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To: LouAvul

Could be worse. I’m at least 180 miles in any direction from the nearest of either.

I’ve had three mail in returns to Amazon in the last two years; They say they have received none of them, despite tracking showing that they did. Fortunately the total cost of all that returned stuff is under $75. And every time I have contacted them by phone or by online chat, for ANY reason,the “Customer Service” people have outright lied to me, even when there was no good reason to do so.

I boycotted Amazon for many years due to Bezos’ leftist activism, but when I quit using eBay and PayPal due to THEIR evil policies, I had to start using Amazon again in order to get stuff (mostly electronic and electrical components) I need at a reasonable price and relatively conveniently.

I wish there was a good alternative, so that I could go back to boycotting them....


14 posted on 04/22/2026 4:52:41 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: LegendHasIt

I was going to recommend Gateway Electronics (near St. Louis, MO), as they used to do mail order in addition to their great store that I frequented for about 47 years, but they have closed. :-(

There’s not much left for us electronics hobbyists. :-( :-(


33 posted on 04/22/2026 5:35:21 PM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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