Submitted 9 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
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Just wait till you need to buy enough stuff to hit the $35 minimum for free delivery. It takes a maximum 4-5 days for stuff to arrive but sometimes they can arrive as early as 2 days. I never went on prime after my free trial.
I get the 1 month free trial every 9 months or so lol
TBH, the games and books provide enough worth for me. Got the newest Dean Koontz book at the beginning of this month.
I cancelled my prime because free “2 day” was actually 3-4 day shipping despite living 8 minutes from a distribution center. Among other reasons too but my shipping times haven’t changed much. Maybe an extra day or two now since their probably creating an artificial delay for non prime members.
I’m really stingy when it comes to subscriptions and honestly paying for anything at all that I don’t have to. But the few things that I and the wife are happy to drop a dime on are Prime, Netflix and unlimited cable and cell data. I got the Verizon NF and Starz deal last year, 1 year for both for $74 and I watch NF constantly. Every day. I’d pay $20/month for it easily. Similarly I’m always buying shrapnel on Prime. I know I could live without it but it’s essential enough to us to warrant the outlay.
Prime video just isn’t all that good and it sounds like ads are coming and shipping is still free over like $25.
Only reason to have prime is if you also have their credit card and order a decent amount of stuff there and/or shop at whole foods a lot for the 5% back. Otherwise it does add up at all.
I’ve been on the student discount for almost 7 years now so I’ve been paying half price for it, but I also like it cuz I watch a decent amount of shows. That being said, I could totally cancel for a month or two and not even notice it.
There is no need to buy anything from those fucks ever
I’ve never had prime and never felt the need to get it. I don’t order frequently from them so, when I do, I can hit the free shipping minimum easily. I have no problem waiting a bit extra for shipping. When they do get around to shipping my stuff, it usually takes just a day or two to get here.
I get gift cards for Amazon because I used survey apps that pay me money and I have made quite a bit. So Amazon stuff is always free stuff for me basically. But Prime is worthless. Prime Video has absolutely nothing worth watching, and last week I ordered hair dye on my husband’s Prime account on Saturday and it didn’t arrive until Thursday, so what’s the point?
Prime video has two things. The Boys and Reacher. Nothing else.
The Expanse!
Good Omens was enjoyable, and I do like the Henry Rollins special, but nothing I couldn’t live without.
Wait, you can actually get those gift cards from survey apps? Every time I tried them, it took so long to get those points that I just gave up.
Qmee is excellent actually. I usually make 5 bucks a day and it adds up. I also use Attapoll, Leger Opinion, and Survey Spin. I’ve bought myself a ton of stuff this way.
Duh?
I honestly have it for Prime Video. I don’t watch it in any massive quantity but there are some shows on there I really like.
Prime games too, although I've noticed they offer less GOG games than they once did, and I refuse to install their app on my pc.
Ssst… don’t tell or they will start to make delivery times longer.
Start? They've already been doing that for at least a couple of years now.
Well, the 2-Day shipping guarantee was fucking destroyed through pandemic/online shopping & stimmy checks. We just hit crazy peaks of rampant consumerism & the guarantee couldn’t easily be honored.
I generally wait more than a month for things to arrive, be it random stuff from aliexpress or books from bookdepository (may it rest in peace), blackwells or kennys. It’s kinda the norm here, and we don’t think much of it.
I have prime because i don’t have to pay for shipping. Good on the author for being wealthy enough to be able to afford 38 Bucks in shipping for 10 items. I pay 0.
You’re prepaying your shipping with the subscription. You could divide that by all the shipments and probably still have a great rate per shipment, but consider that paying for individual shipments would push you to make fewer, larger purchases. Personally, it’s pretty rare I need it tomorrow and can’t wait a week. Some things I need today so I go to a store, some things are rooted in poor planning. The special Amazon shipping window isn’t a big deal for me as I worked to unhook myself from the near-instant gratification.
I pay 12 Bucks a Month. I order things from Amazon daily. No i cannot wait a week for food. I also cannot wait a week for a fuse for my fridge.
