I got beat up on here for stating that Amazon delivery was greener for the exact reasons you said. Plus, some of my Amazon comes via USPS, which is driving by my house every day.
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helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 month ago
There are plenty of things to complain about with Amazon but, in my opinion, this ain’t it.
I went back to Amazon, which I was trying to avoid, and saw the price 25 to 40% lower than anywhere
Amazon typically has prices the same as any other retail store. Your experience is an exception.
Not even Best buy has even close to the amount of inventory or variety, even when you’re shopping online…
You can’t compare a local brick and mortar store to Amazon. A vast array of hundreds of giant warehouses is never going to have the same variety of products as a single retail store.
In addition, they leverage their warehouses to decrease shipping costs and local emissions. Which do you think costs more and causes more carbon emissions, a hundred people in old giant SUV beaters driving to and from a B&M location to shop for a single product or a single (often electric) delivery vehicle delivering a vast array of products to a hundred locations?
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
socsa@piefed.social 1 month ago
Reliable and fast delivery services also means less space devoted to parking lots and can generally be a really good way to transition communities away from car centric infrastructure. People just hate because cynicism is way easier than thinking critically.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I wish they actually committed to that and had drop boxes. It really bothers me how much packaging is used everywhere in every business when it can be avoided.
iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Agreed as to Walgreens. Walgreens has surprised me with their photo and printing options. They are also located in the burbs, so that is nice.
LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I want to show some love to B&H Photo. They’re one of my go to’s specifically for tech stuff.
I feel like people give up on in store if they can’t find it at a big box store and go to the online equivalent of a big box store (Amazon).
Anybody who puts in a little effort should be able to find a specialty store either in person or online.