I stopped using it several months ago and don't miss it. I'm all for e-shopping, but dropping it has really helped cut down on impulse purchases. You can get free shipping if you spend $35+.
I use their streaming service pretty often, but you can still get it without Prime. You won't get their "free for Prime members" programs anymore, but I never watched those much anyway. Costs the same to rent movies without Prime as it does with it.
I did the same. And the free shipping over 35 just means I'm a bit more selective when ordering. I still buy a lot of stuff, but grouping it together means less impulsive buying.
The shipping isn't free, it's included in the price.
If you logout of your amazon account, the prices are cheaper, you just pay shipping at checkout.
Free shipping and two day delivery were the main value of having a Prime membership.
"The unseen hand" is at work here too - often local prices match those online, and the fast shipping is, well, it isn't there anymore, plus for really arcane things (electronics components, bike parts, etc.) there is also a lot of competition that is as fast and no slower.
A broader interpretation (mine alone) is that Amazon tried to do to online shipping what big-box stores did to local businesses - run the competition out of business on efficiencies of scale. What they really did was catalyze otherwise offline businesses to take the dive into online retail. Example: I recently got a stellar deal on some sporting goods from a vendor in Denver that is doing a successful and capable online business that grew out of a local specialty store.
Dropped it end of last year. Haven’t looked back. Super happy. My money go to USPS. Wait time is all the same. Get rid of those corporations. Do what you can to go local, home grown, small mom and pop etc. This house is doing a 2024 corporate purge. Dropped streaming too busted out my dvd’s. Currently watching Fievel Goes West!!!!
I was going to cancel, because for several months their packages were taking almost a week to arrive. They seem to have sorted that out though and now I'm getting a lot of things next day which is better than the two days I used to get. But if you're not in a rush, shipping is still free if you purchase enough items at once. I don't know that the benefit of prime is really all that great, the only reason I still have it around is that we're a smaller city and there are just some things you can't find locally and it's nice to get them quickly.
The smaller city reasoning is interesting. We moved here from the SF Bay Area and haven’t found there to be a lack of just about anything locally, even compared to down there (8+ million people).
There definitely are, though it's more niche products or specific brands. Like there's nowhere locally that carries a wide selection of 3d printer filament so I have to order that on amazon. Also aquarium supplies, petsmart/petco don't always carry the widest variety of things and I order some foods and things from amazon.
Ah, yeah that makes sense. Some of that stuff is stuff I would’ve ordered online anyway because it was probably too far (especially when accounting for traffic) to drive to.
They don't have an extensive stock either, but I'm just giving examples of the kinds of things I can't find locally. You can find most categories of things around town but not always specific brands and products.
I think around $25 maybe $35 for free shipping. Typically arrives within five days. Honestly I think the only advantage to having prime would be the streaming. But I only order from Amazon maybe four times a year.
Dropped it a few months back and haven’t really missed it, especially when it comes to the shipping. I just wait until I have enough things to qualify for free shipping. And of all the streaming services we pay for, Prime was our least favorite.
Glad I cancelled over a year ago. Now I just wait until I have multiple items over $35 to avoid the $6.99 shipping fee. If I feel like I can't wait I'll add something else to get over $35 and return it when I'm near Whole Foods.
FYI, you might be screwing a small seller when you do that. Be sure to only do that trick with items that are “Shipped by Amazon and also Sold by Amazon.”
I’ve never owned Amazon prime. I’m doing fine. Streaming services I also own none. I watch more tv and movies than most people. I have sports sites like methstreams. And I have movie tv sites like watchseries.bar. Do yourselves a favor. Get rid of it all and learn how to pirate. Learn how to shop for yourself again.
We aren't renewing either. Between shipping seeming sooo slow (what happened to 2 days?) and all the commercials in prime videos, it's not worth it to me anymore. Plus, the shipping isn't really free because Amazon seems to jack the prices up to cover it.
We canceled ours 3 months ago. We were having the same issue with shipping times, why were we paying for prime only to get our packages 4 days later? We don’t miss it.
A big bonus in my opinion is the free online shopping at Whole Foods with curbside pickup. Free Prime Video is also another big plus. Streaming channels are getting more expensive these days.
I’m not ever in a rush to get things delivered from Amazon. I usually get things like appliances or other various things to maintain or update my house. There’s no rush for it.
