Personally, when I order something these days, it’s been on eBay. It kind of sucks though, and half of the packages still arrive in Amazon boxes anyway…?
Where do you liked to order stuff from, that’s not Amazon?
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For me it’s either aliexpress or mercadolibre. Amazon is not even cheap nor fast lately due to stuff coming from the US has import fees.
AliExpress
I’ve not ordered anything from Amazon since September last year… cancelled Prime in 2025 to boycott USA. !boycottus@lemmy.ca
Small electronic components, random plastic doodads, SD cards - Aliexpress, Amazon sells the same stuff at a markup, so all I need is a tiny bit of patience to replace my biggest Amazon spend category. In Vancouver there’s no competition outside of Lee’s, but in Toronto I go to Sayal Electronics.
Computer equipment - Memory Express (your local PC parts chain).
Big purchases - from manufacturers’ website or brick and mortar retail.
Groceries - From the grocery store. Costco for local cucumbers, milk and cereal, and the local grocery store for BC grown other food
Books - Indigo, or the random roadside book shop on Vancouver Island or one of the many bookstores. Or, the public library. Digital books: the high seas. Audio books: plenty of digital storefronts online.
Are there categories I’m forgetting Amazon is used for?
USA:
Has anyone had success with general delivery to a post office?
I move around a lot and rely on Amazon’s pickup network. The times I’ve tried to have a place do general delivery they’ve canceled my order.
I’ve used it with success, but you have to be specific with the addressing of your package (mainly just the “General Delivery” in the second address line). Details here.
I mean - I’ve gotten emails from the companies saying “we don’t do general deliveries”.
I don’t know if they see it as high risk or fraudulent or what.
That’s unfortunate. You could probably press them to see why. It’s a completely valid way of shipping things, so I’d be curious why they won’t do it.
I used general delivery while hiking for 5 months and had gear shipped ahead to the next town I’d be in. It’s possible the companies that I dealt with knew why someone like me needed general delivery and I got lucky.
