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> 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 act
by 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 agoThere 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 agoYou could buy locally..
- hedora 3y agoThe 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.)