I have 400 orders on Amazon this year (I think that means I have more than 400 unique items since one order can be more than one items, but it's probably around 450 items total so not far off).
Of those, I probably have a good portion which is household goods as I mentioned, like soap in bulk, soda cans in bulk, etc. which is cheaper than any other option (especially because I don't have a car in London).
If I ignore all of those, and take only recent orders that I paid for, here are 5 items that I can't buy, or at least wouldn't know where to even begin looking for, in central London:
- A luggage and suitcase scale
- A monitor arm
- A good shower filter for hard water (not the crap that doesn't actually filter anything which you can easily find anywhere)
I can't imagine the level of consumption that leads to more than one online purchase every day. You must have a constant mountain of cardboard at your home.
But anyway, shops selling luggage are common. They probably sell scales too. Argos, Tesco and Ryman have them.
Electronics shops like Currys have monitor arms, as well as office supply shops.
I won't guess what a good shower filter is.
Office supply and electronics shops also have label printers.
Moth repellent is available from large supermarkets, DIY stores and hardware shops.
All of these are also available online from British companies that pay their fair share of taxes.
Of those, I probably have a good portion which is household goods as I mentioned, like soap in bulk, soda cans in bulk, etc. which is cheaper than any other option (especially because I don't have a car in London).
Then I have around 170 orders which are items I got for free through the Vine program (https://www.amazon.co.uk/vine/about). And probably around 30 orders that are free books (https://www.amazon.co.uk/firstreads).
If I ignore all of those, and take only recent orders that I paid for, here are 5 items that I can't buy, or at least wouldn't know where to even begin looking for, in central London:
- A luggage and suitcase scale
- A monitor arm
- A good shower filter for hard water (not the crap that doesn't actually filter anything which you can easily find anywhere)
- A label printer
- A moth repellent for wardrobes