Shopping on Amazon

[LisaM]

3. Obviously some of those price differences are ridiculous...

but I'd argue that the store provides jobs to your fellow residents in your home town, and that shopping locally contributes a lot more to the tax base of the communities where they are located. Studies show that this is true, and it's even more true if you choose a local business over a chain.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/dec/06/shop-locally-small-business-saturday-seven-reasons

I buy almost nothing online (I did finally cave and order some contacts online, but that's mostly because they cut bus service to my eye doctor's actual office and it's hard to get there now to get refills).

I get about 90% of my books from a small indie store. I don't care if I have to wait a little longer or pay a little more - the fact that I have a wonderful, thriving, inviting bookstore where the people who own it know me is well worth a couple of extra dollars per book.