I don't own a car, so Amazon Prime is almost an essential service to me. I agree with your dad that this is a modern marvel. I know certain things are priced hi

I don't own a car, so Amazon Prime is almost an essential service to me. I agree with your dad that this is a modern marvel. I know certain things are priced higher, especially cheaper items, but I don't care because it saves me so much time doing something I don't enjoy. It's cool to hate on Amazon on social media these days, but I don't personally know anyone who has put their money where their mouth is and switched to a different online retailer. I've attempted to buy from other places and the experience has always been so terrible that I just end up buying even more from Amazon. As an example, I bought some stuff from Lowes, they sent me the wrong items, and my only choice was to drive a few hours to return it. Unless I price my time at $0, this isn't worth it. Another incident happened with Home Depot, where their delivery person was some random dude who banged on the door loudly in the middle of the pandemic saying that they absolutely had to get my signature on a <$100 order. I begrudgingly opened the door and signed, and then decided to never buy from them again. Something like this happens every time I try to buy from anywhere that isn't Amazon. On Ebay, the last time I used it I received a very used item when it was supposed to be new. The reason Amazon is doing so well is just that everyone else is so terrible. I've had issues with them as well, but it literally takes me minutes to resolve any problems.