&gt;When people first took to buying their &quot;random crap&quot; via amazon, it was at least backed by an amazon customer service experience that defaulted to very good - amazon prime shipping<p>Unfortunately, there&#x27;s a reason I buy what some people would consider &quot;random crap&quot; off Amazon -- I cannot find the actual item I want in stores.  I can go to Home Depot, Lowe&#x27;s, ACE, and several other hardware stores and spend the entire day, and NOT come home with the lightbulbs I&#x27;m looking for.  Perhaps I can order them online and wait a few days for them, but usually I come home empty-handed, which is maddening.<p>Then there they are.  Someone selling them on Amazon that even with shipping, is FAR cheaper than even the brick-and-mortar sites with their free shipping.    Rinse, repeat for many other things, and next thing you know I&#x27;m ordering occasional &quot;random crap&quot; via Amazon since I can A) get it faster and B) cheaper through storefront sellers.