I had a horrible Amazon experience 3 or 4 years ago and haven’t shopped there since, so I’m probably remembering the time when it did work.
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pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 4 days agoA major benefit of Amazon is just being able to add 20 things to your cart and get them all in like 1-2 boxes.
If this has worked for you in the last 5 years, your Amazon experience has been very different than mine.
It was wonderful, when they did that.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 4 days ago
dil@piefed.zip 4 days ago
You get the option to pick, fewer boxes or faster delivery for some items? I always get the option.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Oh, teah. I’ve used Amazon recently enough to see the “fewer boxes” option.
Last time I checked “fewer boxes” I got emailed a half assed excuse blaming their “partners” and then slowly received a shit-ton of boxes.
I don’t give them many chances, now, anyway. I try pretty hard to shop non-megacorp, now.
I’m not mad if it’s working for others.
Really I’m just curious if there’s a set of customers that Amazon still excels for, or if Amazon is just coasting along on reputation from past quality.
dil@piefed.zip 3 days ago
I like stuff fast, so it works for me. 90% of things get overnighted with no minimum limit with prime. Only have a local walmart, everything else is 30+ minutes away and even then amazon usually has cheaper and better stuff compared to whatever cheapo brands retail stores carry at a markup.