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You wake up in the morning. "Alexa, make me a coffee." As you settle into your Amazon Auto - self-driving, of course - with a warm cup of Prime Espresso, your c

You wake up in the morning. "Alexa, make me a coffee." As you settle into your Amazon Auto - self-driving, of course - with a warm cup of Prime Espresso, your car's HUD lights up with a reminder. "Don't forget, your monthly electricity bill is due in 3 days! Thank you for being a customer! Echo Energy". Agh, more bills to pay. Luckily, you've been able to refinance your loans through your local BoA (Bank of Amazon) branch so you have more than enough to cover your living costs. To be honest though, I personally wouldn't mind Amazon controlling more aspects of my life for now at least, however threatening to various liberties that might be. My overall experiences with their customer service have been stellar, which is much more than I can say for some of the other monopolistic companies I have to deal with.

voltagex_ 8y ago
You're lucky - Amazon actually give a shit about the US. They launched in Australia (the newspapers were predicting the end of retail). They have what, 30% of products available here? Then they launched Prime - except they obviously haven't hired anyone who has used Australia Post before. You can't expect a Prime 2 day delivery if you use standard Post. All this, and they thought restricting access to the US version was a good idea. Amazon Australia: death by 1000 paper cuts. When eBay looks like a better option, you've really screwed up.
- ClassyJacket 8y ago
  >You can't expect a Prime 2 day delivery if you use standard Post. You can't even get Express Post items in 2 days about half the time, even tho they "Guarantee next business day delivery"
  - ryanchoi 8y ago
    Not sure if this applies to this scenario, but tricky wording related to 1 day delivery landed amzn in hot water in the UK. In this case, they meant one day after dispatch, not one day from order placement. https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/business-45183887 https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/business-45183887
benatkin 8y ago
Prime Espresso is actually scary, since coffee is one of the three products in 1984...

voltagex_ 8y ago

You're lucky - Amazon actually give a shit about the US. They launched in Australia (the newspapers were predicting the end of retail). They have what, 30% of products available here? Then they launched Prime - except they obviously haven't hired anyone who has used Australia Post before. You can't expect a Prime 2 day delivery if you use standard Post. All this, and they thought restricting access to the US version was a good idea. Amazon Australia: death by 1000 paper cuts. When eBay looks like a better option, you've really screwed up.

ClassyJacket 8y ago
>You can't expect a Prime 2 day delivery if you use standard Post. You can't even get Express Post items in 2 days about half the time, even tho they "Guarantee next business day delivery"
- ryanchoi 8y ago
  Not sure if this applies to this scenario, but tricky wording related to 1 day delivery landed amzn in hot water in the UK. In this case, they meant one day after dispatch, not one day from order placement. https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/business-45183887 https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/business-45183887

benatkin 8y ago

Prime Espresso is actually scary, since coffee is one of the three products in 1984...