As much as I hate the fact that Amazon makes it hard for mom and pop stores to compete, it is hard to overlook their convenience and variety. We pay the yearly fee of Prime to get the "free shipping" (which is obviously not free) and find it way more effective than driving to multiple stores only to find out they either don't have it or have to use a less than desirable substitute if they do have something similar. And probably pay a little more.

I hate it, but it is the way it is.