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I never got Prime because the yearly cost of it (even before the price went up) did not amortize to an acceptable shipping cost. I take the slower free shipping

by gdulli 11y ago

I never got Prime because the yearly cost of it (even before the price went up) did not amortize to an acceptable shipping cost. I take the slower free shipping because I'm not impatient or buying on impulse. So I've never been locked into Amazon and always been free to shop around. And I can absolutely confirm that Amazon is no longer the "default" winner on price. Sometimes they are, but often not. I don't even have to spend a lot of time shopping around to find this. The same deals are everywhere now.

frogpelt 11y ago
Walmart still meets or beats them on price many times and I can buy online and pick it up on my way home which is effectively same-day delivery.
- riskable 11y ago
  That requires leaving the house though. Even worse, it requires going in to Walmart.
  - sosborn 11y ago
    > going in to Walmart. Oh my god, the horror! You might be mistaken for a filthy peasant!
  - simplemath 11y ago
    And worse than that, it requires giving the Waltons your money
  - cookiecaper 11y ago
    A lot of Walmarts have drive up grocery loading now. Order on the app, drive up, they load your groceries into your trunk, and off you go.
r00fus 11y ago
Prime makes a lot more sense if, say, you have spouse and/or parents buying stuff for 5+ individuals. For a single person, yeah it likley doesn't make sense unless you happen to use Prime Videos or something.
- some-guy 11y ago
  Life hack: I have a Prime account as well as the Amazon credit card, and I share it with several of my closest friends. I pay for the account, but the caveat is that my friends (who I trust very much) must use the credit card and then send me money via Venmo. Every purchase they make I get 3% back. It cancels out the $99/year fairly quickly and then some. Also unlimited photo storage is a huge plus for me. Against the TOS? Most likely.
  - DiabloD3 11y ago
    The Amazon store card issued by GE Capital is 5% back.

by gdulli 11y ago

frogpelt 11y ago

Walmart still meets or beats them on price many times and I can buy online and pick it up on my way home which is effectively same-day delivery.

riskable 11y ago
That requires leaving the house though. Even worse, it requires going in to Walmart.
- sosborn 11y ago
  > going in to Walmart. Oh my god, the horror! You might be mistaken for a filthy peasant!
- simplemath 11y ago
  And worse than that, it requires giving the Waltons your money
- cookiecaper 11y ago
  A lot of Walmarts have drive up grocery loading now. Order on the app, drive up, they load your groceries into your trunk, and off you go.

r00fus 11y ago

Prime makes a lot more sense if, say, you have spouse and/or parents buying stuff for 5+ individuals. For a single person, yeah it likley doesn't make sense unless you happen to use Prime Videos or something.

some-guy 11y ago
Life hack: I have a Prime account as well as the Amazon credit card, and I share it with several of my closest friends. I pay for the account, but the caveat is that my friends (who I trust very much) must use the credit card and then send me money via Venmo. Every purchase they make I get 3% back. It cancels out the $99/year fairly quickly and then some. Also unlimited photo storage is a huge plus for me. Against the TOS? Most likely.
- DiabloD3 11y ago
  The Amazon store card issued by GE Capital is 5% back.