What are your preferred alternatives to Amazon? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 5 months ago by AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

For people in the Netherlands and Belgium: Bol.com.

For elsewhere: AliExpress, Temu, Vinted (European).

For more specialised services:

Furniture: IKEA (Swedish)
Clothes: Zalando (German)
Food delivery: Jumia (German), HelloFresh (German).

Generally, it's best to buy directly from the companies themselves. Buy from small or mid-sized companies. You'll skip on the high prices that way, as there's no markup. Additionally, since you are not one of millions of consumers - but one of a few hundred, they will care more about you.

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