Amazon seems to be following in the footsteps of TigerDirect and NewEgg. Both were amazing sites in the beginning, great deals, great customer service, etc… Then they started allowing fake knockoff brands, direct to consumer products from china, scammers, resellers, fake reviews, terrible refund policies, etc… and it slowly brought down the overall quality of the site and overwhelmed their support staff and eventually fucked over their reputation. The difference with Amazon is they aren’t limited to just tech, the fact that they now carry pretty much everything under the sun basically protects them from this same fate, sadly.
You have a local store that ships to your house in two days? Actually, you’re probably going to need several of these to cover all of the different products.
Even local stores are allowing 3rd party sellers now. A lot of them make it really difficult to figure out what they have in store or not when you look at their website. I hate the way online shopping has gone.
Amazon seems to be following in the footsteps of TigerDirect and NewEgg. Both were amazing sites in the beginning, great deals, great customer service, etc… Then they started allowing fake knockoff brands, direct to consumer products from china, scammers, resellers, fake reviews, terrible refund policies, etc… and it slowly brought down the overall quality of the site and overwhelmed their support staff and eventually fucked over their reputation. The difference with Amazon is they aren’t limited to just tech, the fact that they now carry pretty much everything under the sun basically protects them from this same fate, sadly.
What are good alternatives to those sites these days?
your local store
Ah yes, I’ll just drop by my local Fry’s…
You have a local store that ships to your house in two days? Actually, you’re probably going to need several of these to cover all of the different products.
Even local stores are allowing 3rd party sellers now. A lot of them make it really difficult to figure out what they have in store or not when you look at their website. I hate the way online shopping has gone.
I quit Amazon in 2019, turned back to eBay. Some stuff is still drop shipped from Amazon 🥲
B&H
Alibaba? 😜