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I've cancelled Prime, now they hit me with week long delivery times which after a day are reduced by half or less, just to get me back on Prime.

uCantCauseUCant 6y ago
Seven of Prime, Tertiary Attribute of Bezos
delfinom 6y ago
That's normal for non-prime. You get thrown onto the back of the priority queue but at the same time get on the wild scheduling ride their systems take.
zwaps 6y ago
I still have prime, and a good half of my "next day shipping" deliveries are delayed by a day, two days or even more. Granted, the current situation is problematic, but this happened even before and since you are prime, you don't get any money back or something like that. It's just bad luck then. Now, you might think you could rely on the services where you pay extra for same-day delivery or morning next day. But those end up missing the delivery window a good half of the times I used them - even before the pandemic. Next day or same day delivery just isn't something that seems to work reliably here in Western Europe. I know companies where a local driver will literally get in a car and bring me what I need right away, but that doesn't scale to Amazon levels. Given that prime delivery rarely holds its promise, it is no surprise that Amazon needs to make non-prime delivery even less attractive. But you know, there are other vendors! Plus, you are less likely to get a fake product if you order directly from there.
- ndiscussion 6y ago
  Not sure if it still applies since I cancelled prime, but you can contact Amazon any time a package is late, and they will give you credits or extensions to your Prime sub. That was in the US a year or so ago.
nkrisc 6y ago
I just wait for the free month of prime offers and do my Amazon shopping only during that time. Why pay when they keep giving it to me a few times a year.
dazc 6y ago
I have Prime and, because many of my orders are for business use, I keep being invited to AmazonBusiness where I can download invoices (which I can do already) and buy another kind of Prime or start paying for deliveries again?
ballenf 6y ago
It's amazing to me how long deliveries take if you're not prime. Of course the actual delivery is just as fast, they just wait a few days to fill the order. And the dark patterns on placing an order without re-upping Prime feels like the fake download buttons on download.com without an ad blocker.

uCantCauseUCant 6y ago

Seven of Prime, Tertiary Attribute of Bezos

delfinom 6y ago

That's normal for non-prime. You get thrown onto the back of the priority queue but at the same time get on the wild scheduling ride their systems take.

zwaps 6y ago

I still have prime, and a good half of my "next day shipping" deliveries are delayed by a day, two days or even more. Granted, the current situation is problematic, but this happened even before and since you are prime, you don't get any money back or something like that. It's just bad luck then. Now, you might think you could rely on the services where you pay extra for same-day delivery or morning next day. But those end up missing the delivery window a good half of the times I used them - even before the pandemic. Next day or same day delivery just isn't something that seems to work reliably here in Western Europe. I know companies where a local driver will literally get in a car and bring me what I need right away, but that doesn't scale to Amazon levels. Given that prime delivery rarely holds its promise, it is no surprise that Amazon needs to make non-prime delivery even less attractive. But you know, there are other vendors! Plus, you are less likely to get a fake product if you order directly from there.

ndiscussion 6y ago
Not sure if it still applies since I cancelled prime, but you can contact Amazon any time a package is late, and they will give you credits or extensions to your Prime sub. That was in the US a year or so ago.

nkrisc 6y ago

I just wait for the free month of prime offers and do my Amazon shopping only during that time. Why pay when they keep giving it to me a few times a year.

dazc 6y ago

I have Prime and, because many of my orders are for business use, I keep being invited to AmazonBusiness where I can download invoices (which I can do already) and buy another kind of Prime or start paying for deliveries again?

ballenf 6y ago

It's amazing to me how long deliveries take if you're not prime. Of course the actual delivery is just as fast, they just wait a few days to fill the order. And the dark patterns on placing an order without re-upping Prime feels like the fake download buttons on download.com without an ad blocker.