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What purposes do you use Best Buy/Big Box electronic stores? Do you try items before you buy them in-person or online? Do you shop in-store for products? Are you a purely online shopper? I make an effort to patronize small companies, but when it comes to electronics, I frequently buy reconditioned computers and other items from the Best Buy outlet since my experiences there have been positive. I used to regularly order from Tiger Direct, but unfortunately, it is no longer open for business.

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[-] Elliott@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

Honestly started buying more from them. Amazon might just as well send you a counterfeit.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago

I recently bought Wasp traps from Amazon and the ones that came were fully sealed but they had bugs and leaves already in them. Full price for a clearly used product.

[-] HipHoboHarold@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

This is a big one. I don't trust Amazon anywhere near as much as I used to.

[-] Elliott@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Me either. I'll spend more to shop at a big box store so I know I'm getting authentic things.

[-] nixchick@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Their shipping is horrendous lately.

I just love how they try to trick you into paying for shipping even if they're like "Congratulations! Your order qualifies for free shipping!"

[-] jackoneill@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Dude that’s gotten me to not place several Amazon orders lately. Pick items with free shipping that arrive on the same day, go to checkout, 1 of the items is set to not ship with the rest and charge me despite clearly saying free shipping. I’ll reload my cart and now that item will be included and a different item will be the one getting a shipping charge! If you reload enough eventually it will fix, but the second time I ram into that glitch I just said fuck this and drove to the store instead. Amazon can fuck themselves

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