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#9001 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Post #9000 in this thread, I win
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#9002 | | SFICC-03*
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i was in the opposite situation where i needed something faster than amazon could deliver it so i went to the mall and bought a kids card game at the board game store and paid $40 when it was only $20 on amazon. i understand the convenience factor but kinda hard to buy local when it's twice the price unless you are desperate. i dont mind if i have to pay like 10-20% more to support my neighbourhood store but 50% more is kinda tough to swallow.
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Today, 03:35 PM
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#9003 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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That’s a very common occurrence unfortunately.
Stuff like batteries it’s impossible to even get close. London drugs and shoppers near me (not like either are bastions of justice either) the batteries I needed for my alarm contacts were triple Amazon..
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Today, 03:49 PM
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#9004 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Then there's AliExpress you get the same Amazon shit but for 1/3 of the price but it comes in like 2 weeks. No tax. ??? Profit
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#9005 | | "They call me Bowser...RawR!"
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Remember when Washington State tried to get Bezos to pay his fare share of taxes? Yaaaahhh.... he lives in Florida now... lol
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#9006 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by unit  i was in the opposite situation where i needed something faster than amazon could deliver it so i went to the mall and bought a kids card game at the board game store and paid $40 when it was only $20 on amazon. i understand the convenience factor but kinda hard to buy local when it's twice the price unless you are desperate. i dont mind if i have to pay like 10-20% more to support my neighbourhood store but 50% more is kinda tough to swallow. | I understand that and believe my stance against Amazon is a luxury, however it never would have gotten to this point if everyone didn't choose it when it was 1% cheaper cause they are lazy and too recluse to speak to a store employee back when it was growing.
I will stay on my high horse. Falling in line is the easy way. If it was the right way it would have always just been the way. I mean, you stood up for it and took an inconvenience because it was right. If more people did that we wouldn't all just be a bunch of fuckin wieners like JDMdreams complaining about everything on the planet while actively contributing to making it worse.
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#9007 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Their search is shit and the no-name stuff from China tends to be a lot more expensive than AliExpress but most people aren't picky about what they get and barely pay attention to price anyways.
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#9008 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Amazon fucks with their sellers pretty severely (I guess the social media equivalent would be 'shadowbanned' where the sellers still exist on Amazon but don't show up in search)
And more recently, Amazon wants to charge sellers for lost / damaged goods that Amazon's own logistics teams are responsible for.
I try to do as much shopping locally as I can (support local). I also like to have the mental drive to be self-reliant.
Fuck Doordash / Skip - Why is this cold burger and fry $52?
Fuck Amazon / Temu - Why is this 9v power supply electrocuting me?
Fuck Uber & Taxis - Stop putting your hazards on where ever you please. That's not a free pass to park on 12th near Clark.
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Today, 05:07 PM
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#9009 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Honestly I don’t care about any of the transgressions Uber has made. The service they provide adds reliability, safety, and takes drunken drivers off the road compared to the fucking joke that was the taxi industry.
Women specifically uber is a god send that actually has accountability versus the sack of shit sexual predators that dominated the cab industry.
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