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.
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.
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…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.
Stop being so fucking hostile with every interaction you have on here.
Imagine not being a cunt all day.
Came here to say.
A hitman 😃
Yeah it’s always a sting scam 😔
Do you think they’d blame you for ordering a hit on Putin?
If he ever pops up outside of Russia I think the assassins are going to have to form a queue.
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
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.I mean it’s no different than any other form of advertisement. Just do your own research.
Magic Spoon is pretty good though. Although you can buy it at Whole Foods now.
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.
I got liquid foundation on Amazon once and I’m pretty sure it was counterfeit, it was so watery. :(
I’ve gotten shrooms online . Worked out great ! But other than that I’ve never ordered anything edible online .
A majority of the things that sponsor YouTube videos. As great as much of that stuff is, one must not forget the reason many people advertise products online is to serve as a loophole when something about it is too questionable for the stores. I previously mentioned MagicSpoon cereal for example, and as good as it might be in moderation, it’s a well-known FDA nightmare because things with artificial sweeteners are so antsy to get themselves on shelves. Probably my favorite example though is Established Titles, which I’m known to simultaneously make fun of often, point out how over-the-top it is with its scammy reputation, and admire its intentions since it’s technically trying to help in ways that surpass Ecosia (and to the next person who replies to this, that’s Lady Leni to you!)
My boomer uncle falls for all that crap. He means well, so I’m not trying to take a dig at him or others like him, they just don’t know better.
But holy fuck did these scumbags find the right avenue to pawn off Chinese junk.
He knows I fly my drones every now and then and he once recommended one of the ones he saw on a YouTube video to me. I know the one he’s talking about.
The commercial makes it out to be like “this is the same drone the US navy uses for their exercises, costing over $2.5 billion in R&D. But now can be yours for only $19.99!”
In reality, it’s a $5 toy from AliBaba…
What’s the deal with MagicSpoon?
So for context, a lot of foods have swerved their way around having true sugar in their ingredients once a substitute was realized. They call these artificial sweeteners, and they’re advertised as a replacement for sugar, but because they’re also not as natural compared to sugar (by far), there has been concern they’re carcinogens (which a lot of things we use are, such as air freshener spray, though this isn’t to say there is anything against them, just they cannot be taken for granted).
Along comes Magic Spoon, a cereal brand where the lack of added sugar is one of the pillars and which also advertises more vivid flavors. To the point that a lot of people will be arguing that you might as well just swear off cereal. I’ve seen a lot of people in stores sell Magic Spoon, but these are typically pre-bought in bulk and put in tiny family-run convenience stores, otherwise the main source is YouTube videos because they know the big sellers are more cautious.
Its Stevia right?
I think Stevia is one of the less controversial natural sweeteners. I say natural because pure stevia extract or whatever the single ingredient variety is grows just like sugarcane and is refined into a table/product-ready in no worse a way than for regular sugar.
I think MagicSpoon is another product marketing itself almost exclusively online in the same way that Cards Against Humanity did and found much success with while slashing their costs to produce and market a novel product without the enormous overhead of having to negotiate deals with chain stores for an already saturated market of shelf space.
Grocery stores are incredibly complex and to appear on the shelf requires demanding contracts that put the pressure on the supplier as opposed to the store itself which ostensibly holds all the cards and can make many one-sided demands of the supplier that may not be practical for a smaller company like MagicSpoon (I’m assuming).
They’re certainly no Kellogs or Post or whatever large cereal brand in terms of market share since its a niche product (Most people are addicted to sugar so their audience is definitionally limited to those who have already quit sugar or those who want to replace their sugary breakfast cereals with something containing no sugar and maybe that has other desirable nutrient profiles consistent with the larger profile of their general diet.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Where I’m at those carts are huge. Takes way way more space than necessary and it’s something I don’t like.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Just think that each one of those carts is at least one fewer person in line for checkout.
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.
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.
Then stop shopping there.
Bombs. The post office HATE that.
Food, live plants /fish (aquariums), watercooling stuff, teas, NSFW stuff (no returns), used stuff (missing parts, or on amazon, its always defective.
I’m also souring on online deliveries. It was great in the early 10s, but now it’s all low quality garbage, defective stuff that has been “returned”, no name brand stuff, etc.
I initially thought the same about the aquarium supplies and animals. But all of the pet shops and stores I’ve gone to have been more than a little nasty and bad and all the stuff I’ve gotten offline arrived great and healthy
I thought the same until I went to the crunchy little indie stores. I’ve gone to two different ones, and both were great! One was high end boutique, the other a crunchy 70s place where everyone seemed super knowledgeable and appeared to do it for a hobby, with the store simply funding their
addictionhobby. :)I still skip petco, though, that place bums me out.
There’s a third indie place about an hour away that looks really cool too! They have a 1,500 gallon tank that I wanna see.
When I had covid, I did do Instacart so I could get groceries delivered but I never wanted to get produce through it because no one can pick fruits and vegetables quite like you can.
Thank you.
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.
Any clothing other than T-Shirts. The sizing is almost always wrong from what the store says it is. I don’t even order a lot of shirts online because 90% of the time, I check the sizing and their 3XL size is the size of every normal place’s small.
I liked Hyena Agenda and Nomad Complex… But they both shut down earlier this year :(
I’ve learned how to order clothes this year. I was going to a wedding and was struggling to find a dress so I ordered 8 from various shops then returned the ones that didn’t work. I’d previously ordered 3 and had to send all 3 back, then I ordered the 8 and found a favourite and a back up.
For obvious reasons this will remain a very infrequent plan.
Shoes.
I’m the sort of person that has to try on 10 pairs or more to find some that fit comfortably.
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.
A dinosaur
Fresh blackberries. I order groceries delivered most trips, and usually I’ve found it worth it despite the occasional issues (I don’t own a car, so it adds significant convenience), but every time I’ve tried to order non-frozen or canned blackberries, a significant percentage have been moldy.
SD cards. They’re frequently fake.
