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Do you mean you went to walmart and target physically, and then directly to amazons website, and no other online shop? There are a ton of competing online stores with similar or better prices than Amazon, often stores specializing in the product you're buying. Instead of looking up amazon specifically, look up the item youre looking for
Exactly. For tech stuff, B&H Photo and Newegg are generally pretty good, and there are still niche sites within that depending on what you're looking for (e.g. keyboards and mice have multiple high quality vendors). At the very least, it's worth using the "shopping" feature on your search engine (I use DuckDuckGo and check their "shopping" tab to get a feel for which vendors sell a given thing).
I've been buying a ton of stuff recently on eBay because I usually don't mind buying used if it's something more expensive (i.e. cell phone, console games, etc), just be aware that they have different standards than other retailers (e.g. if it's a refurb phone, you could get an aftermarket screen). But as long as you read the listing carefully, it's usually all spelled out.
Can't trust NewEgg anymore. They got bought by a chinese company and their support and experience have gone completely to trash.
That's fair. However, I've never had to interact with their support, or Amazon's for that matter, so it honestly isn't something I care strongly about.
That's fine. Before I knew about the buyout, I wounder up with several broken or defective items, and finally had to reverse charges on a laptop power supply, because they were so bad to deal with.
Newegg has started selling shit products since last couple years.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8xNAti0AnfyrhbiKreMAL30MLGfTMqrN
Right. I remember their interview w/ Newegg, and it seemed like they handled it really well, and the utter lack of new negative videos by GN seems to indicate that they've made some positive changes (or maybe GN forgot to follow up?).
That said, I haven't bought anything from them for 2-3 years, so I don't have any recent experience. I hope they've improved, because they used to be my go-to electronics retailer.