Buy American? No Thanks, Europe Says, as Tariff Backlash Grows.
Buy American? No Thanks, Europe Says, as Tariff Backlash Grows.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/63258761
Unfortunately the movement is only just starting and most people I know still buy American almost everyday and orders stuff from Amazon. Hopefully though, the movement grows and gets enough traction.
That is what I love about Belgium/The Netherlands, we don't have an Amazon. So a local business called Bol.com took over.
It isn't exactly next day delivery all the time, but close. And pretty good deals as well.
Never ordered anything from Amazon, and never will.
Bol is great, super easy to create wishlists for several people because nobody likes to receive a random gift they never asked for
Amazon is the real cancer... Everyone in my friend bubble is ordering from them everyday!
They even call me stupid... "It's cheap, next day delivery, can stay at home, you get everything there etc..." and "I don't care about Trump, it still works".
I get it, but we will NEVER get rid of them, same for Whatsapp, Youtube etc...
I still buy from UK Amazon once a year because there are no retailers/sellers that ship English blurays to the EU with the same selection, but stopped buying from German Amazon about 4 years ago.
The only time I buy from Amazon (and WalMart) is at the bin store.
Never say never. Many companies have been considered as irreplaceable and went down the gutter a few years later.
Same/Next Day delivery is really Vicious and plays in our need for instant gratification.
Sweden has it the best way in my opinion. They don’t deliver to your house/apartment most of the times. They deliver by default to a collection center and you can go there and pick it up.
I stopped buying books at Amazon, even they are cheaper. I want to keep Europe‘s economy running and that people have jobs in Europe, so already since last year - Trump was not the principal reason, the well being and work of us Europeans it was - I buy books at our local bookstore.
It's hard to avoid completely. Just clicking the link can be considered buying American. (Even worse that Wife and I subscribe to NYT. But WaPo got cancelled)
