flyarmyguns
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Thanks, I'll amazon a couple and reconnect.
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nelstomlinson
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I've been disgusted with Amazon lately, been having better luck with ebay.
Why? Products or delivery? Do you have prime?
flyarmyguns
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Thank you, I'll Amazon a couple and reconnect... with a fuse...
nelstomlinson
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Shipping is part of it. Amazon generally doesn't ship to Alaska, and Prime doesn't change that. The same vendors on ebay usually will ship to me.
The bigger issue is that Amazon prices are usually higher on the stuff they will ship, and at best, Amazon has the same made-in-china junk that you find on ebay. Ebay sellers sometimes even have better products, like NOS parts.
Buying parts from Amazon is always a crapshoot, too. They do OK as a bookstore, but they're the worst parts store on the web. There are better book stores, too. I just ordered a couple of theology books from Abebooks. I got readable editions from 1848 for close to the same price as the nearly readable made-in-India editions Amazon was peddling - it's almost that NOS thing again. Abe, Alibris and Biblio are three places to shop for books after you've checked Amazon.
So, it's not that I won't use Amazon, but it's that I always look someplace else before I order anything, because I can often do better. Then there's the shipping problems, which are worst on Amazon.
The bigger issue is that Amazon prices are usually higher on the stuff they will ship, and at best, Amazon has the same made-in-china junk that you find on ebay. Ebay sellers sometimes even have better products, like NOS parts.
Buying parts from Amazon is always a crapshoot, too. They do OK as a bookstore, but they're the worst parts store on the web. There are better book stores, too. I just ordered a couple of theology books from Abebooks. I got readable editions from 1848 for close to the same price as the nearly readable made-in-India editions Amazon was peddling - it's almost that NOS thing again. Abe, Alibris and Biblio are three places to shop for books after you've checked Amazon.
So, it's not that I won't use Amazon, but it's that I always look someplace else before I order anything, because I can often do better. Then there's the shipping problems, which are worst on Amazon.
Plus every time you order from Amazon, you are supporting Bezos who supports Chinese slave labor. I'm pretty mercenary in my shopping. I use Amazon Prime, but I do what I can to buy elsewhere if possible.
nelstomlinson
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That's another good reason, but it's a lot easier to not support Bezos now that he's gotten greedy and jacked up his prices.
