In the interest of transparency, I decided not to buy a book from Norton when the shipping cost was more than the book. And I always check my local library--I know that checking out books might keep them from being culled from library holdings.
In further interest of transparency, if Amazon had offered deeply discounted books, I might have bought from Amazon. But more and more, Amazon irritates me, especially in their delivery times. Almost always in the past 6 months, when I place an order, having been told it would be here the next day, it's not. I wouldn't mind a longer delivery time if I was told up front.
Since the great dish soap debacle (go to this blog post to read more), I have been much more careful about what I order from Amazon. I thought I was ordering dish soap made by Proctor and Gamble, only to have an imperfect copy made by Joysoap.com arrive--and then it arrived damaged. I have yet to find a good dish soap to wash dishes by hand.
So, I'm suspicious and on the lookout for deceptive trade practices, which means I won't order anything that goes on or in our bodies from Amazon. I'm not happy about the cheap junk from China that often arrives. I would like cheaper prices, but I know what those cheap prices are doing to the planet. I worry about the types of merchants I'm supporting when I buy products on Amazon. I try to make sure I'm buying from known companies, only to have weird substitutions.
Of course, with our current president, all protections are likely going out the window. Sigh. Perhaps more than ever, it's good to support smaller venues of manufacturing.
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