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Several years ago, Amazon sent me an email in about August, pointing out that "based upon your purchases so far this year, if you had Amazon Prime, you'd be paying less for shipping." Talk about targeted advertising! I thought about it and couldn't argue, and signed up. That was a couple years ago.
Starting about a year ago though, I've started questioning my decision for a couple reasons:
1. I don't order as often as I used to.
2. I usually don't have to have it the next day.
3. You get 1-2 day shipping... yes, BUT, that's shipping. If the shipper takes 10 days to get the part off the shelf and box it up, you get in in 10 days + 1 or two. They've quietly separating the concept of fast shipping from fast delivery.
And then we get to Amazon Prime video... grrr. They have few good movies, and somewhat like Netflix, have a whole bunch of what I consider B-grade movies that after viewing, I wish I had the time back. More irritating is when you spot something good/recent and click on it, they either want you to rent it for $3-7, or worse, have to buy it outright. Yeah, but I'm already paying $120 a year, and that's just for the privilege to pay more to watch a movie?
I will be cancelling Amazon Prime this month and we'll see how life is back on the other side. If I have to have something tomorrow, I'll pay for it on a case by case basis.
[edit]: Went ahead and cancelled; we'll see if I eat my words, hah.
Starting about a year ago though, I've started questioning my decision for a couple reasons:
1. I don't order as often as I used to.
2. I usually don't have to have it the next day.
3. You get 1-2 day shipping... yes, BUT, that's shipping. If the shipper takes 10 days to get the part off the shelf and box it up, you get in in 10 days + 1 or two. They've quietly separating the concept of fast shipping from fast delivery.
And then we get to Amazon Prime video... grrr. They have few good movies, and somewhat like Netflix, have a whole bunch of what I consider B-grade movies that after viewing, I wish I had the time back. More irritating is when you spot something good/recent and click on it, they either want you to rent it for $3-7, or worse, have to buy it outright. Yeah, but I'm already paying $120 a year, and that's just for the privilege to pay more to watch a movie?
I will be cancelling Amazon Prime this month and we'll see how life is back on the other side. If I have to have something tomorrow, I'll pay for it on a case by case basis.
[edit]: Went ahead and cancelled; we'll see if I eat my words, hah.