• [object Object]@lemmy.ca
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    It pisses me off that my in-laws have been all “elbows up” anti USA and order fucking everything on Amazon.

    Yeah, elbows up, wait, hold on, gotta send our money to the country threatening us, okay done, elbows back up! Fuck our local businesses!

    Fuck man, how god damn hard is it to not buy on Amazon?

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      90% of the shit on Amazon is just Aliexpress dropshippers at 20% markup, whom are mostly taobao resellers at 300% markup.

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        And about half of ebay is dropshippers from amazon.

        I haven’t ordered anything from amazon in years. But recently I got into a new hobby, read about it, found out what kind of tools and materials I need, and ordered a few things from ebay. About half of it showed up in amazon packages…

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        And most of Jeff Bozos wealth isn’t even from Amazon, but from AWS. So if you wonna hurt his pockets, stop using the internet :/

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      The very second I saw 51st state merch I deleted my account and have been ordering straight from China, happy enough to cut out the American middle man fat.