• Shambling Shapes@lemmy.one
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    10 months ago

    Based on experience with stores in my area currently? Groceries. Incorrect and forgotten items, incorrect prices, wilted produce, nearly thawed frozen foods, swapping significantly more expensive alternatives despite my checking the “do not substitute” option.

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      I’ve never seen the appeal. Paying more for shittier stuff and waiting longer.

      Get to know your local green grocer and Butcher and pay the least for the best stuff.

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        Some people don’t have a choice, or find it convenient for reasons that aren’t relevant to you.
        You personally not needing something, doesn’t mean no one else does.
        Honestly, imagine being that self cantered…

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          It has been a god send for me. My wife is completely disabled and I’m her caregiver. Having someone else do my groceries and we still get good fresh food has been amazing. It is so much better than six or seven years ago.

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    Anything that is advertised by youtubers and podcasters. You have to be a special kind of gullible to buy from these new age door to door salesman

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      Maybe it depends on the podcast.
      While I think you might be referring to “male enhancement pills” and crap like that, I steer clear of the kind of podcast that would even consider pushing that sort of thing, in fact find that product ecosystem kind of interesting sometimes.
      So far from the type of company that advertises in this medium, I’ve bought underwear, a massage machine for muscle spasms, and a monthly gift box service where I’ve gotten some very nice articles of clothing.

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      I mean it’s no different than any other form of advertisement. Just do your own research.

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    I dont fuck with doordash or ubereats, try not to get pizza delivered either if I can help it. Markup is ridiculous along with expected tip.

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      exactly. pickup that stuff yourself and it’s basically half-price. People who have groceries and food deliveries all the time, I’m just confused by. Like, how much money are you ok with wasting??

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        I broke my leg and the first 3 months back home I relied on delivery, Doordash cut into my savings a lot. My proximity to a grocery store with free delivery lead me to start buying groceries and planning meals, which is cool

        Also taught me some perspective, a $10 pizza with a $5 delivery fee and $5 tip is still a pizza, and we have pizza at home

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      along with expected tip.

      Awful culture, where no company will pay you what you are worth.

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        I was more talking about how if you don’t tip well enough your food may take a long while before anyone bothers accepting the trip and getting it to you, but that’s also true.

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    10 months ago

    Anything that goes directly in or on my body unless it’s bought direct from the manufacturer. You can never be 100% sure that food, supplements, shampoo, soap, etc. on amazon aren’t fake/counterfeit.

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      I’ve gotten shrooms online . Worked out great ! But other than that I’ve never ordered anything edible online .

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      I got liquid foundation on Amazon once and I’m pretty sure it was counterfeit, it was so watery. :(

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    Anything I can pick up in a store, during a less than 30 minute bike ride. I live in a European city, so that means almost everything.

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        Fun fact: lots of those sd cards are actually fake. Have you tried actually putting 128gb of data on it?

        It’s pretty easy for them to put a scummy firmware on it that reports having a significantly larger size than they actually have.

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        Anything that’s easy to fake like that I wouldn’t risk personally. All they have to do is put the wrong sticker on it. It’s not hard to make a forgery.

        Then you’re stuck trying to deal with the Chinese company to get your money back. I’d much rather just go to a box store and pick one up, at least I know what I’m getting, and I know that if it turns out not to be the real product I’ll have no issue returning it.

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    Anything that I can buy myself in a store. I am so. frigging. tired. of tripping over personal shoppers with monster carts. How hard can it be to let the overnight shift fill those orders?

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      I fucking hate that so much. You can’t walk through Walmart without 10 employees dragging around and blocking the aisles with those giant carts shopping for people who are too fucking lazy to shop for themselves, half of them under the guise of muh COVID. Fucking over it.

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        Lol, you’re getting salty at the people ordering pickup because you’re being inconvenienced by the way the store handles it?

        Yeah, blame the people, not the corporation. Good little consumer.

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          I am mad at the corporation, what the hell do you think caused this to happen? Fucking employees HAVE to shop for lazy people. Both these lazy people and the companies are shit.

