I've never had a problem with Amazon, although, price-wise, you can usually do much better on other sites.
Serious?? Amazon is usually the cheapest (by far) whenever I'm looking for something (at least from a reputable/established site)
I've never had a problem with Amazon either - in fact, they've impressed me more than anyone (getting things earlier than expected for instance)
I've been so out of it this season that it'll be the first time in YEARS that I didn't shop online. The time just crept up way too quickly this year for some reason