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submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This isn't exactly where this belongs so feel free to delete this. I'm mildly infuriated there is no usable alternative to Amazon.com. I'm more than willing to buy products elsewhere, but it's so easy to default to Amazon. Please help.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you cannot afford to shop elsewhere, then I don't see how it's reasonable to fault you for that. But if you can justify spending a little less and want to avoid it, then I'm sure you know what I would suggest. Do or do not, a wise man once said.

Are you frustrated that you can't muster the willpower to avoid shopping there? The website was literally designed to get you addicted to it. The man himself has said as such. There are browser extensions that will block specific url families. I wouldn't be surprised if entire extensions were designed for that website specifically.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I just wish there was an aggregator that isn't Walmart or Amazon or Temu. I try really hard to spread my shopping around and actually buy local when I can. It just sucks Amazon is so easy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If I'm being honest, the only thing stopping me from shopping at other sites is having to put my personal and payment details in yet another site for it to go stale, or fall out of my memory, or get leaked in the next big hack.

Some sites have "pay with Amazon" (more likely PayPal, but... ugh. I don't remember why, but I hate it), but I'd love to see some universal adoption of some sort of payment and shipping details lockbox. Like SSO where you can revoke access to subscribers or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

An SSO-like payment system with tracking and revocation is a great idea and would be amazing for us consumers. I'm just not holding my breath waiting for the corpos to implement it.

While nowhere near perfect (far from it, really), as long as the sites you are shopping on are PCI-compliant (most should be), you don't have to worry too much about a compromised site leaking your payment details for use elsewhere.

Basically just use a password manager and don't worry about saving credit card (NOT debit card) details in the site as long as they aren't extra-sketchy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

That already exists with PayPal and Apple Pay for example. The remote site never sees your credit card, just an approval token. You won’t be able to get away from address though as they need to know how to get it to you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

As a web dev myself, I know the sheer amount of money that would have to go into monkey patching together all these disparate protocols and ancient APIs, plus the regulatory requirements, and that's BEFORE worrying about consumer AND vendor adoption. The only reason to get into it is if the service is secondary to chasing a lucrative buyout before you get crushed by some multinational online retail cartel you never knew existed (but always suspected), or Google AEEs you.

Fintech blows.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

What kind of stuff have you been buying that you couldn't find elsewhere (at a competitive price)?

I buy a moderate amount of my stuff online and was able to almost entirely avoid Amazon this year. The only exception was a phone display where Amazon had a LCD-variant for ~30€ while all others only had an OLED for ~90€.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I dont think its about availability, more about the convenience of having everything in one place and especially the rating system (which of course only works if you have a huge customer base and is also being exploited so not really a plus for Amazon anymore)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Google shopping or duckduckgo shopping can usually find it. Or go to amazon and then search the sellers name.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not sure what you are looking for but I can easily buy the same stuff on eBay or Walmart or directly from the retailer. I do a search of Amazon and then google the same product to look at different website options.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

One problem I've been having with ebay lately is that I've ordered items and they're coming drop shipped from Amazon or Walmart.

They're always sellers with ratings in the upper 90s and with like 1000ish or less reviews. A lot of times they list is as only having 1 or 2 left in stock. I've been having some luck going into the reviews and seeing people say "came in an Amazon box" to avoid them.

It's one thing to wholesale stuff and resell it, it's another to just drop ship it from Amazon and Walmart. Been ordering on ebay for many years and I've never seen this before.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Outside of NA there are.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not perfect but a lot of big box stores offer free shipping. I usually will check Walmart, Best Buy, Target B&H and Google shopping. I'm pretty sure they all offer free shipping after $35. Chewy for animal stuff is really good too. Also check the manufacturer, I recently bought a gift that way and it was cheaper and had more selection options than dumb Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Came to say the same. I'm not sure how much my location plays a role, but B&H is my go-to for many electronics, Best Buy is a backup, and Target is up there too. I can pre-order BB and Tgt as well, giving me a few stores to choose from locally. The physical stores need to compete with Amazon to survive, so they are

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