speaking of alternatives, what brand do people hate that actually has a decent alternative?

Derrek@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 54 points –

I know people prefer to complain instead of act, but what is something people don't like but has an alternative?

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Amazon, sort of. It absolutely cannot be beat for convenience. Ordering something in 15 seconds, then having it shipped within 48 hours is unmatchable.

But if you plan ahead, and aren't an impulse buyer, you can find alternatives with better products and similar prices. Most stuff on Amazon is absolute junk with clickfarm reviews.

Ironically Reddit was really good for finding niche websites for whichever product you were looking for. Hopefully Lemmy will reach that point eventually.

It's a shit company with shit morals and shit practices, but I use it... If I have to. And usually that means I've checked locally, I've checked other big retailers, and if everyone fails me I'll reluctantly buy it on Amazon.

Would be interested in a community for general purchase recommendations (any product, no specific category). Having a thread site like this where actual humans who bought the product and don't work for the company can write honest reviews/recommendations is extremely valuable

Not the same but which (which.co.uk) is a non-profit consumer group. You can pay them subscription and they do non biased and quite detailed reviews of all the normal electrial stuff. I've used them for a washing machine, freezer, earbuds, TV, handheld vacuum cleaner.

For those in DE/AT/PL/UK: https://geizhals.eu/

It shows many local online shops, including Amazon. Amazon usually isn't the cheapest IME in Germany.

AliExpress is the alternate for Amazon if you can wait a month to get your crap. All the products are exactly the same except £2 instead of £20.

I wouldn't buy any electronics from AliExpress though.

Every order I've ever made on Ali:

  1. Me: Place order
  2. Ali: it will be there in a month
  3. A few weeks later, Ali: Your order was cancelled.
  4. Back to Amazon

But if someone makes a version of Ali that works in the states, Amazon's online store is already a dinosaur and can easily be dominated.

really?

Ive ordered probobly 100 things from Ali. Takes a while to arrive, but only had a couple items disappear in shipping, and never had them not at least ship.

I agree. Now disclaimer, I am someone who still buys tons from Amazon. There is no one alternative. But you can get much better deals if you watch and wait instead of impulse buy. Best Buy is now my go-to for gadgets.

Ordering something in 15 seconds, then having it shipped within 48 hours is unmatchable

you mean like online shopping in general?

I assume they mean having it arrive within 48 hours, which is not typical of most online shopping.