I almost prefer Walmart or other vendors through Google Express to walmart.com (as I never want to set foot in their stores - or most retail stores).

The fake stuff problem on Amazon is truly reaching amazingly bad levels. I simply don't buy entire categories of things from Amazon because of fake %.

Google Express has had some awesome coupons lately too. I’ve been using it to order from WalMart and Target. Happy thus far.

I'm pretty sure Walmart.com also has third party sellers for a lot of their items.

The best thing about Walmart is that they deliver to the store without charging shipping. Instead of having your Amazon delivery swiped from the porch you pick up your order from your Walmart of choice.

I've found their reviews to be entirely untrustworthy...in fact I try to stick to smaller e-retailers or ordering directly from vendors after research. 2 day shipping ain't worth the cost IMO, even though I know I am in the minority.

> 2 day shipping ain't worth the cost IMO, even though I know I am in the minority.

Clearly I am too but I've never at all understood the appeal of Prime (aside from my occasional annoyance at TV shows that are only available there...luckily the interesting ones are a very short list).

If I need something with any urgency, I pretty much always need it today. In those cases I'll just go find it in a store. Nothing I buy on Amazon I particularly care when it gets to me.

I agree on the sketchy third parties but why do you say Prime is a rip-off? You get TV and movies and free next day delivery (in the UK) on basically everything - feels like a good deal to me.

I’m not sure I’d use the term ripoff either, but prime is essentially there to tie people into using amazon. Once you’ve committed the $x/yr for prime it is there to compel you to spend more to make sure you get your money’s worth. Amazon could just as easily lower the prices of what they sell, or the cost of shipping, and not force people to buy in to a “club” membership. In my case I buy one or two things from Amazon a year, and have no interest in their streaming content, so whatever they’re charging these days for prime isn’t worth it.

also prime streaming music

Idk if I would call prime a ripoff. If you use their services regularly it more than pays for itself (shipping fees, streaming, discounts on products and services).

To me, it's worth it just for the Grand Tour and the occasional movie.