Comment on It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription
dgriffith@aussie.zone 4 months agoSpeaking from my experience in Australia, Prime is quite good for ad-hoc ordering.
For AUD6.99 a month I can order something that will usually turn up tomorrow morning, meaning that if I need a light bulb or a dishcloth or weed killer it’s just a 30 second search with the app on my phone and I can get on with my day.
Compare that to:
eBay - free shipping, a week or so, “express” , 3 days and AUD12-18 per purchase.
Small online retailers - generally no free shipping, usually an Australia Post option at AUD12 or so that takes about 4-5 days, “express” via various couriers that takes that to 2-3 days for AUD18-30.
Large retailers - a week or more for delivery, AUD10-40 depending on size.
Say what you want about their treatment of workers, from a consumer point of view Amazon’s warehousing and delivery logistics are pretty effective.
Deceptichum@kbin.social 4 months ago
Yeah we've been fucked over for so long down here in Australia with overpriced everything from lack of competition that Prime is a legitimately good deal on many things.
It’s literally cheaper for me to order my fucking groceries delivered to my door than it is to go to a supermarket, yet the supermarkets still don't stop jacking up the prices. Aldi can sometimes work out cheaper, but you've got to hunt for their sales in the magazine each week so its not practical.
Im just glad to have rest of the world prices on many goods, sure it might not seem cheap to them but it is here.