Right now I need a small wastebasket, a couple of new shower curtains, a toaster oven, some food storage containers, etc. Basic utilitarian household items.
My local hardware store has a fair/poor selection at high prices, but buying online is a maddening exercise. Larger items don’t ship well and often arrive damaged. Amazon is a funhouse maze of counterfeit ‘BXOYX’ garbage, with Wal-Mart.com a close second.
What’s a person to do?
This isn't going to work for electronics, but nearly everything else is possible. You'd be surprised, again depending on your area.
Along the same lines...free cycle .org is worth watching.