Heya, im looking for a European alternative to Amazon. Im based in Ireland I know there are a few options but alot don’t deliver to Ireland. Thanks

  • ashughes@feddit.uk
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    2 days ago

    I’m sorry, I don’t have an answer to your question directly. All I can tell you is how I’m managing as a resident of a Scottish isle who also struggles with businesses refusing delivery to my locale.

    Unfortunately I’ve not been able to cut Amazon out entirely but I have managed to relegate them to a retailer of last resort. I’ve not found another find-everything store and instead go to different retailers for different needs.

    Usually I start local, on my high street beginning with charity shops that support local causes before buying new (there’s one that supports my local food bank so I try there first). If I can’t find it there I widen my search to retailers on the mainland. Failing that, I broaden my search to retailers in the UK, then the EU, and only will I consider Amazon once I’ve exhausted all other options. Even then, sometimes its possible to buy the product I find on Amazon off Amazon (think OEMs who use Amazon as retail channel) by going to their website and buying from them directly.

    Sometimes I still have to rely on Amazon but I have managed to cut my shopping with them down from sometimes multiple times a month to a couple times a year. Of course it largely depends on what I’m shopping for, but it was definitely an adjustment to break myself from the one-stop shopping experience Amazon provides.

    I hope this is helpful.

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      Same. Plus of course do i really need this thing. I am proudly over 1 year free of amazon. I mostly try local, and sometimes if i have to get delivered I will use ebay, but its hard to not be getting imported crap, or others just drop shipping from amazon.

      I agree with the pain of sellers who use it as the main retail channel, TBH it now puts me off their products. I was sick of being a slave to what i thought I needed and where I can find it. I am enjoying being free of consumerism and make doing.

      OP You can do this. It starts with us.