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I still buy tons of things from there, but usually only if it's sold by Amazon.com specifically or the known manufacturer selling there. And if I can find it through Target, it'll get here almost as fast with free shipping, from a company with stronger values, so I prefer that when possible.

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Second this. Back the day it was "Fulfilled by Amazon" that I looked for, now that changed to either known sellers or sold by Amazon. All others, well, fir the stuff I look for eBay isn't too bad. Exceptions are, e.g., books. As long as the edition is the right one you cannot go wrong regardkess of seller. I do buy less and less from Amazon, so.

> As long as the edition is the right one you cannot go wrong regardkess of seller.

Haha, oh no, bad news! A lot of times amazon will have special "amazon print" editions and many times they have had printing problems... no print, wrong book inside, etc.

I have never personally seen one IRL but I've seen review pics of people showing the problems with their books they bought directly from amazon.

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