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Does anyone else feel restricted because of shipping fees?

I know that many of us have ditched Amazon, but it's hard to ignore their free shipping policy.

When you're looking for Canadian products sold by Canadian companies, and have to pay $10-$20 extra for shipping because it's not available locally, it's like a premium on top of a premium.

And yes, some places offer free shipping past a certain amount (usually well over $100), which just incentivizes buying extra stuff you don't need.

I mean, shit, you can get products shipped from China for free, so why can't we offer free or very low cost shipping within Canada (via Government incentives)?

Does anyone have any tips to ease this pain point?

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[–] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's tough. Sorry, don't have a good solution. Best I've done is to write down different things I'll need at some point soon-ish, then buy all those things at some retailer offering free shipping or, noting where I could get them, stopping and getting them as various plans etc take me through the city.

But I'm lucky enough to be able to afford things I don't need yet and sort of have storage space, which not everyone can afford.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, I've been building a database of "things I'll need to buy, but not just yet", and it's cool to discover new Canadian companies in the process!

I don't mind stocking up on things, and traditionally do that with certain items. It's the one-offs that might be easy when you're shopping on Amazon, but are harder to find cost-effective alternatives to, that I'm stuggling with.

Still, every day I find something new and tweak how my money is spent, so it's worth the effort!

[–] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

and it's cool to discover new Canadian companies in the process!

Fully agree! I've also definitely started impulse buying stuff based on local or made in Canada etc and then coming home like "huh, well, now I guess we're learning some butternut squash recipes."