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?
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?
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?
I’ll probably get downvoted for this but can you please specify you are boycotting the companies or government not the country itself? Most of us didn’t vote for him. Boycott the products absolutely, I understand that. Please don’t attach me or my fellow humans to it. We’re just trying to survive over here.
Most humans on this world are wanting the same thing right now and we’re all getting fucked by assholes.
Yeah I love New York, LA, Boston, Chicago, Seattle and Portland and all the other wonderful cities and natural icons of the USA, but the problem is to get there I’d have to go through the Trump gestapo’s border control. Trump and his cronies have been saying they don’t need Canadians, so we’re respectfully showing what happens when we you take us for granted.
Oh and yeah, Americans are welcome to visit us anytime. We’ll provide you with our hospitality as usual.
I’d move in a heartbeat if I could.
When you do visit, even in the trump areas, no you aren’t alone. I unfortunately live in Texas and I’m surrounded by trump flags.
I’d move to Canada if I could, or the uk, or even an oil rig in the ocean fuck it lol
So Amazon bad, Costco good? Both huge American based multinationals, no?
The two companies are super different in their corporate practices, to their customers, to their suppliers, and to their employees. There is a material difference despite them both being American multinationals. I’m also buying local Canadian foods from them. Grocery chains in Canada are an oligopoly as well, so just moving to Loblaws, for example, would only be a marginal improvement in my view. It’s important to have some nuance in this discussion, and I’m changing my habits a bit at a time.
Yes it is has been difficult to replace it all. I review once every few months what I’m subscribed to and whether it’s worth it. (Airline gift cards alone offset the cost of membership for me). It’s also been tough to keep track of if a Canadian brand got bought by the US in the last few years, or if a US brand produces stuff at a Canadian factory. I’m not perfect, but I don’t think I’m the only Canadian who evaluates their consumption choices and look for alterantives where available. That’s the whole point for me being transparent about where I still am tied to US companies in my last comment, so thank you for raising it.
Thanks for the full and reasoned explanation.
I do agree there is nuance, and it is very difficult to balance these things when there is often not a great choice about who ultimately ends up with your money.