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On the amazon comparison, there can be a few aspects at play, outside of just not liking Amazon as a company.

- Many people in europe don't pay for Prime, so for them shipping costs aren't free. Then many shops also don't use Amazon's delivery, and won't be free for Prime members

- Deliveries were a real PITA in dense neighborhood before covid. Perhaps it's better now but I doubt it's completely solved.

I once got a call from a driver that got lost in our neighborhood and was expected to do something while at work. And leaving packages on your doorstep isn't an option. They introduced lockers, so uou take it at some train station, but otherwise you'd need it delivered to your job and bring it home from there (carrying the package in public transport usually), or go line up at some random shop dozens of kilometers away from your home.

- You aren't guaranteed it's actually the same item you saw in shop. It might be the same brand and type, but acually the size or color is different. Perhaps the saler put the package size everywhere instead of the actual product, or they replaced the product and didn't update etc. You easily get a exchange or refund, but go through the return and delivery process again. It happened a lot with small vendors, especially for high rotation kitchen items.