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i look on amazon, and look on local chains, sometimes it cheaper in the stores, but sometimes it more expensive than on amazon.

Denmark has Pricerunner. When buying electronics I can find many different types of local dealers and suppliers.

Second hand can be gotten through Den Blå Avis (dba.dk. Essentially translates to "The Blue Pages").

Clothing has various online solutions as well, but it's also easy to just hop onto a bike and cycle to the nearest shopping centre. I live in Copenhagen, so there's also train and metro, but I prefer biking.

When it comes to food, I only ever order food online through Too Good To Go. Recently got a large breakfast cereal box through TGTG.

I will use suck duck go shopping and Google shopping to see other retailers I might not know about.

Google shopping has a function where you can look for items in stock in retail stores near you. That's helpful.

Here in Canada I've started ordering from the Canadian Tire app instead.

Electronics: We have a local (DACH region) to compare most electronics both in specs and price

Anything else: Search on the web and decide from there.

For example: I bought tea from a local japanese tea farm I got introduced by a youtuber visiting said farm.
Example for other stuff: I will research it and then market research where it's available.
Is it a pain to get (example: No other payment then SEPA), then I'll choose a shop that is more expensive but less pain to deal with.

But everything is a trial and error. For drinks I am very cautious if I can't test it while shopping and thus refrain from shopping it online.

Benelux has Bol, so that's what I use.

I barely buy from Amazon nowadays, quit the subscription 3 years ago. Except for very specific items anywhere else is cheaper, better quality or both. Besides trying to search for something on Amazon has become a nightmare.