I said in another comment yesterday that Amazon is the most affordable option in my high COL area and provides the most variety. Especially groceries when I don’t have time to go grocery shopping. Not to mention, I get 5% cash back on my Amazon credit card. With inflation, how it is, I’m not giving it up, and I do not feel bad for it.
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MayorOfAlmonds@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Amazon is just so convenient, it’s hard to say no. If I need new socks, I can press one button and somebody brings it to my front door in a couple hours at a cheap price. Alternative? Order them somewhere else online and get them in a week or drive 20 minutes, deal with parking + crowds to get them a couple dollars more expensive.
It’s a crap situation but I understand how Amazon got so big.
Drax_@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
frittoBee@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Is it really that bad to order things somewhere else? I live in Germany and never buy on Amazon and most things take one to three days to be delivered to me.
MayorOfAlmonds@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
In the US, you can get Walmart and Target delivered to you in 3 days for a lot of stuff, but I’m not sure if ordering from them is much more ethical than Amazon.
Drax_@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Pretty sure there’s a boycott going on at Target right now, and Walmart is probably the worst of the 3.