A couple days ago I looked up a regional supplier of pickled foods so I could tell a friend about them. They shipped all over at least the US for reasonable prices. Now their site just links to the Amazon pages.
DiabolicalBird@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Meanwhile in Canada, if something falls into a niche good luck finding it in person. It’s getting beyond frustrating trying to buy in person to avoid Amazon, then finding out that nowhere carries it and having to order from Amazon anyway.
That’s what we get when Canada is a handful of monopolies in a trenchcoat instead of a country.
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I’d assume because in general we have smaller cities. I used to be big into RC stuff (remote control boat and car) and there were hobby shops around. All gone, or converted into old people hobby supplies only (macramé, bead work, hook rugs, etc)
I got all my shit on Hobbyking and aliexpress.
I also get my dental floss, electric toothbrush heads, and underwear on aliexpress. So it works both ways, the local retailers aren’t getting my money.