What do you buy on Amazon?

Socks
Cologne
Windbreaker
Headphones
Phone charger for the car lighter adapter
 
Puma sweatshirt
Freshé brand canned tuna salad
Tejava iced tea
Red borscht concentrate
 
Only certain types of food I can't find around here. Mostly stuff I had in other places. Grab a box of these every 6 months or so.
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Japanese peanuts made in Mexico. Go figure.
 
Toys and Gift cards for Christmas gifts.
Supplements
Big Bag Halls Cough Drops
 
Fucking everything. I look pretty much every morning to see what's arriving for the day. Today nothing, tomorrow, Christmas Pudding for me to make ice cream with, yesterday a jar for preserving lemons, a red Zahaar with dukkah the day before,
 
I even buy fresh lemongrass from there, free delivery on Prime. My grocery stores don't sell it and more often than not my ASian store's lemongrass is way past its sell by date.
 
Some external 5 TB drive latley

but I order stuff from it all the time.
 
At the start of COVID, I bought a few bags of Halls cough drops from Walmart and haven't really needed to take them within the past 5 yrs since didn't really get sore throat probably due to masking and vaccines. Maybe I should just eat them as candy.
 
My last purchase from Amazon.co.uk included a couple of pairs of winter boots, regular shoes, a brick (12 decks) of Bicycle playing cards, and some pajamas.
 
The last thing was a WD 22tb hard drive.

why amazon?
- largest i could find locally was 20tb
- 20tb locally was about $300-$400 more expensive then amazons 22tb.
- non of the shops around here stock anything that large, so it would have to be delivered from another store and would take up 2-3 weeks. amazon on the other hand sent 22tb from germany to australia in a week.
 
I bought a wedding ring on there. My girl is wearing a giant rock I paid a shit ton of money for and I ordered a $30 ring for myself.

I’d get a tattoo if she’d let me. I hate wearing jewelry honestly.
 
I knew I'd wind up buying more stuff last night.
I was listening to music while browsing Amazon & I realized I wasn't completely happy with the sound quality of my headphones. So, that sent me on a deep dive into headphones & I wound up ordering a pair of good JBLs for $250. I also convinced myself that I needed a new $80 pair of Muc Lucs for the winter. Lol.
 
Most everyday stuff other than groceries. It's easier n costs about same as if I bought in store. Why wouldn't you? ......... well maybe if you live in a shady area maybe not
 
Only certain types of food I can't find around here. Mostly stuff I had in other places. Grab a box of these every 6 months or so.
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Japanese peanuts made in Mexico. Go figure.

Those seem outrageously expensive on Amazon, like all their food items.

$25.00 CAD / 100 grams.

I'm assuming they're really good.
 
Next to nothing now.
I cancelled Amazon Prime almost 2 years ago. I got tired of receiving used items, not knowing if
it was counterfeit, batteries that damaged my electronic equipment etc.

I don't want to roll the dice or play detective when I place an online order.

Fuck that company.
I think that this is the new reality of retail. The overall Quality of the most simple items decreased tremendously from say 15 years ago. The lifecycle of most items has been wilfully decreased by manufacturers. Planned obsolescence is a real thing and the customer is so addicted to the act of purchasing that he‘s happy to buy cheap throwaway products that he‘ll have to re-buy. The idden cost for the customer though is to deal with returning the item when it‘s unusable, which happens often now.
 
The last thing was a WD 22tb hard drive.

why amazon?
- largest i could find locally was 20tb
- 20tb locally was about $300-$400 more expensive then amazons 22tb.
- non of the shops around here stock anything that large, so it would have to be delivered from another store and would take up 2-3 weeks. amazon on the other hand sent 22tb from germany to australia in a week.

I don't usually like pushing the envelope with large drives, I prefer to wait a couple of years so they can work out the bugs, but I bought this one last week. Fingers crossed.
 
I think that this is the new reality of retail. The overall Quality of the most simple items decreased tremendously from say 15 years ago. The lifecycle of most items has been wilfully decreased by manufacturers. Planned obsolescence is a real thing and the customer is so addicted to the act of purchasing that he‘s happy to buy cheap throwaway products that he‘ll have to re-buy. The idden cost for the customer though is to deal with returning the item when it‘s unusable, which happens often now.

Agreed.

I've been burned on a few mini computers in the last few years even from known brands, with failures I'd never seen before or much, much faster than should have been expected.
 
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