Amazon - What do you buy?

Just about everything. lol  I hate shopping in stores. I do go to Costco regularly since I have a Costco 10 minutes from my house. But I try to avoid any other stores except the grocery store. 

Some of the things I've bought recently from Amazon:
-- oven thermometer
-- ice cube trays
-- Pyrex pie plate
-- digital clock for the bedroom
-- a set of those rectangular reusable shopping bags that I learned about here, for my dd
-- marrowfat peas to make mushy peas
-- small space heater for our bathroom
-- Jeffrey Eisner's newest cookbook (preordered)
-- homeschool books for ds's stepdaughter
-- a set of fine line markers
-- a backpack purse

That's going back a few months, not including Christmas gifts. 

I have kitty litter on a subscription so I never have to haul it from the store! If I could find my cat food I’d order that too.

I have very limited local shopping, WalMart and Costco , so I frequently order gadgets, supplies, etc. I’d love to support local but most of the stuff I order just isn’t available.

photo prints - I order frequently

blades for my paper trimmer - the only local source I have just bumped the price to 12.99...Amazon had them for 8 and change

water bottles - looking for specific style that I couldn't locate locally

clear half-size photo squares - my local source no longer carries them

crepe spatula and spreader - DD16 requested

compression socks and Crocs sandals

speciality food items I couldn't even find in the nearby city

measuring spoons that fit INto spice jars (I sent these as a gift -but had previously bought my own)

magnetic wristband for nails and screws etc... (gift)

Lego playing cards (gift)

that's it this year so far.

I live rurally - there's a 'city' (town really) nearby with grocery stores, Walmart, and a HL but it's a hour to a decent size city (with Target, Sam's club, Joanns, Michaels etc) and nearly 2 to a BIG city (with Ikea).

I buy everything except groceries from Amazon. I hate going from store to store looking for the thing I want when I can just click a button and it is delivered to me for free. When I'm in a store and I see something cute I check Amazon to compare prices. Amazon is the bomb!

Cindy

I buy mainly school supplies for my classroom because the school does not supply them and the students need them ... it sucks!

I work in a low income area in a very high needs school so most students require the basics to be provided by the school (me!) ...

I am constantly buying:

- looseleaf paper
- presharpened pencils
- Sharpies

I also have the following available that I have purchased from Amazon:

- heavy duty pencil sharpener
- rulers
- scissors
- coloured pencils
- highlighters

I do buy things for myself from Amazon but less often ...

I’m impatient so I prefer to just go to a store and buy what I want. But when I can’t get what I want here locally, I’ll check Amazon first to see if I can get it from there and for how much. From there I might poke around to see if the Amazon delivered price is inflated or if I can get it somewhere else cheaper even if I have to pay shipping. 

Most recently I bought some boots (after buying a different pair elsewhere but they were a size too small and the original place didn’t have the next size bigger), a phone case and tempered glass screen protector, some aprons for sublimation, some hardware for making purses, a watch band, some cookbooks. DH orders a ton of stuff for work. We get packages from Amazon pretty much every week.

I buy my coffee beans from Amazon, two packs at a time. It's usually a lot cheaper than the supermarket price, unless it's on sale at the supermarket.

Every now and then I buy a 24 pack of my favourite sarsparilla. The two big supermarkets here in my state don't sell it. I was talking to the purchasing manager at the company who makes it (they're a customer of mine at work) and he told me that Amazon sell it. I would never have thought to look for it on Amazon. Next day delivery, cheap price, perfect!

Sometimes I buy moisturiser, if I'm about to run out and the supermarket doesn't have it on sale that particular week.

Other random things that I've bought in the last 12 months or so: hand massager, scissors, selfie stick tripod with remote control, charging cables, essential oil diffuser.

Anything and everything I can't order with my grocery pick up order. I detest going into any store when I can order it online and have it shipped to me.

I've placed 43 orders so far in 2023. We use Amazon for a lot! Here's my last 6 orders, which seem pretty random.

Wiggle Stool for my kindergarten classroom
ABCs and All Their Tricks book - for teaching phonics
Cold Pack - for my bad back
Travel Neck Pillow
Leggings - supposed to be Lulu Align dupes.
Electric candle lighter

I hate shopping, so most things I need. Plus things for work.

In the last month or two:

Socks
Body Glide
Rubber mat for garage
Silicone cable ties
Desk blotter
40oz Tumbler
Power strip
Burts Bees pack if 4
Laptop stand
Bar stools
Grow Lights for my plants
Advil
Protien Powder
Gift Cards

Everything! We live in a very rural town. Not much here except Kroger and five Dollar Generals. 30 min to nearest Walmart, two hours to most any other decent store.

Books - most of what I read these days is on my kindle
Food products my grocery store doesn't sell - often 'exotic' ingredients.
I bought an Elsa costume for my DGD's birthday present, because it was easier than going into the city
Printer ink
water filters


I buy a lot more since we moved out to the suburbs. Before, we were only 10 minutes from the city center, so it was easy to pop in to buy things. Now it takes 45-50 minutes, so I don't go in so often and order more online.
Basic groceries I buy from the supermarket and there is a nearby pharmacy for most medical needs. I buy clothes online from a specific store where I know their sizes and trust the fit. There is also an online pharmacy I use for a lot of OTC stuff that I isn't really obvious in my in-store pharmacy (which is rather small)

Dislike going to stores and do not have a lot of free time. I buy just about everything but produce and perishable groceries. I had 31 orders in March.

I have tried pick-up from Walmart and Target and it is hit or miss and way too time consuming. There are always out of stock items and things they don't carry. Plus I hate sitting in the parking lot waiting for the order.

Also, have found many items on amazon are often less expensive. For me it is a winning situation.

I have some regular deliveries set up of heavy staples, like cat food. Saves me a lot of trouble (I am often walking from the grocery store).

Otherwise, I will get some hardcover books on there--I read a lot and try to shop at independent bookstores, but if a hardcover is $30 at the bookstore and $16 on Amazon, as happens a lot, I'll use Amazon. It's also great for stupid things my kids lose constantly like socks and water bottles.