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I've grown lazy and routinely order everything from Amazon. Someone just described them as 'the new Tesco' to me and they're kinda of right, in terms of them being so easy to buy from, while thinking 'why do I buy from these cunts? They're horrid'. So, what do you think's a nice alternative to Amazon? |
Alternatives to Amazon etc
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Carlo 21,801 posts
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Tomo 19,565 posts
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Registered 18 years agoErr... Don't think there is?
Argoose? Someone once told about that. They even have magazines while you wait with a softcore porno section. -
Another ubiquitous web-based company that sells just about everything, you mean? -
Because they're like Tesco, and That's Bad, classic Purpleski -
hillbilly66 3,502 posts
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Registered 6 years agoI buy from Amazon, I hear they treat their staff like scum, bag searches and such. -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoWhat stuff? Books, music, games, hardware?
Music I mostly buy digital from the label these days. Cheaper, and more of the profits go direct, I assume.
Hardware I google, usually hit a couple of random comparison sites that way. Recently, buying stuff from Germany usually works out better, what with the state of the euro and that.
Books and games I still use amazon in the main, though it's fair to say I don't buy nearly as many of either as I once did. -
Kostabi 5,926 posts
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Registered 16 years agoBut Amazon customer service is so good. Their prices aren't massively different to elsewhere and if something does go wrong with your delivery they'll usually have it sorted within a couple of hours, a day at the most. No other online retailer I've used even comes close to that. -
sickpuppysoftware 1,486 posts
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Registered 19 years agoKostabi wrote:
But Amazon customer service is so good.I recently wrote in anther thread
I went with Netflix and am so far happy. I'm also looking at avoiding Amazon when I can get things for roughly the same price.
I accidentally clicked on the Prime trial yesterday. You know the button they are making easier to accidentally click on the each passing second.
No problem I thought, I'll just cancel it right away so it doesn't renew.
I did that, then I noticed my emails.
I was on Prime instant video for £5.99 a month and LoveFilm by Post for another £2 which is what it became when Amazon ate LoveFilm.
The Prime "trial" cancelled instant video (as you might expect) but also switched LoveFilm by post onto some £7.99 a month deal.
When I requested it be put back as it was before, which I had to do over the phone because email numpty didn't get it, I was told it wasn't possible.
Apparently there is no way to go back once the trial has fucked with your subscriptions. I was told the best I could do was go back to £5.99 instant video and the £7.99 LoveFilm subscription. I'm usually very calm and polite on the phone but I'm ashamed to admit I went absolutely ape-shit at that point.
So now I'm toying with either NowTV or Netflix.
Absolute shady bunch of fucknuggets. -
Not-a-reviewer 7,686 posts
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Registered 7 years agoPeople still use lovefilm? -
hillbilly66 3,502 posts
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Registered 6 years agoI don't like, if you select free delivery, they manufacture a weeks worth of time before putting a fucking dvd into a postal system. -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoSo much stuff I buy through Amazon still is through their marketplace, and then returns get handled by whatever two-bit marketplace operative you're dealing with. In practice, the marketplace orders I've done have all ended up good though - there's more likely to be an issue, but mostly they just send out another unit if the first one's broken - no faffing about with labels and post offices. -
chopsen 21,958 posts
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Registered 16 years agomal wrote:
That's a thing you can do?
Music I mostly buy digital from the label these days. Cheaper, and more of the profits go direct, I assume.. -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agochopsen wrote:
Well in practice most of it goes through third parties like Ninja Tune, Bleep or Bandcamp, I suppose. But a few labels handle their own sales.
mal wrote:
That's a thing you can do?
Music I mostly buy digital from the label these days. Cheaper, and more of the profits go direct, I assume..
I guess with mainstream stuff you're likely to be stuck with DRM-based services I guess like iTunes, but I don't buy much mainstream these days. -
Kostabi 5,926 posts
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Registered 16 years agochopsen wrote:
Bandcamp has a pretty good selection these days.
mal wrote:
That's a thing you can do?
Music I mostly buy digital from the label these days. Cheaper, and more of the profits go direct, I assume.. -
Lol, why would labels give more to the artist? -
ZuluHero wrote:
Maybe. Maybe not.
Besides, wouldn't you just think the same of any alternative you find?
It just occurred to me earlier that I went straight to Amazon to buy some music to download without giving any alternatives a single thought.
They do offer a very good service, but I've also read/watched plenty about how awful they are to employees. Also, the tax-dodging, which you can view as us paying them to offer us good service, if you like.
Sooooo, half-motivated by a desire to try alternatives; half lefty nonsense. -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoOh yeah, I'm not considering how much if any of the profits get to the artist, but I tend to only buy stuff from the likes of Sony or Warner by artists who are long dead. Current music I buy from smaller labels, who I reckon deserve some support. -
mrpon 37,366 posts
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Registered 15 years agoSo basically Brem, you're after an alternative where the employees are sucked off everyday by Tracey from Accounts? -
chopsen 21,958 posts
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Registered 16 years agoPES_Fanboy wrote:
Depends really. Some bands are running their own "labels" for this very reason. From obscure acts like Public Service Broadcasting to established old timers like Prodigy. It's one thing that the internet has actually made easier for record labels, despite what propaganda the major labels whinge about. You don't need lots of money and levarage with radio/TV any more to get exposure. Fight the sheeple, wake up the system etc.
Lol, why would labels give more to the artist? -
Yes, exactly! Self publishing is the way forwards, but those artists also benefit more from iTunes and even (spit!) Spotify.
The best thing aspiring artists can do IMO. Then mobilise your network of friends to spread the word via social media. Cos that's all the marketing team does for you on label anyway nowadays -
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I hear Alibaba sells some sweet, legit gear fo' sure.
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