Nothing, amazon is a leech. Don’t use amazon.
Agreed. Fuck amazon.
Fuck Amazon. Buy local. Cancel your prime membership.
Cheap bluetooth obd2 scanner. But yeah, I’ve been trying to keep my Amazon spending to a minimum. I’ll try to buy from anywhere else first
These can be had from AliExpress for less. Amazon is a middleman and the markup can be significant
I had a VeePeak one for a while. It was excellent. Everyone should have one, honestly.
We don’t have Amazon.
I try to use Amazon less and less these days, but there are still some things worth getting for cheap.
A whole category for me is small kitchen items. Mixing bowls, bench scraper, oil bottles, squeeze bottles, etc. You can get good brands too, you just have to look a little harder these days.
If you’re in the US, check out webstaurantstore for those items. Way better pricing than Amazon, so you can have a whole stack of every size mixing bowl, sheet pans, glassware, etc, for what you’d pay on Amazon for one.
I used to live less than a minute from Aberdeen and have never heard of this. My wife, then girlfriend, would go to the Restaurant Supply store down near Baltimore instead. Thanks for the link!
A really fucking long ethernet cable.
Use monoprice cheaper and better…
Monoprice sells on Amazon also and if you have prime it’s usually cheaper than paying for shipping from monoprice.com
Also not available in Europe, stop assuming people are from the same county as you.
A cheap Casio watch. Lasts ages and always helpful.
Basically every usb cable i have bought. If you try it locally, there are like two bigger chains in every city who sell those at ridiculous costs. To get them at a reasonable price you’d have to drive to a specialised vendor available only in the biggest cities (conrad, elv) or at very remote places (e.g. pollin).
Oh, not to forget about filament for the 3d printer. My favourite brands (sunlu, esun) are only available though amazon.
Fully agree, I refuse to get my USBC cables from any local store, Walmart used to be the best area around that you could find them for online, but since then Amazon has definitely taken over
I’ve bought these a few times and they’ve never disappointed. They seem really sturdy and they do my fast charging and data transfer with no issue. ~14USD for two 3ft, two 6ft and a 10ft is a good deal imo
A good sleep mask
THIS THIS THIS
In my case my mom made a sleep mask for me in 11th grade and I’m still using it a bunch of times.
t. 24 years old
It’s a bit more than 20 bucks but you can buy a ring of keys to pretty much any piece of heavy equipment you could possibly want.
You never know when say… Let’s pick a random one … A Komatsu D355A could come in handy.
Subtle. Nice.
I’m just glad someone got the reference
I love my Glocusent book light.
https://www.amazon.com/Glocusent-Rechargeable-Portable-Brightness-Dimmable/dp/B09PR1BTM7
Rechargable hand warmers, pack of two, 10000mah
Oh my God yes, I bought one of these about 10 years ago it’s still going strong and whenever I get a little cold I just turn it on and it’s so nice.
Another thing that I found is amazing is putting them in your shoes are slippers for about 5-10 minutes before you use them, because it means when you put your shoes on they’re not super cold so it feels like you’re putting them in hot water instead of cold slippers
Apple dongle for 3.5mm headphones
The earbuds that connect to apple’s charging port are under $20 too.
I mean you can connect almost any IEMs or headphones to it. It’s got a really good DAC all things considering.
FYI, neither of your links are working for me on voyager iOS or on the web
EDIT:
I think you were trying to link to websites and not communities
Thank you for having this comment, since the second link was only a period for me I didn’t even realize there was a second link there.
Oh wow, I hadn’t realized it was necessary to take the fully qualified approach when linking on Lemmy, Thanks for teaching me something. Fixed.
Not Amazon but MercadoLivre, I bought a water bottle that keeps water cold for a very long time (my old one stopped working somehow and the handle was broken). A bit over R$100 which is just under $20.
You can’t tell us about a great water bottle that keeps it’s cool without telling us which one you recommend!
There’s like a hundred brands that all do basically the same thing. Just look for stainless steel with double wall vacuum insulation. I’ve got half a dozen cheapo free ones from various jobs and they all perform well.
