Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad
by Symbiote on Thursday November 24, 2022 @02:18PM
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Don't you consider how wasteful this is? Packaging and transport for a box of tissues, then the packaging to dispose of.
Write yourself a note if necessary (post-it, phone app, whatever) and buy Kleenex the next time you're at the supermarket.
Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad
by r0fl on Friday November 25, 2022 @02:58PM
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I have the complete opposite logic. I have to drive my gas guzzling suv to get Kleenex and a few other items OR the person delivering Amazon packages can drive a few minutes from the house down the street that is getting an Amazon package.
Amazon is not driving the Kleenex from the warehouse to my house in an empty car!
My delivery is an incremental carbon footprint. Going to the supermarket is significantly worse.
Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad
by skinnymuch on Saturday November 26, 2022 @09:06AM
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The person said to buy it the next time you happened to be at the supermarket. Not to order a few items at a time. I believe they were specifically talking about going out of your way to be environmentally conscious.
To use costco I have to buy at least $75 or shipping is not free. Walmart I have to fill out all my personal info and credit card info, and it's never same day shipping and sometimes there is a minimum amount I need to spend.
Driving to a store to pick up an item like this is just a giant waste of my time, gas, increases the chance of someone denting my side door in a parking lot from 0% to more than 0%.
There is no alternative that even comes close for simple items.