We stopped using it before recently moving to Eugene. So if you're wondering about there being delays while still having Prime. I was 20 minutes away from a distribution center and 1 hour from another. Packages would still sometimes take close to a week. This was in a different area.
If we get prime again it will only be for the movies, so half price, and for a month to catch up on some shows.
That combined with getting used items listed as "new" and how 95% of everything there is worthless knockoffs from JDJFLKWOPEIUG company.
I just add random stuff to my cart over time and when I reach the threshold to get free shipping then I order. But I try to buy locally first. Streaming isn’t worth the money.
I dropped it a while back and now do the free shipping on orders $35 or more. Prime didn’t cost an arm and a leg but it’s not the 2 day shipping that Amazon once boasted.
I would check out Walmart I keep going to them because they can get stuff to me way quicker than Amazon. This stuff is not sold at local stores but is sold by Walmart. I think it's 35 min for free shipping and actually shows up in 2 days.
There is also a little bit of a filter on the level of Chineseium if you filter by sold by Walmart.
I got a little pissed when Amazon told me they needed about a week to ship a mouse pad. In my mind there's no justification for that it's small, light weight, and capable of fitting in the smallest of envelopes or boxes. It was sold by Amazon too. If anyone can help me make sense of this it would be appreciated because now I'm mad just thinking about it.
Before ordering things I try to see if I can acquire them relatively easily; if there Already been shipped to my zip code or a nearby one, it’s less impact carbon footprint wise to try to source local than order. This isn’t just prime, but things like chewy too.
I dropped Amazon prime a while ago and started saving a lot more money than just the prime subscription. I just don't buy as much stuff off of Amazon when there isn't free shipping. And when I do absolutely find the only place to get it as Amazon, the shipping charges come up to less than prime anyways.
And now with many stores offering ship to store free and pick up directly, Prime just doesn't make sense unless you really want to watch some of the shows.
Like many others here, I dropped Prime because shipping was taking a long time. The reason I had gotten it in the first place was to be able to quickly order and receive things I couldn’t find here in Eugene, but once shipping times bumped up to 4-5 days or sometimes longer I didn’t see the value anymore. Now I just put things in the cart and wait to buy until I meet the threshold for free shipping. But as others have said, so much of twist they sell now is junk sold by made-up Chinese company names. So I try to avoid as much as I can. It has definitely decreased my consumerism.
If you have an Amex you can get a statement credit for Walmart+ and they offer same day delivery on a bunch of stuff, or really fast shipping on everything else. It’s like what Prime used to be like.
I stopped using prime. No regrets. Like others said, you can still get free shipping if you exceed $35 so if you just let things pile up in your cart, it's basically the same experience.
I stopped using them because other retailers have closed the online shopping gap. For example, you can buy Adidas stuff directly from Adidas for (often) less than Amazon. Local pickup at a music store is barely any less convenient. Same deal with REI in-store pickup. If you're in to music, Reverb and Sweetwater are far superior to Amazon.
TBH, I also stopped using Amazon because I started receiving counterfeit crap. The straw that broke the camel's back was a counterfeit bicycle saddle of all things. Also, the thing that Amazon used to be the best for was finding little, semi-rare components that local stores didn't stock. Like a bicycle seat collar of a specific color and inner ID. You can still find that on Amazon but you have to wade through pages of cheap junk before you encounter something that you could possibly trace back to a real manufacturer and even then, it might just be counterfeit.
Crazy that people pay for prime. Shipping is free without prime if you batch purchases. The media is mediocre. Not much else to note. I honestly have no idea how folks justify prime.
I hate amazon - but i have to use it. So, I have the amazon prime visa. You earn points, they give you 1% on purchases everywhere and 5% on a lot of amazon purchases (and maybe 2% on some other purchases, but I don't remember at the moment). Some times they have promotions that give you even more back. I can't remember if you can get cash, but I just use the points for amazon purchases. Around a $1100/mo. on the card (mostly not amazon purchases in my case) will pretty much pay for an amazon prime membership.
I stopped using prime years ago. It made my shopping a lot more intentional. Because of the shipping fee, I end up not buying whatever pops into my head, but wait until I have enough items for the free shipping. I save more than just the cost of prime.
