So I needed a mobility scooter to help me get around after a stroke in November. I tried to get one locally, but the most affordable option was nearly $4,000 and it didn't have all the features I wanted or needed. I did some looking and I found one on Amazon for $1,200 that checked all my boxes, but I didn't want to buy from Amazon, so I did some more looking and I could buy the same scooter from another online store and they were even $200 cheaper and had free deliver and a 3 year warranty. It will be here tomorrow.

I know this is for EU boycots and I'm in the US, but I wanted to share.

[–] marv99@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

Wishing you a smooth and swift recovery. And thank you for sharing your experience.

[–] thijsje@social.vivaldi.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

@marv99 I can 100% guarantee that I wont be using any Amazon at all. But seeing I never used it before I doubt Bezos will lose a penny over me.

[–] marv99@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In such case it may be helpful to provide information about every-day shopping-alternatives to the people you know and who are interested in good alternatives :)

[–] thijsje@social.vivaldi.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

@marv99 In the Netherlands (and Belgium as well iirc) I suggest Bol.com

[–] marv99@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Bol sounds familiar to me. We had Bol.de in Germany as good alternative (many?) years ago, but I do not know if it is related with Bol.com. At some point in time Bol.de has been taken over by Thalia and I am since then happy customer with them (and others of course).

[–] thijsje@social.vivaldi.net 2 points 2 days ago

@marv99 Yeah sounds about right. Never heard about Thalia before. Ill check out thwir site maybe they have something nice and deliver to NL

[–] nunolc@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago

Thank you for this, I'm an avid Amazon shopper and I need to try and get away from it, this will be good practice!

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I often times use Amazon to find products and see if I can find them elsewhere. Oftentime shops that are selling on Amazon marketplace have even better conditions on their own website. Downside is that additional account might be needed, which can be tedious.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Haven't bought anything off Amazon this year (I used to buy from them quite frequently), I'm going to try a few alternative online shops for my next purchases (e.g. otto, galaxus). I already use specialized shops for a lot of things, but when you want to buy a couple of small things without getting poor from the postage it really helps to use a shop with a large range of products.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 0 points 2 days ago

Great, let's all bulk buy all things we need before boycott, and then bulk restock after it. Boycotts on a population level only work when they occur naturally due to a better/cheaper alternative, what this does is only shift purchases to before/after boycott. I myself have already moved away from amazon in favor of smaller web stores, but I doubt most normal people care.

The only way I can see a "boycott" ever working is if we're talking about physical stores and people agree to literally steal, the demand gets satisfied and stores get nothing.