Well, I live in a country with only crappy Amazon (Ireland) but I moved here from a country with great Amazon (US). I find myself wishing we had Amazon even though I have a lot of problems with them - 8 years ago they inexplicably barred me from selling on marketplace before I'd ever sold a single thing; with no recourse. I _think_ it's because the person who had my apartment before me was shady, but apparently I'm banned for life.
And yet I have not found a convenient online store that has even close to as much as Amazon and is competitively priced. If I want to buy a monitor what is there? All the domestic dealers are beyond awful, and I can use overclockers (a UK site) but the shipping is high and soon I may have to pay tariffs too. I go to German, Spanish sites too now and then but even if they have what I want it's generally overpriced and shipping is quite expensive. I also need to go to 6 different places if I want 6 different things, so I can't combine shipping. If the EU wants greater union it might be worth making it as cheap to ship something from Dublin to Tallinn as from Boston to San Diego.
Though tbf I have been moving towards using more ebay, or dealextreme when I can (and am ok with waiting 6 weeks).
And yet I have not found a convenient online store that has even close to as much as Amazon and is competitively priced. If I want to buy a monitor what is there? All the domestic dealers are beyond awful, and I can use overclockers (a UK site) but the shipping is high and soon I may have to pay tariffs too. I go to German, Spanish sites too now and then but even if they have what I want it's generally overpriced and shipping is quite expensive. I also need to go to 6 different places if I want 6 different things, so I can't combine shipping. If the EU wants greater union it might be worth making it as cheap to ship something from Dublin to Tallinn as from Boston to San Diego.
Though tbf I have been moving towards using more ebay, or dealextreme when I can (and am ok with waiting 6 weeks).