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Well, I guess I won’t be renewing after this year. Walmart just recently started doing online ordering with next day pickup, and my wife loves it. We never sho

by wincy 9y ago

Well, I guess I won’t be renewing after this year. Walmart just recently started doing online ordering with next day pickup, and my wife loves it. We never shopped at Walmart before, but it’s so convenient now that we don’t have to go into the store that they’ve lured us back. I find there’s fewer and fewer things I need from amazon, and video seems to have more and more upsell movies mixed in with the actual content you’re getting with the price of admission. Not to mention that I can’t filter “I want real books only” now that I bought a Kindle. Once you’re not using Amazon anymore, it’s amazing how you can get great deals from whatever the number 2 website is that sells whatever you’re looking for. For example I was looking at buying some Pemmican bars today, they have “free” shipping on Amazon but are ~$2.60 apiece. The second site on Google has them for ~$2.00 apiece with free shipping on orders over $30. Starting to feel like less and less of a good deal.

bfuller 9y ago
We are also switching over to walmart.
tdb7893 9y ago
The increased expense along with the increase of counterfeights and some competitors gaining some steam made quitting a no-brainer for me this year.
- craftyguy 9y ago
  Same here. Canceled my Prime membership after about 5 years as a member for those exact same reasons. Amazon is rapidly becoming the internet equivalent of a slumlord.
Obi_Juan_Kenobi 9y ago
The only thing keeping me around at this point is Twitch Prime; that's half of the Prime cost right there that I actually would be spending otherwise. But I certainly agree; there are often better online shopping options, the product quality has declined tremendously, and I find myself valuing 2-day shipping less and less. The one thing that I do still enjoy is the simplicity of most of my online shopping occurring at one place. Looking through old orders is surprisingly useful; you can easily see how long an item has lasted, be it consumables or to assess durability/quality. I could see value in a service that scrapes your inbox and records confirmation/shipping email information for you to try to recreate that.

by wincy 9y ago

bfuller 9y ago

We are also switching over to walmart.

tdb7893 9y ago

The increased expense along with the increase of counterfeights and some competitors gaining some steam made quitting a no-brainer for me this year.

craftyguy 9y ago
Same here. Canceled my Prime membership after about 5 years as a member for those exact same reasons. Amazon is rapidly becoming the internet equivalent of a slumlord.

Obi_Juan_Kenobi 9y ago

The only thing keeping me around at this point is Twitch Prime; that's half of the Prime cost right there that I actually would be spending otherwise. But I certainly agree; there are often better online shopping options, the product quality has declined tremendously, and I find myself valuing 2-day shipping less and less. The one thing that I do still enjoy is the simplicity of most of my online shopping occurring at one place. Looking through old orders is surprisingly useful; you can easily see how long an item has lasted, be it consumables or to assess durability/quality. I could see value in a service that scrapes your inbox and records confirmation/shipping email information for you to try to recreate that.