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How do you go out of your way to support snaller businesses? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[โ€“] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I've effectively stopped shopping on Amazon. Almost everything is available by another, smaller website that has way faster shipping since Prime Shipping is a complete farce now.

Even the weird niche stuff can be found somewhere like Walmart. AliExpress, too. Which, at the rate Amazon is going, will soon have faster ship times too.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago

    Ordering from Walmart has always been a good experience for me. Especially when I can do in store pickup to keep my meth head neighbors from plundering my porch. However, the one item I did try to order from AliExpress never arrived, so that left a bad taste in my mouth.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    AliExpress, too. Which, at the rate Amazon is going, will soon have faster ship times too.

    Yeah, maybe like 4 centuries from now. 2 day shipping is still way better than "maybe 2 months or something" from aliexpress

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The last time Amazon Prime Shipping actually took 2 days for me was pre-COVID. Now, it says 7 days but last time I ordered, it took 9 days.

    Last time I bought from AliExpress, it took... 9 days. It just depends on where you're shipping from and the available shipping options. They're advertising free 12-day shipping and I've had multiple instances of items arriving early.

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