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>It depends on what you buy but in general, the manufacturer's website will often cost more than Amazon. E.g. In the USA, Apple Watch 46mm GPS+Cellular is currently $429 on amazon.com but $529 on apple.com This pretty much, I do not buy from Amazon because of the experience but because of price. Like you said very often Amazon is significantly cheaper than local stores here in Europe, like I was buying woodworking tools and I could get same tool, same manufacturer warranty for 20 percent less. Apple devices cost even more than official Apple store in my country because Apple does have a first party store, meanwhile Amazon has below MSRP prices always. The only downside is that they dont have customization options.

Different experience here in Germany. Amazon is often 2-10% more expensive than cheaper alternatives on most goods (just check a random product on idealo.de). People are still buying at Amazon, frequently citing the "hassle-free returns" experience. I'm satisfied with the alternatives (no issues with returns so far) and rarely use Amazon. Also, most shops have guest checkout, no need to open an account on all of them.

You're using Amazon because of the cheap prices and convenience of having all your shopping in one place. Have you considered not using Amazon, and giving up those slight conveniences, to not keep supporting such an unethical company?

Both of those stores price match Amazon unless the item is not fulfilled by them (and could be counterfeit) It also depends on the items you're buying. Household goods, like laundry detergent and deodorant, are usually more expensive on Amazon, sometimes by a wide margin.

The whole market is one big price discrimination where you spend time to avoid getting ripped off by shameless decoy prices. I haven't noticed Amazon being routinely less for any category. It is generally more for household items, but that still isn't a hard rule. If you're not shopping around, you've already lost - most other large retailers have free shipping as well, and frankly it's often quicker than Amazon's slow spiteful shipping. Really I want some user-representing local-first software that searches many stores with one query. Of course these sites fight tooth and nail to make that comparison harder (the main point of captchas). Still maybe we'll get there as the surveillance industry enters its screw-turning extractive phase. As for (sub)Prime, it still boggles my mind that people pay for it as an ongoing subscription. I activate the free trials when they're conducive to some o…