I also cannot fathom why i would spend twice as much for things i need to survive just because.
bread at my bakery is 8 Bucks. I can get the same bread from the same bakery every sunday morning for 6 Bucks from amazon.
I’ve never used any of the prime benefits other than free shipping when I had a big free trial. I forgot about it and I started getting charged, and immediately cancelled.
If I bundle my orders into $35+ ones, I still get free shipping. And with Amazon getting crappier and greedier each year, I get less and less there and more on other online marketplaces.
Prime is extra useless here, except for maybe the free shipping. Overnight shipping is the default here for all webshops, except Amazon lol.
Yeah, just wait until amazon finds a way to legally force non-prime users in the US (since EU probably wouldn’t be having any of that bull) to have to wait an extra week or 2 before your packages arrive.
Also, I had a strange sense of déjà vu while writing this comment. I know I haven’t seen this post/article before, but both it and this comment are giving me major déjà vu.
Ordering anything off Amazon takes like a week minimum here with insane shipping costs, prime or not, while ordering from any local store you usually get it the next day or the day after that for like 2 euros for shipping max.
Muthafuckas act like they forgot about eBay. But seriously, shipping times are often better and they’ve always sided with me with refunds, even when sellers tried to pull sketchy shit.
I only activates prime with the 30 days trial when I bought a TV that didn’t have free shipping otherwise. Canceled it the day when the TV arrived to my home.
I’ve done that 30 day free trial thing about three times, they caught on to me and started to make it extremely difficult to cancel. So I don’t do that anymore. I just endure the long shipping times and it’s no big deal. I don’t need Amazon prime for anything, I don’t watch movies or whatever else the heck promises they promise. I don’t need it.
I do the same, it is not worth it. Ans they even ship big things now for free, so the wait of a couple of days is ok with me too.
the 30-day* trial
Prime shipping is included with my prime streaming subscription and the streaming subscription pays for itself. Having prime shipping is just an added bonus for me.
this used to be true. now they’re putting ads on the videos.
so you have to pay extra to remove the fucking ads. this is intentional shittification in order to drive prices upward.
FUCK DICK ROCKET JEFF.
Amazon HQ in Seattle, WA looks like a dick and balls too.
Source: I live in Bell Town Seattle a few blocks away, yes that is a real picture of their HQ that I took myself.
I like the prime gaming service. On the site, there’s this list of games with free stuff if you have a prime account, which is a great way to see a list of MTX games to avoid playing.
But then I also pay for shipping separately
Not when you order over a certain dollar amount.
I kind of live without it by paying for it once a year and then you know, that’s it. What’s all the fuss about.
For the same price, you could buy so much else. For example, an old but still usable office PC.
I can buy PC for 12 USD? That’s a totally crazy idea.
You mean to tell me Amazon prime hasn’t been around since the dawn of life on earth???
Maybe it’s buying a new PC, but it’s been awhile since I am excited to get a package. I got most of the parts off other websites, and did get a new monitor on Amazon and was nowhere near excited about it.
There was no build up in waiting for it to come in. With Amazon I just like “it’ll come in in two days”, but with my other parts I’m repeatedly checking the delivery time, planning out what to do when X part comes in, etc.
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
The only time I use Amazon is when I’m shopping for PC parts and they’ve got the best deal (maybe one part every 3 years) or if they’re the only source for something like an obscure PCB or whatever. Aside from that, it’s really not helpful. People who have their regular weekly shipments are wild to me. So much easier to just get everything you need at the grocery store in one fell swoop every week. Don’t even get me started on Prime shipping when I live in the same city as a distribution center. Prime Video is aids.
kiagam@lemmy.world 9 months ago
be careful with pc parts, even processors are being faked (they use a lower model and engrave it as if it is the higher model)
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Good to know! I rarely shop on Amazon these days, I’d much rather buy PC parts from a brick and mortar retailer anyway.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
I’ve only used Amazon to buy obscure raspberry pi stuff that isn’t available within a 3000 km radius. Also, roomba spare parts are fine too. If I want something else, I’ll just walk to the nearest store and buy it there. I’ve always wondered why do people want to buy stuff from Amazon or even pay extra to get the prime stuff.