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I buy vegetables from the local farm stand whenever I can. I have one around the corner from my house and they’re just recently starting to get a good amount of stuff. Signed up to be a CSA member this year too.
If at all possible I pay in cash to small businesses. No cc fees for them. Big stores …screw them. I want my points.
I buy something from Amazon everyday to accelerate climate change and the deterioration of capitalism. So that my socialist utopia can emerge where we all have small businesses. /s
I tip higher at small restaurants than at chains
Difficult. Every time I thought “don’t support Amazon this time, buy from this small webshop” I was disappointed.
The problem is that smaller shops often really suck with customer care. When buying from smaller businesses, I now always want some “big business” (Amazon or eBay) in between. Way easier to get support this way.
By shopping at them, giving them positive reviews (when they deserve it), and hyping them to others who live nearby.
I try to snop at snaller businesses whenn I can
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.
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.
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
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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I don’t use my platinum, obsidian super primo credit card at small businesses. I use debit or cash
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I mostly eat at local restaurants.
There’s a corner store around the corner from me where I buy like 99% of my groceries. It’s a local business and it’s less than 60 seconds walking distance from me. Plus it doesn’t price gouge me the way the chain grocery stores do
I prefer vegetables from the local farmer when they have them in stock at the grocery store.
I buy electronics from the not small business but the big chain that actually has a physical store in town.
I never buy weed from Amazon
