We Uncovered Amazon’s Scheme To Inflate Prices Everywhere
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Amazon has a scheme to offer the lowest prices – by raising prices everywhere else.If a vendor offers a lower price elsewhere, Amazon allegedly forces them t...

Particularly egregious in the United States, where they have such a strong monopoly.

And also why supporting independent shops directly is SO important.

  • OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I haven’t found one yet. I think anyone who could offer the same would inevitability end up using the same slimy tactics as Amazon.

    When I can, I wait and bundle purchases together in order to save on shipping costs. Almost nowhere can match the 1-2 day shipping on Amazon, but it’s rare that I actually need anything so fast.

    Some of my go-to choices:

    • If it’s some cheap product that Amazon sells 10,000 different versions of from brands with unpronounceable names, I usually can get it on AliExpress for cheaper. The tradeoff is waiting longer.
    • For consumer electronics, I’ll look on B&H, BestBuy, Microcenter
    • For PC components, although I dislike newegg, I consider them less bad then Amazon
    • Books I order from my local store and pick them up in person
    • Electronic components, microcontrollers, etc I look at Mouser, Digikey, SeeedStudio, Adafruit, Sparkfun, and others
    • EBay is low on my list, because sometimes the seller is just drop-shipping you a product straight from Amazon and charging you more for it
    • venusaur@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Thanks! I’ve stopped using Aliexpress after my credit card being stolen a couple of times. I can’t prove it but they were both recently after a purchase from them and hasn’t happened since I stopped. And it takes forever to ship.