I think I might cancel. I’m not watching ads and I’m not going to pay the extra $3/mo to opt out. I don’t know if I’d end up paying more than the subscription cost in shipping though…

  • walden@sub.wetshaving.social
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    11 months ago

    All of their ads that said “there’s more to prime!” are what planted the seed in my mind that I should cancel. I don’t use any of the “more” stuff, but we were paying for it anyway.

    I don’t miss Prime at all. You still get free shipping as long as you let you wait until you have $35 of stuff in your cart.

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      11 months ago

      that’s fine if you have the patience for their shipping shenanigans. they sit on orders for days and/or ship from distant warehouses when you don’t have the prime sub.

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        11 months ago

        Alternatively stop buying from a company that dehumanizes and exploit’s their employees to death

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        11 months ago

        I haven’t noticed much of a difference in shipping time. If I order something online I’m not depending on it to arrive quickly.

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        11 months ago

        Not really defending Amazon, but that’s not really shenanigans either. If you’re expecting 100% completely free shipping without prime, they’re going to wait to send it with a more cost efficient larger shipment to your region while prioritizing prime orders. Sometimes the distant warehouses are used even with prime because that’s where those items are, they don’t keep them stocked everywhere, especially when they process third party orders. I can easily expect to wait 2 weeks or more for something if I don’t pay for shipping.