Ya, for the most part I try not to buy from Amazon and instead mostly buy local, mom & pop stores if there is an option, for what I am looking for. BUT… Amazon has such a huge catalog that sometimes I can only find what I am needing there so I do occasionally buy from them. They also have a very good return policy if the item wasn’t what I thought it was, arrived damaged, or even if I just changed my mind. I have ordered things from other online retailers when I couldn’t find something local and then had to go through hoops to return products damaged in shipping or missing parts, etc. and have been stuck with a few things I couldn’t return. I would also like to know of better alternatives to Amazon in these instances.
My issue is that most mom & pop shops suck. Local places often have horrid customer service or business practices and are run by people who have no business running businesses. Very few are legitimately good.
And it’s not just where I live now. This has been the case everywhere I have lived.
Ya, for the most part I try not to buy from Amazon and instead mostly buy local, mom & pop stores if there is an option, for what I am looking for. BUT… Amazon has such a huge catalog that sometimes I can only find what I am needing there so I do occasionally buy from them. They also have a very good return policy if the item wasn’t what I thought it was, arrived damaged, or even if I just changed my mind. I have ordered things from other online retailers when I couldn’t find something local and then had to go through hoops to return products damaged in shipping or missing parts, etc. and have been stuck with a few things I couldn’t return. I would also like to know of better alternatives to Amazon in these instances.
My issue is that most mom & pop shops suck. Local places often have horrid customer service or business practices and are run by people who have no business running businesses. Very few are legitimately good.
And it’s not just where I live now. This has been the case everywhere I have lived.
It’s why I hate the blanket “support local” bs.