I won't support or use the woke amazon!

We love it. I don't want to stand at Kohls for two hours while my husband shops for jeans. I order ten different pairs from Amazon, have him try them at home and return the ones that don't fit. Returning is super simple. You don't even need the packaging.

What’s amazing is that Wal-Mart is still bigger, in annual revenue!!
I always compare both before clicking “buy now”… but I love my Prime! :BigApplause:

I checked them out. Chinese company based in Ireland.

I've always kept in mind "if it looks too good to be true, it probably is", and that phrase kept running through my head as I clicked around TEMU's website. A few examples:

- A cordless electric drill, powered by 48-v Lithium battery, for $29.49. (DeWalt colors, but the brand is "JSD-HOPE").
- An 18 pc. drill bit set for $7.11
- 12-pc. screwdriver set for $5.98

And so on.

To be sure this does not represent everything they sell and they do have some stuff that seems realistically priced. But if you're shopping for tools I'd be VERY leery of their "bargains". I'm pretty sure I've seen the same or similar stuff, with pricing about the same, at Harbor Freight.

Really
 

Really?. That's your big complaint?? Everyone ships with cardboard or plastic envelopes. If you are unhappy, shop local. Opps, paper and plastic bags there too.

Merry Christmas
 

What's that old saying?? You can't please all the people all the time.

Amazon
 

People need to shop because it's not always cheaper on Amazon I bought a outside Christmas blow up. It was $ 160 on Amazon and I got the exact same thing from Big Lots for $ 99.00. Made by the same company.

I ordered some SAE wrenches and got metric instead. There are probably much incorrect merchandise in packages due to the Xmas rush.

I've heard that Uhaul has a cardboard reuse program. Have never used it and don't know exactly how it works but it could be one way to reuse boxes.

With the convenience the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Thanks for this tip. This explains why when I look for an item on Amazon and my husband does he gets better prices on the same item.

Leave the house to "people watch". That can be interesting, but time consuming.

On Prime, "A Quiet Place" .....very scary with good acting.

I like stuff on Prime Video. "A Quiet Place is very scary and good acting.

And the ToTV corollary is, "You can't please some of the people...EVER!"...

Comparing same product on different websites shows Amazon to be unpredictable in price. Sometimes too high other times a great deal. Changes day to day.

So you’ll pay more somewhere else in order to keep Amazon from becoming a monopoly? Hilarious.

plool
 

please or fool?? :-)

I’m also “amazed” with Amazon! I use it for obtaining certain household items quickly. It’s a great way to augment what we already have. So I’ll order a pack of water when we’re running low, and a pack of toilet tissue or paper towels. Or maybe I need crock pot liners, I can get them in a couple of days. I also order a large pack of clear plastic cups with matching lids regularly. Price on that is good, and these are harder to find than the red solo cups every supermarket has.

I love it that I’m not paying shipping and handling either! Returns are easy too. Been a prime member for awhile and it’s worth it. When it comes to women’s clothing, accessories and makeup, however, you’ve got to be a bit more careful. Some of it is low quality, coming from overseas. Makeup items — some come from American close out stores or discount shops where items sit for long periods and products are old. You just have to pick and choose. All in all, a great service!

Been a Prime member for many years. Their customer service has always been excellent. Plus we get Prime Entertainment. I do try to shop local, but sometimes the price and convenience factor win.

Also, if you delay your order delivery date for items you don’t need immediately you can sometimes get an amazon digital credit to use to rent movies or get books.

Amazon is at core dishonest
 

I was prime member for 10 years. Their delivery service has slipped considerably since I joined - you can't rely on them delivering when they say they will. But that's a detail. I recently ordered a $1,700 computer from them. It arrived and I sent it back via UPS using Amazon's instructions. For a month I didn't get a refund and frequent checks to my account website indicated the return was in process. I started calling Amazon customer service and was told the credit was in process and I should wait 5-7 business days. This happened repeatedly. Long story short, I never did get my credit. So, don't buy anything from Amazon unless you are willing to lose the money. I have filed claims with the BBB, FTC and Amazon legal. So far, nothing.

I hear you! I’m concerned about this as well. I use Amazon a lot. But they’re using tons of cardboard boxes; are these reused in any way? I ordered a lipstick recently and it came solo in a big box! Could have used a paper or plastic sleeve.

Just don’t
 

Just DONT Need halal anything.. Amazon yes

I did once, down in Wildwood at the Save a Lot store. It was an accident, it wasn't paying enough attention and chose pick up instead of deliver. I won't do that again.

