@coreytrina I do this every time (except I look the company up on DuckDuckGo rather than the Do /no/ Evil Company) ! It’s such a great strategy. And, the company from which you purchase directly often offers free shipping. The package comes by mail and you don’t have yet another clueless Amazon van driving up your narrow dead-end street and denting all the parked cars as it tries to turn around or back out.
@coreytrina @ELS though it’s increasingly common that the vendor defers to Amazon for fulfillment so… that’s always fun.