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idealism_nearby@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Not to piss on your parade but one of the owners of eBay is BlackRock, and several other private equity firms. There might not be an individual name to hate, but it’s barely better.

I use it more than Amazon myself because of the free shipping, but I still don’t enjoy it

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matelt@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Aw dammit!

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- Fluke@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  That tat you buy from Amazon or eBay is bought from AliExpress and sold at a huge markup, just FYI.
  
  If you really do need whatever it is, might as well get it from the source.
  
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- idealism_nearby@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  There are very few options for UK replacements, even Argos is partially owned by Qatar or something like that.
  
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  - matelt@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    It goes to show the best solution is to not buy any shit. With the relentless manipulative marketing that everybody is exposed to it’s a bit hard unless you go full hermit mode I guess. Something to strive for imo
    
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    idealism_nearby@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. I would advise every ody learn how to repair their appliances are part of the Reuse part of that, it means you don’t have to buy as much shit
    
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