Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

These pruning shears used to be a good value. I bought them several times in the past and was happy with them. Then a month ago, I bought a pair that didn't work well. I thought it was a fluke and bought another pair. The photo is from the pair that arrived today: this is with the blades shut and straight out of the packaging, never used. You can see the huge gap between the blades. For ten bucks, it's not even worth my time to return them. They are going straight in the garbage. I think I have reached the tipping point where the convenience of Amazon is not worth the poor quality of the merchandise, and it's time to go back to brick and mortar stores.