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?

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[–] 80 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Fun side story. My first job as a developer, I was working in a small porn company in downtown Chicago. We had just hired a few people, so being the only techy in the company it was on me to order a bunch of hardware from NewEgg.

It was supposed to be delivered days later. But no, they had an employee, just like a regular dude, hop in his car and deliver the order on the same day. This was probably 2006, so same day delivery way NOT a normal thing.

I rarely get to tell this story because I don't want people to know I started off my (somewhat long) software engineering career in porn and because who cares about this in today's world.

However, OP mentioned NewEgg, so it fits here.

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  • [–] [S] 33 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Porn starts a surprising number of careers.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    It's not really.. Just look at how VHS, DVD and blu-ray became popular..

    I despise the porn industry because it's so exploitative. But sometimes there are positive outcomes..

    Just to note that the blu-ray was mainly thanks to PS3.

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