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submitted 2 months ago by velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I'll start - I don't shop a lot, but if I had to buy stuff like hardware parts, I do use Amazon sometimes, but if I can, then I try to use Flipkart. Realizing how it has turned into a monopoly, I try to look for alternative websites, and check if they're trustworthy.

If I remember correctly, the last three items I've bought online were hardware parts from some local websites. The chi-fi IEMs were bought through headphonezone.in, and they were super-fast in delivery - I had to wait for only four days.

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[-] devtoi@feddit.nu 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I have never ordered something from Amazon. It was introduced in my country a few years back, but it isn't really that good of a site (at least the few times I have visited it).

Like many here, I do not want to support a monopolistic company like Amazon. Luckily I live in a country where I have better options. I tend to buy things from plenty of well rated sites. Environmentally conscious sites if I can.

I could see myself buying from them if there genuinely isn't another option and it is something I really need, but that has yet to happen.

[-] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I use Mercado Libre because in my country we no longer have easy access to dollars to buy in Amazon and they don't accept our currency (I'm Venezuelan)

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

I like to buy local but when the people in the local stores don’t care or even say hello to me and I have driven there to specifically shop local with them, then I think about saving gas and shopping Amazon with no sales clerk smart attitude.

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