Comment on Is there an "Avoid Amazon" community for people who want to support smaller online retailers?

faltryka@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Zephorah@discuss.online ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Some businesses won’t sell direct, like 3M or most tool brands. But yes, you can often find things on the brand sites.

  Amazon and Walmart are for things you can’t find anywhere else, but neither need the membership to make it happen. Strangely, Walmart is better quality lately.

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  • UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Would Grainger or McMaster Carr fill in the 3M/tool gap?

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    • Zephorah@discuss.online ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The sticker shock on shipping from McMaster put me right off the first time I tried to order. Small things. Triple digit shipping even so.

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You can have a good laugh at Grainger’s prices on just about everything. They exist purely to rip off other businesses with large expense accounts, in the “don’t care, it ain’t my money” tradition.

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  • early_riser@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    In the case of tools I’ll shop at a hardware store, usually Ace, either in person or on their online store.

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