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We all like cheap stuff and the convenience of having shit delivered in 1 day, but you must stop buying from Amazon. Our great patriot solders sacrifice so much being away from family and friends for long periods of time or even die in the battlefield, the least we all can do is stop buying from Amazon and support your local stores. It's a very very small sacrifice. Think of ways other big tech can be hurt financially, this is the way WE can show our power.

We all like cheap stuff and the convenience of having shit delivered in 1 day, but you must stop buying from Amazon. Our great patriot solders sacrifice so much being away from family and friends for long periods of time or even die in the battlefield, the least we all can do is stop buying from Amazon and support your local stores. It's a very very small sacrifice. Think of ways other big tech can be hurt financially, this is the way WE can show our power.

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eBay, more independent people, less of a skim

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offerup is even better if you want to stay local. lots o' good shit to be had.

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Organise a weekly shopping list with your local homeless or drug addict shoppers to frequent big name venders is a great way to get brand new stuff for a fraction of the price and to keep your money in the local community.

Say no to corporate exploitation and slave labor and having to pay unnecessary high overheads that only increase point of sale customer price.

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Ebay and Amazon are just intermediaries they sell stuff made in china and make an hefty profit. I have never bought anything on amazon but already bought many things on ebay and aliexpress. The less intermediaries the lower is their profit margin and the less you pay.

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If it isn't for sale at ebay, it most likely doesn't exist. Seriously.

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I dropped Amazon 3 years ago. There is nothing there that you can't find somewhere else, usually cheaper. Amazon is a con job.

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If someone could help me source things beyond food for my household, I'd happily continue my effort to support local stores. I just don't have or don't see the options.

I'm in a small city. We are next to giant nigger shithole cities where I refuse to go. In my city/town, I have a small, locally-operated (they own the store but lease the land) grocery. It's fucking small and cramped, but it's clean, has competitive prices and has just enough to cover basically everything. The only thing I hate is they take food stamps which leads to the occasional 300 lb sheboon blocking the very narrow aisles.

So, where do I buy clothes from? Shoes? Auto parts? Home hardware? Electronics?

There are boutiques here that are small businesses but they have outrageous prices on shot made in China and marketed to nigger fuckers and the like. There's a smallish ACE hardware store but isn't that just a big chain? Lots of options for auto parts names Advanced, AutoZone, and OReilly. Where do I buy electronics from?

Some of this stuff I can wait for, which means online and shipping is an option, but shipping is going to be USPS, UPS or FEDex. Who's the mom n pop of shipping?

Some stuff, like auto parts, I need immediately. Where do I buy them?

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Here's the trick I use all the time. I use Amazon as a search engine to find what I want. I get the information (mfg and model #) from the Amazon website. I read the comment section and take note of the product rating from which I determine the brand I want. Then I take the mfg and model # and do a Internet search to find the manufacturer and buy directly from the manufacturer.

I never use Amazon to buy anything. I also detest ebay because of long past bad experiences. As far as clothes and shoes are concerned, this tends to be a more involved purchase simply because of size variations and wearing it is the ultimate determinant for a purchase. If you go to a Big Box Top retailer, especially all those that have benefited financially from the small business lock downs, I suggest using them to determine what you want to buy, get the information off the product, and then go home and look it up on the Internet. I won't step foot in a Walmart and as far as I am concerned, they are the enemy of mankind.

With regards to meat and poultry, living in a small town also allows you to make purchases directly off the farm. You can join a food club or link up with a neighbor or two, to buy a side of beef, lamb, pork, or even get farm fresh dairy and eggs.

For electronics, there are a good variety of on-line distributors like Tiger Direct, and others. I never set foot in a Best Buy because I was confronted about not wearing a face mask and the manager was a prick and disrespected me after I mentioned my disability. Best Buy is a has been. The Geek Squad has kept them afloat for the past several years. Good ridden to them when go into bankruptcy. I look forward to the day when that happens.

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Tiger direct isn't Jew owned? Didn't know that. I like tiger direct in the past. Solid refurbs. Thanks.

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You will have to do your own research on this. I don't ever hear of them making radical left-wing statements or donations to Antifa or BLM, and similar, so they pass muster for me..... so far. Moreover, they are only one alternative to other on-line electronic/computer stores.

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same boat here. at this point jeffy poo stole the market and china builds everything.