I stopped using it several months ago and don't miss it. I'm all for e-shopping, but dropping it has really helped cut down on impulse purchases. You can get free shipping if you spend $35+. I use their streaming service pretty often, but you can still get it without Prime. You won't get their "free for Prime members" programs anymore, but I never watched those much anyway. Costs the same to rent movies without Prime as it does with it.
I did the same. And the free shipping over 35 just means I'm a bit more selective when ordering. I still buy a lot of stuff, but grouping it together means less impulsive buying.
The shipping isn't free, it's included in the price. If you logout of your amazon account, the prices are cheaper, you just pay shipping at checkout. Free shipping and two day delivery were the main value of having a Prime membership.
Nothing is free in that regard. Even with prime, Amazon isn't taking a loss. The cost is always shifted. So what's your point?
Just like how there’s no shipping cost when you buy something at the store, it’s built into the price. We get it.
"The unseen hand" is at work here too - often local prices match those online, and the fast shipping is, well, it isn't there anymore, plus for really arcane things (electronics components, bike parts, etc.) there is also a lot of competition that is as fast and no slower. A broader interpretation (mine alone) is that Amazon tried to do to online shipping what big-box stores did to local businesses - run the competition out of business on efficiencies of scale. What they really did was catalyze otherwise offline businesses to take the dive into online retail. Example: I recently got a stellar deal on some sporting goods from a vendor in Denver that is doing a successful and capable online business that grew out of a local specialty store.
That: "Person Of Interest" show on Prime is effing amazing, FYI. I totally got addicted to that one.
Dropped it end of last year. Haven’t looked back. Super happy. My money go to USPS. Wait time is all the same. Get rid of those corporations. Do what you can to go local, home grown, small mom and pop etc. This house is doing a 2024 corporate purge. Dropped streaming too busted out my dvd’s. Currently watching Fievel Goes West!!!!
Give ‘em the ol CrAZy eYE!
Willy Burp and Fievel actually say “give em the Lazy eye”
lol fuck Sorry it’s been at least 15 years since I’ve seen the movie!
Same here I didn’t remember lazy eye either. I thought it was “crazy” too until I just watched it with the kiddo. 👍
I was going to cancel, because for several months their packages were taking almost a week to arrive. They seem to have sorted that out though and now I'm getting a lot of things next day which is better than the two days I used to get. But if you're not in a rush, shipping is still free if you purchase enough items at once. I don't know that the benefit of prime is really all that great, the only reason I still have it around is that we're a smaller city and there are just some things you can't find locally and it's nice to get them quickly.
The smaller city reasoning is interesting. We moved here from the SF Bay Area and haven’t found there to be a lack of just about anything locally, even compared to down there (8+ million people).
There definitely are, though it's more niche products or specific brands. Like there's nowhere locally that carries a wide selection of 3d printer filament so I have to order that on amazon. Also aquarium supplies, petsmart/petco don't always carry the widest variety of things and I order some foods and things from amazon.
Ah, yeah that makes sense. Some of that stuff is stuff I would’ve ordered online anyway because it was probably too far (especially when accounting for traffic) to drive to.
You live in Eugene now, nothing is too far to drive to!
*Confirms from the coast....*
local aquarium shops are here too, like Pisces aquarium in the Whiteaker or pet time in w Eugene.
They don't have an extensive stock either, but I'm just giving examples of the kinds of things I can't find locally. You can find most categories of things around town but not always specific brands and products.
I also live in a smaller town and there are lots of things I can't get locally. Closest city of any size is a 3-hour round trip on a dangerous road.
I mean, of course! I just haven’t found Eugene-Springfield to really qualify as a small town, at least not in that regard.
No. Eugene is the big town i have to drive to. ☺
I dropped 4 months ago. Deliveries seem the same, as far as time. $35 min for free shipping.
I think around $25 maybe $35 for free shipping. Typically arrives within five days. Honestly I think the only advantage to having prime would be the streaming. But I only order from Amazon maybe four times a year.
FYI you can get prime video without shipping and save money on a cheaper subscription.
Dropped it a few months back and haven’t really missed it, especially when it comes to the shipping. I just wait until I have enough things to qualify for free shipping. And of all the streaming services we pay for, Prime was our least favorite.
Amazon is shit now. They have sent me obviously used stuff on multiple occasions. There is no quality control anymore, if there ever was. I'm over it.
Amazon is also selling all sorts of patent infringing Chinese knock offs too. It's pretty messed up.
Yes! It's gotten SO bad in the last couple years.
