nostr:npub1fxer97lg25f645vlg295e43hyfry5pewcah5tylh63z3rkrq8xssyw3glw I turned to Argos in the pandemic for household items, and they were pretty good. But I did read recently that they did something shitty - I can't remember what, but I guess the big businesses always do something shitty. Probably still better than Amazon.

B and Q are also good for gardening, DIY and some homewards.

Books are easy. Almost any small bookstore can order you things, and Smashwords has ebooks.

I've also seen it suggested to use Amazon as a search engine>