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How do you go out of your way to support snaller businesses?

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PantsOnHead@lemmy.world
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I’ve effectively stopped shopping on Amazon. Almost everything is available by another, smaller website that has way faster shipping since Prime Shipping is a complete farce now.

Even the weird niche stuff can be found somewhere like Walmart. AliExpress, too. Which, at the rate Amazon is going, will soon have faster ship times too.

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MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works
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AliExpress, too. Which, at the rate Amazon is going, will soon have faster ship times too.

Yeah, maybe like 4 centuries from now. 2 day shipping is still way better than “maybe 2 months or something” from aliexpress

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PantsOnHead@lemmy.world
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The last time Amazon Prime Shipping actually took 2 days for me was pre-COVID. Now, it says 7 days but last time I ordered, it took 9 days.

Last time I bought from AliExpress, it took… 9 days. It just depends on where you’re shipping from and the available shipping options. They’re advertising free 12-day shipping and I’ve had multiple instances of items arriving early.

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DaleGribble88@programming.dev
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Ordering from Walmart has always been a good experience for me. Especially when I can do in store pickup to keep my meth head neighbors from plundering my porch. However, the one item I did try to order from AliExpress never arrived, so that left a bad taste in my mouth.

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