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            Those carts are just as big as regular shopping carts. Just a bit taller. It isn’t that big of a deal lul. Also for every big shopper cart there isn’t 5 or more regular carts filling up the store and blocking lanes. Really it’s convenient. What peeves me is the resrockers blocking so much area with their pallets but I know they also restock overnight so it’s unavoidable if you wanna get product that just sold out.

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              Where I’m at those carts are huge. Takes way way more space than necessary and it’s something I don’t like.

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            The store shoppers are usually gathering orders for multiple people. If they weren’t there, 3 other “average size Americans” would be in your way.

            You know who doesn’t get inconvenienced? Me as I sit in my car listening to the radio while someone loads my groceries for an extra 5 fucking dollars. My entire bi-monthly shopping trip takes 15-20 minutes vs. an hour or more inside the store (and also having to deal with the people inside). Money well spent.

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        shopping for people who are too fucking lazy to shop for themselves

        Fuck off ableist, sincerely, one of millions who are unable to physically go to the shop and rely on delivery to survive.

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          Then you’re not too lazy to shop for yourself. How could you possibly construe that that way. I’m very clearly not talking about you. But make it about yourself You’re all butt hurt because I have an opinion.

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            You do not have the ability to determine whether or not the person getting their groceries shopped for by someone else is “lazy” or disabled. It makes you angry because you think you are accurately perceiving laziness, but you are just making a guy up to get angry at.

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        Just think that each one of those carts is at least one fewer person in line for checkout.

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          And then there would be enough employees to actually station the checkout lane so we don’t have to stand there and wait for someone with 400 bucks of groceries trying to scan and bag it.

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            No there wouldn’t. The pickers only exist because of the pickup/delivery service. If that goes away, those people get fired.

            Walmart doesn’t short staff it’s registers on accident.

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    Pants bro. I’m a dude and I got some tree trunk thighs and a big ass. I can only wear relaxed fit or classic fit, and even then they’re still skinny fit.

    $5 for pictures.

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        Ya. Only 514 Altheic fit work in Levis, and even then I have to buy a size too big in the waist so they fit somewhat loose in the thighs.

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          Have you considered identifying dimensions/measurements that work for your body type? That way, you can have high confidence that the fit you’re ordering aligns with what works.

          The brands Naked and Famous or Unbranded have fits that accommodate athletic thighs.

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            I’ve been wanting to do this, but didn’t think about new was of tailoring. I was imagining having to go to an old school tailoring and drop massive money on custom pants, or continue wearing pants that are too big. Thanks for the recommendations

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        Have you found a way to parse what kind of denim they’ll be? I’ve got 7 pairs of 511s with at least 4 weights/mixes of denim. It’s better in store but even at the Levi’s outlet they had 3 types of denim 511s in different color sets.

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      I got burned too many times. Often they did substitutes that were anything but. For example, I am diabetic, and ordered diet soda, and often got regular. I ordered kosher hot dogs, got chicken franks. Salted butter when I asked for unsalted, wrong type of rice, and after a few of those, I gave up.

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        My wife ordered JustEgg (a mung bean egg alternative) because she’s allergic to eggs and they substituted a carton of eggs. Fortunately I was able to eat them.

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      As someone who orders groceries all the time, yes produce isnt great 2 outta 5 times. I get a refund for anything that isnt picked properly. Also like once every couple months my whole order gets delivered to my neighbor, then i just get a full refund after i go and pick them up.

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    Fresh groceries is an absolute no. I always go to the market and pick out my own fruit and veggies and fish.

    I do order clothes and shoes online, but never before trying them out myself and only if they don’t have the color I want in stock or if it’s appreciably cheaper online.

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    Shoes.

    I’m the sort of person that has to try on 10 pairs or more to find some that fit comfortably.

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      I used to be the same way untill I tried out Zappos (US). Their filtering really lets you narrow down the exact type of shoe that will fit you. Plus they had a super long return window. Way better long term purchases than any store I’ve been to.

      Best chance for success is to actually measure your foot to determine the length, width, and arch support you need. Then strictly don’t order anything outside of that criteria.

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    One time many years ago I ordered this knock off Panerai watch from a sketchy looking Chinese website. It did arrive a few weeks later, and it’s actually a gorgeous self-winding piece with a window to the gears on the back. Its an awesome looking watch. But I’d never do that again.