankful of mercadolibre here where I live, it's the absolute best, Amazon can't even come close
Give Walmart.com a shot, you'll be shocked how much easier it is to use than Amazon actually.
One evil billionaire for another, but the actual online experience is modern platform unlike Amazon which looks like it was made in 1998
Their delivery range is quite limited.
Same here. I've conceited that I'm not gonna pay for prime and all other subscriptions but fuck me actually not using it in the UK is impossible, all the independent retailers are long gone and if they somehow exist they are just dog shit options through and through.