[freehunter]

Amazon, Jet/Walmart, and eBay (alternatively AliExpress). Throw in a handful of niche marketplaces like AdaFruit or SparkFun, and it sounds like the market is working as intended.

You don't need to convince me, I know what you mean. But I don't want to have to buy Hachette books from Hachette.com, Penguin books from Penguin.com, MiracleGro from MiracleGro.com, Cards Against Humanity from CardsAgainstHumanity.com, bleach from Clorox.com, toilet paper from Charmin.com, etc. It's really nice that for all of those things, I only need to give one company my credit card number. Worst case scenario, two or three.

It's also the same reason I do my grocery shopping at a supermarket and not buying directly from a farmer. I only need to visit one store (maybe two).

[A_Crazy_Idea]

Also, it would be nice if my information wasn't so easy to datamine.