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Amazon Advice (lemy.lol)

submitted 9 months ago by fortniteplaya@lemy.lol to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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With all of the sketchy products Amazon has and their bad practices, I’m really considering getting rid of Amazon. The only thing I will really miss is the fast shipping.

My reasoning is that I don’t use Prime benefits outside of shipping because I don’t play live service games anymore, and lots of local stores price match.

For those of you who have ditched Amazon(or not), what’s your reasoning and advice?

Any input is appreciated, thank you.

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[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 19 points 9 months ago

Cancel Prime

Add 'Personal Blocklist' to your browser, block Amazon from search results (although 'Google Hit Hider' for Greasemonkey works better)

Amazon hasn't managed to get any of my orders to me in fewer than 3 days for over a year. I just put together some computer parts using PCPartsPicker, and Amazon wasn't the cheapest option on anything. There's no advantage to using them anymore. They treat their employees like shit, they treat their suppliers like shit, and they force anyone selling through Amazon Marketplace to agree to some seriously fucked up shit.