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 (DIR) Post #Az2OBksEpccxaAEQ0e by fheinderyckx@mastodon.social
       2025-10-08T17:45:01Z
       
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       Online shopping is such a hot mess. Take Amazon: the price of a product I'm looking for varies by more than *25%* betw. Amazon.nl & Amazon.fr (and every shades of grey in other countries). Same product exactly, same brand and reference. It makes every purchase a time-consuming, anxiety-provoking, uncertain experience. That's yet another layer of #enshittification  that's utterly upsetting and insufficiently discussed. And yet, Amazon brags that “1 account - all of Europe.”Paging @pluralistic !
       
 (DIR) Post #Az2OBmRN0UK8RPfzPM by jeppe@uddannelse.social
       2025-10-08T18:14:03Z
       
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       @fheinderyckx @pluralistic but why do you support that awful technofeudalist company in the first place?
       
 (DIR) Post #Az2OBnYUrTcPto1C9g by fheinderyckx@mastodon.social
       2025-10-08T18:22:24Z
       
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       @jeppe @pluralistic Fair point: my personal ethics is to seek all other avenues and to only turn to Amazon if what I need is significantly less expensive or if I just can't find it anywhere else (safely). This includes local brick and mortar shops where too often the answer is "sorry, we don't sell that, and no, we can't order it."
       
 (DIR) Post #Az2OBoTDSazMjiYUYy by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
       2025-10-09T16:01:18Z
       
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       @fheinderyckxJust stop looking at them. Every item they sell is available from somewhere else often better quality, often the same or lower price.  Stop worrying if you're paying an extra dollar/euro shopping somewhere else and think the next step beyond that.I'm surprised at the number of other more specialized vendors that do cheap shipping.  But I often end up paying more for shipping. So what. I'm buying from stores I can call and ask about stock or choice or what ver.  Often small businesses. Hell, all of them are smaller than the nightmare Amazon is. Stop thinking like a consumer and start think like a citizen. Shopping at shit corps like Amazon is a choice.  @jeppe @pluralistic
       
 (DIR) Post #Az2SlnHHlqDVHPO4vo by fheinderyckx@mastodon.social
       2025-10-09T16:52:40Z
       
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       @tomjennings @jeppe @pluralistic I get your point. I make it a goal to prefer local, honest, respectful outlets, but we lack ressources to find them (because we can't trust search engines or AI). I really miss the “directories” and the “rings” of the early days of the internet. They were human-made, based on quality and experience, and could be trusted. Imagine an ethical directory of online shopping sites?  It'd be instant success cause so many people are looking for decent alternatives.