For hardware (non-computing) I can't find at Ace, I use Mcmaster-Carr.
Re:Etsy Strike
by pessimizer on Monday April 11, 2022 @01:38PM
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Me, too. It's a great site with as good of an interface as you could possibly dream of for a company that's selling eleventy billion products.
Whoever championed (CIO?) and executed that e-commerce deserves an award. Serious. I work with a bunch of middle market manufacturers and distributors and doing e-commerce is HARD for them. I use that site as a reference on "how to do it right", every. single. time.
Re:Etsy Strike
by jiveturkey on Monday April 11, 2022 @01:53PM
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At a very excessive markup. But for low quantity purchases and very high customer-is-king level of service, it's unbeatable.
In the US, if you buy specialty hardware from Amazon you probably are going to pay a markup on the markup because McMaster Carr is probably the previous source.
Fastenal is another good option as well. Grainger can be good for other random industrial things (tho pricey). I've found that fastenal's shipping is INSANELY fast. Like get it delivered the next day fast. Though that could be my location.
Re:Etsy Strike
by heavyset_go on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:32PM
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Not sure if eBay still does it, but they also let sellers recycle old listings' reviews for different products on new listings. I experienced that at least once with a return.
Re:Etsy Strike
by pessimizer on Monday April 11, 2022 @08:24PM
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I'm pretty sure they still do that. I'm fond of the seller feedback on Ebay; I think I've become blind to the "reviews."
Somebody sent me an Amazon gift card a while back, and I still haven't found reason to use it. The only thing I still find Amazon useful for is to buy small amounts of industrial supplies and parts that are usually sold directly from suppliers to businesses in large amounts, who often have terrible web storefronts (or only use Amazon for ecommerce) because they usually deal with their (buy-by-the-case, repeat) customers by phone or in person. If I only need two specialized bolts or two feet of tubing, I'll go to Amazon.