Your local bougie salon - high-quality body products (bodywash, hairspray, etc)
Bed Bath and Beyond - bedding and bath products
Design within Reach - furniture
Ubiquiti - wireless APs, PoE switches, and the nicest Ethernet cables I've ever used
ProtectLi - firewalls
Crowdsupply - miscellaneous gadgets for supernerds
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Best way to find a good quality product is to go to the hobbyist subreddit/community for said product and see what vendor people use. Also, r/BuyItForLife.
> What sort of issues? Security ones? That basically came down to a malicious engineer compromising their own infrastructure and then whistleblowing.
I don't know exactly. I believe they were trying to force cloud-signon for even locally managed devices, and since then I think I've picked up "used to be great" complaints that their quality and support is slipping (like they off-shored their engineering teams or something).
They're kinda pushing for that (like every other tech business, sadly - and I get it, everyone wants to have that sweet subscription model cash flows), but you still have an option to run a local controller without any cloud nonsense, just have to click some small link beneath some form.
If you get their Payboo card you don't have to pay tax. Took me like 2 minutes to sign up. They just closed the program but are re-opening it in January.
Opening a line of revolving credit, with a 29.99% interest rate, and a promise of cash back rewards that match the tax you pay (rewards which you technically are supposed to pay income tax on) isn't exactly the same as no sales tax. As as for "re-opening" the program, we'll see what they actually have for a new program when it is announced.
The interest rate doesn’t matter if you use the card as cash/debit by paying it off every month. And credit card rewards are not taxable because they are considered rebates by the IRS.
Yeah the prices are absolutely insane lmao. I've had good luck with CB2 and West Elm for more affordable but still decent furniture. But I'd get a flagship lounge chair from DWR
I agree the name is pretty terrible for a mass-market company because everybody associates it with price, but I believe the origin was due to the fact that they offered direct sales of products that were previously only available "to the trade" (aka professional designers/decorators).
Headphones.com - headphones, tax-free
Drop.com - general hobbyist goods
DigiKey/Mouser - miscellaneous parts
Your local bougie salon - high-quality body products (bodywash, hairspray, etc)
Bed Bath and Beyond - bedding and bath products
Design within Reach - furniture
Ubiquiti - wireless APs, PoE switches, and the nicest Ethernet cables I've ever used
ProtectLi - firewalls
Crowdsupply - miscellaneous gadgets for supernerds
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Best way to find a good quality product is to go to the hobbyist subreddit/community for said product and see what vendor people use. Also, r/BuyItForLife.