helpful tip
2026-07-06 20:30 UTC
Replies (18)
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@Mac@mander.xyz 2026-07-07 03:00
$4 XOOMJI sandals do not exist outside of amazon lmao
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@k0e3@lemmy.ca 2026-07-07 03:01
I’m not sure where many people in this thread are from, but I have a question in case some of you who are complaining about, “I don’t really have a choice,” are from the US. Do you guys not have other online retailers? I thought the US would have Walmart, Target, Costco, etc. so that you could avoid using Amazon. In Japan we don’t have brick and mortar retail stores like the ones I mentioned above that carry all sorts of random products, but we do have Rakuten, which is an online shop/marketplace similar to Amazon. Does Amazon really have a grip on all online retail there?
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@Fizz@lemmy.nz 2026-07-07 03:06
I do not get the appeal of Amazon. Every time I go there to buy something its filled with knock of junk at regular prices.
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@Zephorah@discuss.online 2026-07-06 22:20
Some places don’t. 3M, for example, in spite of how big it is. I needed P100 filters. I go to 3M which links me to Amazon. I could go to Home Depot, or buy from the Amazon 3M store and pay 2/3 to half. WEN. A tool company that actually sells their own from their site. For whatever reason, their stuff is 10% more expensive on their own site, plus shipping. And let’s not forget returns, which are free, easy and require no packaging most of the time with Amazon. I hate to say it, but they’ve got keeping people hooked figured out. Walmart does well. The shipping is faster with no membership. And the returns are easier than Amazon. Provided you make sure the “fulfilled by Walmart” box is checked. But it’s Walmart, run by shitheads and associated with Heritage. Michaels does alright on the crafting materials side. As does Blick, on art supplies. Fabric Warehouse is fairly solid for fabric though their selection is a bit random. People I’ve talked to actually like shopping in just one place. So you’re combatting the “one stop shopping” thing as well.
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@NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2026-07-07 03:12
I have tried this a few times recently, and pretty much only find their stuff on Amazon. Keeping a storefront is a cost some companies don’t want to do.
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@xploit@lemmy.world 2026-07-07 01:34
Buy cheap shit on Amazon, that is refundable. 6a. Select fastest delivery free to you. 6b. Return item for full refund. 6c. ??? 6d. Amazon doesn’t profit. Of course we’d need to do this on large scale.
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@evidences@lemmy.world 2026-07-07 03:31
Last time I did this I ordered from the companies website actually paid a couple dollars more and it shipped from an Amazon warehouse.
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@Zwiebel@feddit.org 2026-07-06 20:40
Or you find it on aliexpress for 90% off!
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@plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-06 21:05
Yeah, but having to do that for a dozen stores and than having to cancel a dozen mailing lists is a pain in the ass. Entering in card information each time so it’s not stored… Convenience is worth the cost sometimes.
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@COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 2026-07-07 04:17
This used to be a thing but hasn’t been for quite a while now to the best of my knowledge. It’s hard to outcompete Amazon’s logistics as a small seller, their whole store business operates at less than a 3% profit margin and they have scale to drive costs down which small sellers don’t. They effectively subsidize the logistics with AWS, there’s a reason Amazon became a monopoly after all.
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@Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2026-07-07 04:35
2.a.i.) find out they don’t have an actual shop, they just send you to Amazon
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@fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-06 21:05
Honestly I’ve mostly been finding items cheaper on Amazon either because you’d have to pay for shipping on it, or because they just entirely neglect their website since nobody uses it. Also that only really applies to “real” brands, not the gibberish named brands. Those companies only exist to use Amazons brand registry for better SEO and probably don’t even have a website. AINOPE is not a “real” company, they just slap their name on whitelabel products. Of course the first random one I picked does have one, but it is more expensive than amazon.
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@Wispy2891@lemmy.world 2026-07-07 05:03
2b. Company thinks their online store is a boutique and sell the stuff for 50% more than Amazon Somehow it happens even more often with small businesses. My city is small and irrelevant, so when I saw a book with the history of it, I wanted to buy it. On Amazon it was sold for 15% off, on marketplace directly by the publisher + free shipping. So I went to buy it on the publisher website and… MSRP + need to pay shipping This publisher was doing a war price against itself. A small niche book where you’re the only one to sell it. Why would you need to discount this heavily on Amazon? Numbers: On Amazon: 13€ + shipping paid by the seller (+customer has free returns in one month). They can’t have more than 50 cents of profit for each copy sold On their own website: 15€+5€ shipping (+customer needs to pay 7€ to return it within 2 weeks). Healthy profit for each copy sold. You need to be an anti-bezos activist to choose the second option, though.
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@jimp@feddit.uk 2026-07-07 05:53
Been doing this for a couple of years now. Sometimes I end up paying a bit more or have to pay for shipping but that’s better than using Amazon for me. If I can’t find it I do without.
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@DebraBucket@lemmy.world 2026-07-07 06:03
My family mostly boycotted Amazon after their pullback from diversity initiatives, amongst other things (anti-union behavior). We spend 80% less than we used to. The drop is probably even bigger than that because we had a kid just before we started boycotting and so our spending increased significantly. We will buy from Amazon if we have no other options, but 80% of the time there are plenty of other options and often they are cheaper. Amazon has Toddleroo products, but you can also buy them direct from the manufacturer at northstatesind.com and with the WELCOME10 coupon code it’s actually cheaper than Amazon, and you can use it more than once. We also switched to shopping a ton more from Costco. Some products automatically get free shipping, like diaper genie refills. Costco didn’t back down from diversity initiatives so I basically said Take My Money (we already were avid Costco Warehouse shoppers). The biggest challenge is shipping costs. I either have to order enough to meet the manufacturer’s minimum to get free shipping, or eat the shipping cost. That being said, Prime is like $180 a year? Even if I pay for shipping I think I am still saving money.
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@AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 2026-07-08 02:17
I want something like amazon as a public utility. But much better, Amazon is such shit as a website today. And with 0% take from producer. And make online banking and free instant wire transfer as easy as using paypal, but without paying a rent to plutocrats. Two factor authentication using phone is a plague.
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@mlg@lemmy.world 2026-07-08 03:35
They usually offer free shipping if you buy past a certain minimum as well, with a handful offering free shipping on everything. Amazon already exploits it at a lower floor of $35 so they can price everything at 34.99 to get you to buy more stuff.
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@lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 2026-07-08 05:08
Sadly, I offen see stuff being more expensive on the company website…