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What websites do you use as an alternative to Amazon? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been trying to avoid shopping on Amazon for several years. For computer parts, I look at Newegg. For pet stuff, Chewy.

But what about all the miscellaneous stuff? What other websites do you trust when it comes to shopping online?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not an Amazon fan either. But you may want to know that Newegg is owned by a Chinese company these days.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fun side story. My first job as a developer, I was working in a small porn company in downtown Chicago. We had just hired a few people, so being the only techy in the company it was on me to order a bunch of hardware from NewEgg.

It was supposed to be delivered days later. But no, they had an employee, just like a regular dude, hop in his car and deliver the order on the same day. This was probably 2006, so same day delivery way NOT a normal thing.

I rarely get to tell this story because I don't want people to know I started off my (somewhat long) software engineering career in porn and because who cares about this in today's world.

However, OP mentioned NewEgg, so it fits here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This isn't really an answer to the question, but I just saw a Mastodon post about an online store that's opening this October called Artisans.coop

It seems to be a cooperatively owned Etsy alternative, (and I can only assume it's a response to whatever shenanigans went on between Etsy and Silicon Valley Bank.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I know it's not feasible for everyone, or even most people, but I just generally avoid shopping online as much as possible.