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Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad by prmoustache on Thursday November 24, 2022 @03:35PM (#33735930)
My process for getting usable results on Amazon is to simply not use it. For any item you can think of there is an online shop dedicated to the specialty that is:

- cheaper

- easiest to search

- do not sell knockoffs, counterfeits and fake products

I know some people will raise the "you need to create another account for it annoyance" but it is not that annoying when you are using a password manager and the additionnal time spent could even be considered a feature to avoid compulsive buying.

Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad by hombre_fatal on Thursday November 24, 2022 @04:47PM (#33736593)
I thought thus was the way to go into I ran into bad shipping schedule and bad return policies, esp the latter. Now I never order anywhere except Amazon. I learn this lesson every time I try to follow your pitch.
Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad by TedDoesntTalk on Thursday November 24, 2022 @11:45PM (#33739286)
It depends. LL Bean for instance has amazing return policies.
Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad by za3faran on Thursday November 24, 2022 @06:11PM (#33737269)
Where do you find cheap, good quality printers? I found Amazon pricing to beat my local Microcenter website.
Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad by wardedVibe on Friday November 25, 2022 @01:55AM (#33739950)
The printer in staples/fedex/local print shop down the road. Unless you print a lot (like business/university department amounts), or have some high levels of paranoia about your documents, you're way better off letting someone else deal with the capital costs of the printers.
Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad by singron on Friday November 25, 2022 @04:19AM (#33740675)
Check your library too. Mine has cheaper printing than Staples and a free allowance.
Re:Almost Everything on Amazon Is Becoming an Ad by TexanFeller on Friday November 25, 2022 @10:04AM (#33742993)
The whole point of having a printer is not having to waste time driving somewhere to print something.

Not to mention the extortionate fees such places charge because they prey on the elderly and technically illiterate. One of the majors(can't recall if Staples, Kinkos etc.) recently tried to charge my parents $2/page to fax some records to a new doctor which would have been >$100.