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    I checked some items on Black Friday, but a discount on Amazon still isn't as cheap as just buying an item from its brand's official webstore, or better yet, from Ebay. I remember years ago I would buy from Amazon all the time, but now I rarely have reason to do so. Their prices are just terrible.

    The cheapest books on Amazon are always 1 cent + $3.99 shipping, but those sellers are listing the same books on Ebay for like $1.50 + free shipping. Electronics are usually hundreds of dollars cheaper if you get them anywhere but Amazon. Honestly, the most use I get out of Amazon now is in constructing my wishlist, so I can keep track of what to buy from other stores.
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      Editing … Yeah, I bought nothing off Amazon this Black Friday.
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      Editing … Maybe Jeff Bezos also thinks Amazon sucks now. Maybe that's why he sold most of his shares.
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      Editing … This is just like everything. Once a thing gets too big it becomes something else and loses what it was, Facebook, Netflix, Sky TV..... all shit now. I still use Amazon because it's convenient but it's not like the Amazon of old. It's a good target right now for an up and coming site to take over if somebody could put something together big enough.
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      Editing … Well... I don't think Jeff Bezos is the idealist type. I can only imagine financial incentives. Maybe he's leaving a sinking ship? Maybe he knows something?
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      Editing … It'll take years and years to build something to compete with Amazon though. I'm up for trying a smaller site, I'm sick of paying £4.99 delivery for everything.
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      Editing … I'm fine with all my shopping being separated by storefront. I get clothes from Zara, and uh... well, I'm sure I buy other stuff too.
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      Editing … Zara? Isn't that a girls store... OMG ARE YOU FEMALE?
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      Editing … i-it's not a store for girls
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      Editing … we have our own "large online store" here. They sell a few things in house but most of the things to buy are from stores over the whole country. Like a database of all the little stores everywhere. I like it more because you can pay after getting the package. Shipment is "free" but that doesn't mean anything because they usually calculate shipment in the price of the item. I almost never buy from amazon. I've always had bad experiences with them. I'd rather pay a little more and have a good experience and great customer service if something goes wrong with a product. But sometimes I cut out the middle man and buy from the individual stores because they are quite a bit cheaper.
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      Editing … I'm short but I'm wide. I'm 5ft 4(162cm for the euros) but a medium man size in clothes. I'm not fat either I'm just kind of built squat. Claire say's I'm a Neanderthal. Shopping for me is easy in one way - I buy medium stuff for everyday and it's all fine. But if I need to look smart I need the help of God. Nothing fits me. It's not even a case of shortening the legs either in a tailors I'm the oddest shape in the history of shapes since the penguin in the 1989 Batman.
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      Editing … I'm an inch or two shorter than most average-height men I know, 5'7" (or 170cm-ish), but built like a scrawny teenager, so I treasure any store that sells pants in my size. Some stores get the length and waist right, but the legs are too baggy. Zara's got a perfect fit for me.
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      Editing … I own a few women shirts and of course sneakers. If they fit they fit.
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      Editing … I wear Converse shoes cuz they look neat. I'd buy off-brand Converse, if I could try them on first. I'd love to get those shoes without any logos.
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      Editing … I like Amazon. Yeah, the prices could be better sometimes, but like 80% of the time they are the cheapest option. I like that I can return things that turn out to be shitty, broken or not fitting without any hassle. I only had trouble once with a third party seller on Amazon who refused to refund an item.
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