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Re:Ask HN: Are you crosssing the Amazon picket line? If no, ... by jMyles on Monday December 23, 2024 @04:14PM (#42497672)
Yeah, I do nearly all of my grocery shopping IRL, and about 75% of hardware shopping (at Rollin' Oats and Ace Hardware, respectively, here in St. Pete).

Last few things I bought on Amazon, that I'm not sure where I'll get, at least with reasonably fast shipping:

* Case for a 32" monitor

* Pegboard-mounted magentic knife rack

* Outdoor folding table

* USB and HDMI cables (I guess Newegg?)

* Spice grinder (a particular one)

* Bulk organic coriander seeds (actually they might have these at Rollin' Oats - but what about other bulk dry goods that aren't at small grocers?)

* Shower head

etc etc

And yeah, I guess at this very moment, walmart is perhaps a more ethical option.

Re:Ask HN: Are you crosssing the Amazon picket line? If no, ... by jarsin on Monday December 23, 2024 @06:34PM (#42498449)
I do most of electronic shopping at bestbuy now. Typically can pickup same day or next day shipping.