I’ve been trying to avoid shopping on Amazon for several years. For computer parts, I look at Newegg. For pet stuff, Chewy.
But what about all the miscellaneous stuff? What other websites do you trust when it comes to shopping online?
I’ve been trying to avoid shopping on Amazon for several years. For computer parts, I look at Newegg. For pet stuff, Chewy.
But what about all the miscellaneous stuff? What other websites do you trust when it comes to shopping online?
eBay for general stuff, ABE Books for… well books and HMV/Zavvi for films.
You know that abebooks is a subsidiary of Amazon, right? As is ZVAB in Europe. They really have the market by the reins.
Could try thriftbooks out.
I did know as it informs my purchasing strategy: if there isn’t a huge difference I buy from eBay (as the big sellers are on both) but if there is then the wallet takes precedence.
I think my oversight comes from my brain’s refusal to believe that, in a world with checks and balances on monopolies, the (I assume) largest seller of secondhand books wouldn’t be able to buy the (I assume) second largest. That could never happen, right? Right? See also most of Metas purchases.