Thanks for sharing. Much like your experience, eBay (and NewEgg) has filled the general consumer electronics hole created by allowing my Prime account to lapse

Thanks for sharing. Much like your experience, eBay (and NewEgg) has filled the general consumer electronics hole created by allowing my Prime account to lapse in 2016. I started seriously noticing diminished value mid-2014 while tracking prices for a personal workstation build during the 6 months leading up to Black Friday that year. For shits and grins, I did the same analysis again in 2017 for a second build; Amazon didn't come through for a single component even when Prime benefits were assumed. Increased annual fee, state sales tax, proliferation of marketplace garbage, workplace stories on HN, gamed product review system...a part of me wants to see Amazon win a few shots just to keep the competition in check, but dropping Prime after 10 years of patronage wasn't particularly difficult and I haven't regretted the decision since.