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Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I know. I HATE Amazon, but we have an account and use it. Yesterday I went to two stores to find stove glass cleaner. One was out of stock and the other never carried it. Went home and ordered on A-zon. I need a UPS for my Starlink router. The nearest place that carries them is 30 miles away. Back to A-zon.
I hate Amazon, but it's so convenient.

Yep! And there's TONS of stuff on the big-A that may not exist in a brick and motor location within 100 or 500 miles of your location, but chances are you can get it from the big-A in 1-3 days at a discount. It's hard to argue with.

We live in a rural location. The biggest town within 15 miles of us has a pop of <4000. The next biggest is 20 miles away at pop 4500. We've got a couple of pop 20k towns within 55 miles, and Houston and Austin are both 80 miles. We can get pretty much anything you can imagine unless it's just not available regionally, out of Houston, but it's also going to involve 3-5 hours of driving including in city traffic which is usually not worth it for most things.