• foggy@lemmy.world
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    Cool, are they gonna start actually shipping products in 2 days again, or are they going to at least stop advertising it?

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      1 year ago

      I always get my stuff spot on when it’s supposed to arrive from Amazon. Within 24 hours most of the time.

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    1 year ago

    I usually “collect” some products before buying them, so I’m always above their limit. I am totally not getting their Prime scam.

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      1 year ago

      I just sign up for Prime free trials. You can cancel them immediately but still get the full month. I only use Amazon sporadically, though - a half-dozen times a year at most - when I just can’t find the thing I need anywhere else for a sensible price.

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      I recently bought 3 products for 50 bucks and had to pay 10 bucks extra for shipping since 3 different vendors. We really need a federated amazon.

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        This IS federated amazon. What you mean is centralized Amazon. Just make sure to buy products from the same store.

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        Just make sure anything you order is either “fulfilled by Amazon” or “Ships from Amazon” and you should avoid that. I personally don’t order anything that isn’t shipped by Amazon (either through fulfillment or otherwise).

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      i only shop there when they give us prime for free. sometimes (more frequently the last couple years) it’s only a discounted shorter-term trial–so we don’t bother, but the last time it was a full month–free. yea, we used it a little. and binged most everything worth watching off video, too.

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    1 year ago

    Canceling Prime was a great decision for us after they raised the cost. Since then, we order about twice a month. The shipping date is notoriously wrong on the free shipping selection, packages arrive sooner.

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      My Prime subscription is due to renew in the next few months, and I’m going to let it lapse. It’s getting hard to find genuine, trustworthy products on Amazon. If I wanted no-name crap drop-shipped from China, I could probably get it on Alibaba cheaper. For everything else, I’ll buy locally when possible, and buy from the manufacturer otherwise.

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        You can’t just let it lapse, you have to hunt out that cancellation option three to six pages deep and be determined. Then you need to carefully swerve the highlighted get it fast option and find the free delivery one instead. Don’t get standard delivery, free delivery comes sooner than they claim because whilst the courier isn’t being paid to hurry it, they’re coming to your area soon anyway and may as well.

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    I stopped buying from Amazon a while back. The service went downhill quickly and the prices are not really competitive anymore, and for the few items they are cheaper I’d rather source it from a more reputable company than give my money to these fucks.

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      Might I ask where you buy from? I’d like to make the switch, but since I live in another country and get my items here through courier, getting everything I need in one or two packages is significantly cheaper for me.

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        Well it depends what you’re buying really.

        For computer parts I’m lucky that Scan is located near me in the UK.

        Anything else just comes from stores in my town, supermarkets, etc or special stores. I don’t buy much that isn’t computer stuff really.

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    Good because I won’t buy from amazon anymore(actually stopped 2 years ago)! I always search local and I pick up, faster, easier and cheaper most of the time.

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      I’m trying to move in this direction. I used to use Amazon mostly out of convenience and because they could get uncommon, hard to find stuff to me within 2 days when buying anywhere else would take 1-2 weeks. Now that they regularly fail to even get stuff to me when they say they will, and they are as generally evil as they are, I’m trying to get into the habit of buying from anywhere else.

      I know ebay is fairly evil too, but I try to buy them from them if I need something oddly specific. If not, I go local.

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      Not me fam, the less I have to do, the better. Amazon shipments literally save me 2-3 hours a week from not having to go to the store.

      Prime membership ftw!!!

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        Not me fam, the less I have to do, the better. Amazon shipments literally save me 2-3 hours a week from not having to go to the store. Prime membership ftw!!!

        Its not 2-3 hours, It works well if you order online with pickup option. And to be fair, its useful when I’m about to go home and the store its on my way.

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    I had Amazon Prime for nearly 10 years, and in the beginning it was great, but I got tired of spending ~$120/year for 6 day shipping. I don’t use Prime Video, because so much of what’s on there I am not interested in, and when I cancelled my yearly subscription, in the explanation field, I said that if anyone could reach out to me and explain Sauron’s motivations and arc in the Rings of Power, I would renew. Nobody reached out. If they killed the billion dollar crap TV shows and brought back 2 day shipping, I’d return, but instead, we’ll get another season of Wheel of Time.

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      It depends on where you are. At home, I got same day shipping, but I stayed in Winnipeg for a bit, and it was 3-4 day shipping.

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    I just bought… once? From Amazon, ca. 2007. Then I learned how their warehouse workers are treated and boycotted them since then.

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      I mean, how else can Bezos afford his third support support yatch?

      You know, the yatch which provides supplies for the bigger yatch which provides supplies to his main superyatch? Man’s gotta live.

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    You don’t have to buy more, just buy the same things you bought 2 years ago that’ll put you over the new limit. Keep those treasury printers going brrrrrr.

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    This fucking thread 🤣🤣🤣

    Amazon is evil for raising shipping on their least valuable customers, they are monsters. SCAM!

    It’s going to get soooooooo much worse.

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