As I posted earlier, cardboard is THE MOST recycled paper item out there.

Something like 70% of it is recycled...

Okay, since you are concerned about the amount of cardboard used, what did you do with the box your lipstick was delivered in? Did you recycle it? Did it go to a landfill? Or did you just put it into the trash?

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Also using Prime to watch excellent TV like Reacher, The Boys, and Hunters.

Call the credit card vendor you used to pay for the computer and dispute the charge. Hopefully you saved the return shipping documentation.

I will assume you live in The Villages. For most (perhaps all?) of us, if you put the boxes out with your trash, it will be "recycled" into electricity via Covanta. If you want the boxes to have the potential to be recycled in a normal sense, you will have to make other arrangements. What happens elsewhere varies.

Reviews
 

Another handy aspect of this online experience is the ability to (critically) read reviews about such potentially questionable buys. Have been warned off of some baddies just in the nicotine (old Bill Dana line). Even been known to write reviews my ownself - especially complimentary ones.

Bad experiences.

The stuff is generally low quality Chinese goods. Flimsy. Companies you never heard of.

Hard to get the size right.

You can return goods, but it’s a hassle.

If you buy something on sale, or Prime Day, you better be around, or your return period will expire. Note this snowbirds!

Things do arrive damaged.

They treat their employees terribly.

They do almost nothing for your local economy.

Or, you could use Google or Bing. Or, you could do your "window shopping" on Amazon, find what you want, then go to ANY of the available search engines online to compare prices.

There are also browser extensions you can use that will direct you to the "best price" for an item you're looking for.

That'd depend on the shoe store you're in. Specialty shoe stores have selections in a multitude of widths. If a store's sales person actually fits you using their metal measurement device, then chances are, they have plenty of width options.

Fleet Feet uses a laser machine to measure your feet, but they have no narrow shoes in the store. Nike, New Balance, and Rockport all make narrow shoes, but try to find your size in a store. I can order any of these shoes from Amazon and get them within 2 days. If they don't fit, I can just drop them off at the UPS store. I did find some narrow shoes at the SAS store, but they were 3 times as expensive and they were ugly.

T-shirts, polo shirts, and golf shirts are another story. I like a pocket on my shirt, which is easy to find on Amazon. But, go to a store, and you will rarely find a shirt with a pocket. Also, stores will often have pants with only even waist sizes and the variety of inseam lengths is very limited, and they will not make any adjustments.

I have a lot of trouble finding comfortable closed-toes shoes to fit me. The New Balance shoes I used to get, were only available at New Balance stores. Eventually they stopped selling them at any store at all and now you can only get them online or order them from one of their stores.

Another brand I love, Abeo, was made for the Walking Store, which no longer has any brick and mortar stores at all, and you can now only get them online.

The third brand I can wear is Brooks, which is stupidly expensive.

Because I have one fallen arch - one /not/ fallen, a neuroma in the other foot, and my longest three toes are the same length, I can't wear pointed-toe shoes, I need very firm arch support, and a thickly cushioned shoe to hug my feet in position. I used to be able to wear those Skechers rocker shoes, but too many stupid people thought they didn't have to learn how to balance, and fell and sprained their ankles when wearing them. Oh yeah and they thought that shoes would actually make them lose weight. One class-action lawsuit later and they ceased to exist.

I can't wear any high heel shoes at all anymore, not even wedges. Flats must have an arch support. They must have a box-toe construction.

So I feel your pain - but I also recognize that my personal needs are not profitable enough for shoe manufacturers, and my options are limited. Most adult men don't have narrow feet, so it's not profitable for shoe stores to keep a supply of narrow shoes in every size in their store "just in case" a customer happens to need them.

Yes, we used a lot of them when we moved out of out last house and doing it again when we move this time. In fact, somebody moving to another house put on ND that he had moving boxes if anyone wanted them, so as a result we doing this move with 100% recycled boxes!

Just heard on news that Amazon will begin a $1 return fee. Nothing to return from them....yet. Anyone run into this charge?

I cannot blame Amazon if they tack this on. We know some folks who return many many items - free of charge. We probably return 5% of items from Amazon for various reasons. One reason why we LOVE Amazon...

I returned something yesterday and there was no charge. But, I rarely return anything. I could have returned it to Staples and gotten a 15 percent discount Staples coupon.

Now if only the gov't would hire Amazon to build their IT infrastructure.