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> without the free shipping we probably would cancel the video subscription. Amazon has never made sense to me. Living in Toronto the regular free shipping usu
by kevincox 4y ago
> without the free shipping we probably would cancel the video subscription.
Amazon has never made sense to me. Living in Toronto the regular free shipping usually arrives in 1-2 days anyways. Is this wildly different in other cities? My partner pays for prime and I usually just order on my account anyways since there is little difference. Even if there is I rarely need something urgently.
- SomeCallMeTim 4y agoPrime is free shipping _both ways._ Non-prime returns cost money. [1] That makes buying much more risk-free. I haven't paid for return shipping on an Amazon purchase for years. I don't know that I return enough to compensate for the ~$120 annual cost (I guess it's going up to $140?), but it does get me faster (and more to the point, deterministic) shipping as well, _and_ the other benefits like Prime Video. Overall I find it still makes sense. But you do you. BTW, your partner can probably share the Prime shipping benefit with you, if they aren't already sharing it with someone else, and if you live together. My wife can buy things on Prime with our one subscription. [1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html%3FnodeId%3DGXM7UWCH63ZJHAVP https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html%3FnodeI...
- kevincox 4y agoHmm, I've definitely returned defective items before and never been charged shipping. I wonder if that has changed or if it doesn't apply to defective items. (The help page for amazon.ca for "Defective Item?" fails)
- SomeCallMeTim 4y agoI've bought items that weren't defective, but that turned out to not work as well as was advertised, and that's also free. I don't know the full policy, but it makes sense they would cover the returns of an item that items that are DOA.