amazon has had a positive net profit for the last five years in a row. as for the shopping experience, I guess ymmv? amazon doesn't always have the cheapest pr

amazon has had a positive net profit for the last five years in a row. as for the shopping experience, I guess ymmv? amazon doesn't always have the cheapest price on things, but I've never received anything counterfeit. with one or two exceptions, everything I've bought there has met my expectations. and when it didn't, the refund hit my account the second the shipping label got scanned. especially this past year, AMZL has been the real killer feature for me. it's the only shipping service that consistently delivers my packages on time, which really shouldn't be hard when I live in an apartment building in a major city. sometimes they even deliver early! when ups/fedex moves my packages faster than expected, they just let them sit in the local distribution center until the guaranteed delivery date. I've given up on usps entirely, unless "soon" is an acceptable delivery date. most of their streaming stuff is crap, I'll give you that. but they picked up my all-time favorite TV show, the expanse. tbh, I'd pay $120/year just to keep that show running.