I’ll agree Amazon it’s the best company for many reasons. However everything on Amazon isn’t from China. If someone is interested in buying a product like supplements or anything in the natural medicine family, contact the company. Ask them are there products sold on Amazon, Walmart, Target & other sites. I’ve done this a lot over the years. Most companies do sell on Amazon. Many that are small use Amazon, Walmart etc to sell because they don’t have the staff to sell independently.
I live in a rural area & have one natural food store/herbal store. They don’t have most of what I’m looking for. They don’t take returns!
I also don’t trust some brands they sell. I do my research on everything. Just because a product is sold by a company with “natural, healthy, herbal” etc that doesn’t mean all their products are organic, non gmo, don’t have fillers.
Iherb, Vitacost, Tao of herbs are all good sites to purchase supplements & herbs. However they also sell mediocre products. In the end every company big or small is more concerned about the bottom line than the customer. It’s the American Way!
I live in a rural area & have one natural food store/herbal store. They don’t have most of what I’m looking for. They don’t take returns!
This is a point that gets brushed aside in the "help the mom and pop store" narrative.
I lived in a city where they voted against highways in one part of town. This left the corporations to exist on the outer sides of the city (where the highway was).
This sounds good, but in return, smaller companies didn't want to set up shop because of access. Many of the mom and pop stores that existed previously were so nepotistic and nasty, it had us begging for corporations just to provide an even playing field in our neighborhood!
The lesson I learned was both structures have merit, but when either one becomes selfish, I might as well be dealing with the mob!
From Amazon you say? Probably 99% filler. From China. No, I think I'll pass.
I’ll agree Amazon it’s the best company for many reasons. However everything on Amazon isn’t from China. If someone is interested in buying a product like supplements or anything in the natural medicine family, contact the company. Ask them are there products sold on Amazon, Walmart, Target & other sites. I’ve done this a lot over the years. Most companies do sell on Amazon. Many that are small use Amazon, Walmart etc to sell because they don’t have the staff to sell independently. I live in a rural area & have one natural food store/herbal store. They don’t have most of what I’m looking for. They don’t take returns! I also don’t trust some brands they sell. I do my research on everything. Just because a product is sold by a company with “natural, healthy, herbal” etc that doesn’t mean all their products are organic, non gmo, don’t have fillers.
Iherb, Vitacost, Tao of herbs are all good sites to purchase supplements & herbs. However they also sell mediocre products. In the end every company big or small is more concerned about the bottom line than the customer. It’s the American Way!
This is a point that gets brushed aside in the "help the mom and pop store" narrative.
I lived in a city where they voted against highways in one part of town. This left the corporations to exist on the outer sides of the city (where the highway was).
This sounds good, but in return, smaller companies didn't want to set up shop because of access. Many of the mom and pop stores that existed previously were so nepotistic and nasty, it had us begging for corporations just to provide an even playing field in our neighborhood!
The lesson I learned was both structures have merit, but when either one becomes selfish, I might as well be dealing with the mob!
There's a lot of wisdom there, thanks fren!