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[-] PaulBlartFartTart@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

The funny thing about Amazon, is we are phasing it out of our home now. Because it has become an online 7Eleven. You don’t pay for shipping and it comes fast, but you are often paying 50-100% more for everything. If you use AliExpress, 300-400% more… just to get it a week or two faster. I would rather go to local retailers that are increasing Chinese goods for a 150% profit, than Amazon and pay 300%. It just means I have to leave the house for 30 minutes.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

would rather go to local retailers that are increasing Chinese goods for a 150% profit, than Amazon and pay 300%

A lot of the local retailors are going out of business in my area. And those that exist are impossible to get into and out of, due to the fixation on car culture. The Galleria is just a traffic jam that spans multiple city blocks.

The thing that keeps me at Amazon, rather than Target, is purely the time visit of shopping versus shipping.

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