you can often find items less expensive on the internet compared to how they are priced at Amazon..
multiple times i just cut and paste the name of an item on my wish list at Amazon into an internet search engine and have found another merchant is selling it significantly cheaper...
I do the same thing. I also buy some things on ebay with free shipping.
it would be good if walmart or some other bohemoth would compete head to head with amazon, so we could buy all we want from one site. I buy a ton of supplements and can only find them all on amazon, otherwise, I’m buying from 5+ different sites.
What you say is true but the speed of Amazon’s delivery through Amazon Prime drives its popularity along with vendor ratings and related sections.
What can compete with Amazon are brick and mortar centers that deliver and also allow customers to look and feel before purchasing. But those things are done somewhat now but need to be raised several notches in performance to compete with Amazon.
Plus many retailers will match or beat an Amazon price. Now that you have to pay the sales tax, why not take the item home right then and there
Biggest problem is if you live in Alaska, Hawaii, PR, Guam, etc and get killed on shipping charges by most of those Amazon alternatives. Many times I get a shipping quote twice what an item cost.
I use them for price comparison. Someone always beats them. Wouldnt buy from them anyway. I refuse to pay for the rope they want to hang me with.
I do that all the time.
I also use Alibris for books great resource.
even with shipping less than Amazon.