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This on top of getting increasingly terrible shipping from Prime has me thinking it's no longer worth it. It's kind of sad, but also kind of inevitable as all

This on top of getting increasingly terrible shipping from Prime has me thinking it's no longer worth it. It's kind of sad, but also kind of inevitable as all major brands seem to go through this period of testing how much crap they can get away with until the user base breaks or finds better alternatives. Now would be a good time for Walmart to get their sh*t together and dominate.

tivert 3y ago
> This on top of getting increasingly terrible shipping from Prime has me thinking it's no longer worth it. I thought that years ago: it seemed like orders actually arrived as slowly as they did pre-Prime (e.g. not 2 day shipping), so I canceled Prime and thought there wouldn't be much of a loss. Then my Amazon shipping became even more terrible. Everything was basically no-rush shipping with a $25 minimum order. So basically, when Prime started, you got better service for an extra fee, and if you didn't pay you got "normal" service. Now you have pay to get "normal" service, and if you don't you get bad service.
- ljf 3y ago
  There was a time (15 year ago?) when amazon was also generally cheaper for stuff too - I think that some people still seem to believe that, but really you are paying more for 'convenience' - even though it isn't that convenient anymore.
- Simulacra 3y ago
  You could buy locally..
  - hedora 3y ago
    The big box stores only carry 90% of the stuff they’d need for that to be feasible, and they put local shops out of business. (At least in the SF Bay Area, maybe it’s different in bigger cities.)
r2_pilot 3y ago
I quit Amazon prime mid-pandemic as the shipping went from 2 days to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (and never recovered). I kept them until I watched Wheel of Time first season, and when I realized how awful their adaptation was, I dropped my years-old subscription happily. It's harder for me to get individual small things, but at least my chances of it being counterfeit are lower and I can generally expect them in a reasonable time. I just hate paying for shipping now; still worth it.
- datavirtue 3y ago
  I've been on Prime since the beta. I have a spot on my calendar to drop it today.

tivert 3y ago

> This on top of getting increasingly terrible shipping from Prime has me thinking it's no longer worth it. I thought that years ago: it seemed like orders actually arrived as slowly as they did pre-Prime (e.g. not 2 day shipping), so I canceled Prime and thought there wouldn't be much of a loss. Then my Amazon shipping became even more terrible. Everything was basically no-rush shipping with a $25 minimum order. So basically, when Prime started, you got better service for an extra fee, and if you didn't pay you got "normal" service. Now you have pay to get "normal" service, and if you don't you get bad service.

ljf 3y ago
There was a time (15 year ago?) when amazon was also generally cheaper for stuff too - I think that some people still seem to believe that, but really you are paying more for 'convenience' - even though it isn't that convenient anymore.
Simulacra 3y ago
You could buy locally..
- hedora 3y ago
  The big box stores only carry 90% of the stuff they’d need for that to be feasible, and they put local shops out of business. (At least in the SF Bay Area, maybe it’s different in bigger cities.)

r2_pilot 3y ago

I quit Amazon prime mid-pandemic as the shipping went from 2 days to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (and never recovered). I kept them until I watched Wheel of Time first season, and when I realized how awful their adaptation was, I dropped my years-old subscription happily. It's harder for me to get individual small things, but at least my chances of it being counterfeit are lower and I can generally expect them in a reasonable time. I just hate paying for shipping now; still worth it.

datavirtue 3y ago
I've been on Prime since the beta. I have a spot on my calendar to drop it today.