A lot of it is such JUNK, too.  Amazon has no qualms whatsoever about selling stuff that, frankly, belongs in the garbage.  I&#x27;ve cooled off on Amazon a lot since earlier years because shopping on there is an experience fraught with angst thanks to trying to find the best trade-off between price and utility.  Oftentimes the cheapest items for any given category (e.g. snorkel masks and touchscreen gloves, two recent things I purchased) are pure junk that aren&#x27;t fit for their stated purpose.<p>Whereas if I&#x27;m in a brick-and-mortar store, I can at least evaluate the quality of something hands-on, and then have a better idea of if the cheapest is good enough.  This is exacerbated by item descriptions that are frequently inaccurate, even showing the wrong photos.  The third party sellers especially don&#x27;t seem to be held accountable for much, and processing returns through them is often a disaster.<p>I fear that Amazon is creating damage to their brand by not establishing some minimum floor for product quality.  Right now they rank somewhere between a dollar store and a Walmart in my mind.