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What websites do you use as an alternative to Amazon? (lemmy.world)

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I've been trying to avoid shopping on Amazon for several years. For computer parts, I look at Newegg. For pet stuff, Chewy.

But what about all the miscellaneous stuff? What other websites do you trust when it comes to shopping online?

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[-] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Bookshop.org for books

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Scrolling down to see if anyone else had posted. Good for you.

https://www.abebooks.com/ great for used books.

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just to add one more option to this list:

https://betterworldbooks.com

Great service, great people, doing good.

[-] crimroy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Abe books is owned by Amazon, unfortunately. Which stinks bc I loved them too.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Someone else just told me. I feel like an idiot.

[-] UsernameLost@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Abe books was my go-to in college for international editions of engineering textbooks. $40 for a book that cost $450 for the US edition. Only downside was that all the units were in metric and weren't perfectly converted, so I had to check against a classmate if we had work out of the book. All the info was still the same tho, and it was 10% of the cost, and it let me take open book tests where a digital copy wouldn't cut it.

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