Addicted to Amazon

[ultrarunner]

Growing up next to a barber and with brothers mom quickly decided the advantages of a professional Whal Clipper... price still on the box from the 1960's of $18 from barber supply...

 

[scootr]

Growing up to a barber and with brothers mom quickly decided the advantages of a professional Whal Clipper... price still on the box from the 1960's of $18 from barber supply...

Wahl that the brand I have, works good

 

[MossRoad]

I guess that you don’t shave?

Not too often. In summer I keep a short goatee. Winter I beard out. It's so much warmer than a bare face. Nice for ice fishing and cross country skiing. Weddings, funerals, or special request from wife I'll shave back to goatee. Only thing regularly shaved is my cheeks under my glasses and my neck.

Last month we went to Oregon for vacation. Wife asked me to trim up. I set the beard trimmer on #3 and hit my mustache area only to find it was set on #1.

So it all came off. Had to start over.

 

[MossRoad]

It’s not just online retailers like Amazon. Local chains like harbor freight are even worse. All their Chinese products have almost prefect scores


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Maybe the reviewers are of the younger generation and never saw good quality stuff to begin with.

 

[ArlyA]

Amazon is not all pluses but sure makes getting this or that product easier. For example, we used to get the starbucks coffee we like from Wall World but at times wouldn't stock the type we liked. Found larger 40oz bags on Amazonie and today get 2 bags at a time for reasonable pricing. Man-o-man is that convenient.

 

[MossRoad]

Growing up to a barber and with brothers mom quickly decided the advantages of a professional Whal Clipper... price still on the box from the 1960's of $18 from barber supply...

My dad's father was a barber. My dad had a barber license and cut hair while he attended college. My mom's brother in-law was a barber. He took a nick out of my ear once. I went back to my dad after that.

 

[2manyrocks]

I used to go to a barber in the 1970s who cut my hair with a straight razor. That guy was totally meticulous about his work, but I wouldn't trust anyone with a straight razor today.

 

[JeepHead]

I buy almost everything from Amazon! I also buy most of my guns off of the internet too. Buds Gunshop, pick what I want and it's at my FFL usually within 4 days ready for pickup. And the prices are better than any shop around.

 

[gstrom99]

free shipping on Amazon.

"Free" shipping isn't, if you're paying for their "Prime" membership. I'll wait until I reach the $35 minimum for my orders.

I usually try to buy local, though.

 

[scootr]

I bought a wahl clipper set during Covid when everything was shut down. Have been back to a barber since. Good excuse to have a couple beers and head down to the garage every few months.

I like that I don't have to wait in line, get a shampoo I do myself everyday, or pay somebody to do something I can do myself. Funny I can't get my wife to do it for me but I get by cutting it every 4-5 months.
Be careful drinking and hair cutting