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Ebay has many things that Amazon has, sometimes even cheaper. Yes, I realize eBay may not be innocent, but at least it isn't a F.A.A.N.G company as far as I am aware.

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When there is a sweet deal on eBay, the seller is the corporation. Shoes at least. I go through running shoes fast.

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Rockauto.com for auto parts. I know you said you need them right away but still it’s a option and they ship quick. Electronics idk because the newest stuff I own is from 2010. I don’t believe in constantly upgrading. If I do it’s used.

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Shoes, maybe check here: https://chinanever.com/

I saw a few links for clothes

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I'll check that out. Thanks.

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Been using https://www.rockauto.com/ for auto parts for years. Pay attention to which warehouse it ships from if buying multiple things - often getting a more expensive part from the same warehouse as other stuff is cheaper in the long run.

Electronics you can try newegg.com (had my CC compromised there before so get a 2nd account for online shit - you should anyway).

Clothes - Normally I would say Kohls but I don't give them money anymore - they would not let me in their store w/o a mask.

It is easy to search around, just be careful about payments (see above) and maybe you will discover better places.

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Agree, just cancelled my subscription. The Constitution must prevail.

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Here's how I boycotted Paypal about a million years ago. At the time there weren't hardly any online payment processors, you either used Paypal or the business did it manually themselves.

I simply stopped buying things that I couldn't buy using anything other than Paypal. It's that simple. There's nothing you really actually need to buy on the internet. Concert tickets? Too bad, watch a movie at home. Some stupid painting or doily or toy? Too bad, get a pet. You do not need 99% of the things that you buy. The things that you actually need are available in your vicinity.

Today there are many payment processors and many online retailers. Boycotting should be simple. Don't be a lazy fuck.

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There's nothing you really actually need to buy on the internet

if you live like a nigger in Africa sure

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No they probably actually do have to buy things.

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Boxslowly is right though. There's a pile of shit in your house already. If you made smart purchases in the first place it won't need to be replaced. How many tshirts do you need? If they look like shit in 6 months they were made of cheap flimsy fabric. Find someone who sews to make you good stuff out of better fabric and start over.

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I dumped paypal in the late 90s when they asked for the 3 digits on the back of my bank card.

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Don't use cash app. If you do, expect to be on your own if you have a problem with the service. It's nearly non-existent. Also they can and do deny transactions for "security" reasons but they won't tell you what the issue is or how to fix it.

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It drives me nuts that so many gun sites and also gun classifieds use paypal. They couldnt be more anti-gun

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FWIW here's an interesting visualization of Amazon's revenue model:

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/amazon-revenue-model-2020/ (visualcapitalist.com)

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The enemy owns everything.

Support a local business? Ok... why? So he can profit right? How?

He will deliver the monetary instruments directly to the nearest banking institution,then he will order his families food and luxuries on Amazon.

That isnt a cure, its a stopgap feelgood bandaid.

Dont get me wrong, I agree with you, but this is only the first step on the path to the revelation.

We cannot coexist with our enemies, nor should we desire to.

I also support boycotting amazon and agree we should find other avenues, based on their behavior at large as an organization.

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On top of that SELL SELL SELL any and all TWTR Stock.

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What do people even buy on Amazon, I've never been on it, do they sell food or something? Or anything important to daily life?

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They sell nearly anything you can think of. The core feature though is the review system, so that you can determine what products are supposedly better than others. Though that's not reliable because it's totally compromised, Chinese products have ridiculously high ratings very often. The other core feature is that the government subsidises shipping on Amazon for some goddamn reason. So instead of leaving your house you can just have it delivered to your door for about the same price.

So basically pretend it doesn't exist, don't be lazy, actually leave your house, and you'll never miss it.

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Did the small businesses who are nearly going bankrupt using amazon to sell their products or is the entire small business market being replaced by Chinese goods?

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I think it depends what part of the world you are in.

Probably anyone who's spent some time on Amazon have ended up with Chinese products, not always on purpose, sometimes they're even shipped from China. Then if you leave a negative review of their shit product, you start getting emails promising you free stuff do delete your review. Or you get emails offering you free stuff for positive reviews, and so on. It must be at least somewhat effective.

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Cancelled prime. Too bad I liked The Expanse, guess I'll have to get it another way.

I've been trying to avoid proctor/gamble and unilever for awhile now [this is not easy].

Do you want my money? Easy, stay apolitical and keep you mouth shut.

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