You think shipping sticks in your craw, I'm in
AMAZON JAIL right now... don't know how I got there... Chatted with them and nothing was resolved... Don't know how to get out....
In 2015, I got into Astrophotography. A very far out subject. I got
Amazon Prime to get free, fast shipping.
Long story short, one of the things I ordered was routed by
Amazon to a vender I had never used before.
It was a VERY bad experience. That vendor also has a 14 day return policy. I had trouble right from the git-go, but thought it was more of an 'Operator Error'. Turned into a total failure and a piece of old junk they had cleared off on me.
So I inquired to
Amazon and their Prime guarantee. They literally walked away from me and told me to take it to the manufacturer.
Amazon can KMA.
And I'm pretty adamant about shipping charges, and I always watch anything shipping in. It tells of the vendors commitment to good business.
I did run across a single Mom on Ebay that was slow. I sent an inquiry and she snapped back about being a single Mom, and so on.
I told her maybe she shouldn't be trying to sell stuff if she can't take care of business.
After I got whatever it was, I made sure to blacklist her. Ebay does not take kindly to bad vendors.
But if I can do locally, I prefer that. Even if it's one of the biggies, the employees are local. ;)