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One thing I think may be underrated by many: We cancelled Amazon Prime, and besides the annual fee, we noticed that our household retail spending went down sig
by burlesona 4y ago
One thing I think may be underrated by many:
We cancelled Amazon Prime, and besides the annual fee, we noticed that our household retail spending went down significantly. It turns out that when it takes more than 1-click to buy stuff… we buy less stuff.
As far as convenience, one of the reasons we felt it was time to cancel is that we can just as easily get almost anything we wanted from Amazon direct from the seller or via Target/Best Buy/B&N/B&H. Surprisingly, this is often cheaper than Amazon (and almost never more expensive). While there’s a bit of added friction to think for two seconds which store to check, the benefit of fewer impulse buys seems worth it. Plus, we haven’t ended up with any crappy knockoffs since we bailed on Amazon.
- elektor 4y agoIt was the excessive knockoffs that got us to quit our Prime too. Nowadays, I forego the 2 day "free" shipping for peace of mind that the product I get is straight from the vendor and the price difference is negligible.
- annexrichmond 4y agoYeah shipping logistics as improved dramatically over the years. I live 45 mins from any city and I am constantly surprised with how quickly things arrive, usually with FedEx or UPS. I've had a BBQ arrive from Home Depot next day, and just as quick shipping from Chewy, Best Buy, and Walmart as well -- no membership required! I try to buy local in town from the hardware store, etc. before buying online. Anyway, happily cancelled Amazon Prime a couple years ago.
- account42 4y agoThis isn't at all surprising when you consider how pushy Amazon is with getting you to sign up to prime - they are clearly getting a lot out of it.
- illiac786 4y agoThey're not actually, or at least they were not making much money with it. Since they significantly hiked the prices multiple times I'm not sure it's still true.