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Re:The Anti-Amazon Alliance by sanderjd on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @05:22PM (#23012244)
My distrust of Amazon started when I had a baby. It felt like about 80% of the stuff I ordered at first was junk. Maybe not fake, I don't know, maybe I was just being too trusting with what I was ordering, but either way it was total junk. So I started reading reviews a lot more carefully. This didn't help, I still just got junk. So then I started only ordering things from brand names I recognized. A couple times I messed up and didn't order from the actual manufacturer, and got fake or refurbished items. Then I realized if I'm just buying brands I recognize, I can just as easily pick them up at Target for the same price. My Amazon purchasing has dropped way down since this experience.

Edit to add: just last week I ordered a potty training seat from Amazon. Great reviews. Supposedly installs into every kind of toilet. It shows up and, predictably, does not work properly with any of our toilets. I wish I would have gotten it from Target or the local consignment store where I could look at it and ask about how it works, and I probably would have if not for the lock-down. So Amazon is getting my business right now, but it's very begrudgingly.

Re:The Anti-Amazon Alliance by klipt on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @09:31PM (#23014278)
Target's delivery service is surprisingly usable, especially if you have their card (lowers the minimum for free shipping).
Re:The Anti-Amazon Alliance by jay_kyburz on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @05:38AM (#23017229)
Just get a little step, it's all my boys needed.
Re:The Anti-Amazon Alliance by sanderjd on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @10:35AM (#23019721)
You mean for the potty? She is too little, she falls through the seat. (It's pretty early for potty training, but she is interested in it.) We do also have a step.
Re:The Anti-Amazon Alliance by wkearney99 on Thursday April 30, 2020 @07:44PM (#23037586)
Kohler makes a great kids seat. Probably not small enough for initial potty training, but it worked quite well for our household toilet until our child was about 6. Now it's on a toilet near the rec room, for guest kiddies.

Upside is it soft-closes, so as to not BANG shut.