Maybe it’s time to consider quitting!
  • The author canceled their Amazon Prime subscription on a whim and realized they didn’t really need it.
  • Leaving Prime meant slower shipping but the author was happy to wait and still found the selection and delivery speed satisfactory.
  • Many people love Prime for its fast shipping and convenience, but some readers expressed ambivalence and considered canceling.

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  • @xionzui@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1•10 months ago

    The practices of those businesses, and people choosing them over other options, is exactly why you don’t have other choices now

      • @xionzui@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1•10 months ago

        I’m not blaming them. I acknowledged they may not have any other choice. Just pointing out the harms for the benefit of anyone with the option to do something about it

      • @Emerald@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0•10 months ago

        I agree. Buy formula, but not non-essential knick knacks that can be purchased for the same price on another website

        • @abraxas@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          -1•10 months ago

          And when the other website costs more, has worse return policies, slower shipping, and possibly is even a scam site? The problem with Amazon is how good it is even when it’s being evil.

          As I said elswhere, I look EVERYWHERE before Amazon first. That involves me checking out BBB on mom&pop storefronts and trying to filter out the scam stores or the ones with significant issues. It involves me price-checking, coupon-checking, seeing if services like Rakuten can get the price to match Amazon’s. I don’t expect most people to do all those things and neither should you.

          And even then, I end up buying from Amazon about 2/3 the time. Because I won’t pay 20% more in some meaningless protest that isn’t going anywhere.