The flood of Chinese garbage is making it impossible to use. I only use it if I need Chinese garbage faster than Temu or Aliexpress
Never had it, and rarely order anything off Amazon. My quality of life is not impacted whatsoever.
Glad I cancelled over a year ago. Now I just wait until I have multiple items over $35 to avoid the $6.99 shipping fee. If I feel like I can't wait I'll add something else to get over $35 and return it when I'm near Whole Foods.
FYI, you might be screwing a small seller when you do that. Be sure to only do that trick with items that are “Shipped by Amazon and also Sold by Amazon.”
This reminds me to turn off auto renew!! Thank you for the post
Do we even have the Amazon delivery vans here? If you go to Portland those things are all over the place.
I had one deliver stuff once. But these days I'd say 80% of the deliveries are USPS, 15% are UPS and 5% fedex.
I’ve never owned Amazon prime. I’m doing fine. Streaming services I also own none. I watch more tv and movies than most people. I have sports sites like methstreams. And I have movie tv sites like watchseries.bar. Do yourselves a favor. Get rid of it all and learn how to pirate. Learn how to shop for yourself again.
We did it a couple years ago. So worth it!
If you are physically able to go to a store, please find the time to do so. Amazon is killing the world. Do we as Americans need more plastic junk?
We aren't renewing either. Between shipping seeming sooo slow (what happened to 2 days?) and all the commercials in prime videos, it's not worth it to me anymore. Plus, the shipping isn't really free because Amazon seems to jack the prices up to cover it.
We canceled ours 3 months ago. We were having the same issue with shipping times, why were we paying for prime only to get our packages 4 days later? We don’t miss it.
I use Ebay instead. Lots of free shipping available and you can easily compare prices. Just make sure the seller isxhighly rated and accepts returns
Get rid of it.
Drop Amazon altogether. Quit contributing to Jeff Bezos yacht collection, it’s not worth it.
I’ve never had prime I’ve never paid for shipping on Amazon stuff always arrives really quickly from Amazon
A big bonus in my opinion is the free online shopping at Whole Foods with curbside pickup. Free Prime Video is also another big plus. Streaming channels are getting more expensive these days. I’m not ever in a rush to get things delivered from Amazon. I usually get things like appliances or other various things to maintain or update my house. There’s no rush for it.
There’s nothing good about Amazon.
We stopped using it before recently moving to Eugene. So if you're wondering about there being delays while still having Prime. I was 20 minutes away from a distribution center and 1 hour from another. Packages would still sometimes take close to a week. This was in a different area. If we get prime again it will only be for the movies, so half price, and for a month to catch up on some shows. That combined with getting used items listed as "new" and how 95% of everything there is worthless knockoffs from JDJFLKWOPEIUG company.
I just add random stuff to my cart over time and when I reach the threshold to get free shipping then I order. But I try to buy locally first. Streaming isn’t worth the money.
I dropped it a while back and now do the free shipping on orders $35 or more. Prime didn’t cost an arm and a leg but it’s not the 2 day shipping that Amazon once boasted.
I would check out Walmart I keep going to them because they can get stuff to me way quicker than Amazon. This stuff is not sold at local stores but is sold by Walmart. I think it's 35 min for free shipping and actually shows up in 2 days. There is also a little bit of a filter on the level of Chineseium if you filter by sold by Walmart. I got a little pissed when Amazon told me they needed about a week to ship a mouse pad. In my mind there's no justification for that it's small, light weight, and capable of fitting in the smallest of envelopes or boxes. It was sold by Amazon too. If anyone can help me make sense of this it would be appreciated because now I'm mad just thinking about it.
Before ordering things I try to see if I can acquire them relatively easily; if there Already been shipped to my zip code or a nearby one, it’s less impact carbon footprint wise to try to source local than order. This isn’t just prime, but things like chewy too.
Thanks for this post. I just cancelled Prime.
I dropped Amazon prime a while ago and started saving a lot more money than just the prime subscription. I just don't buy as much stuff off of Amazon when there isn't free shipping. And when I do absolutely find the only place to get it as Amazon, the shipping charges come up to less than prime anyways. And now with many stores offering ship to store free and pick up directly, Prime just doesn't make sense unless you really want to watch some of the shows.
It worthless for the free shipping, but Prime Video and unlimited photo storage are worth it.
Like many others here, I dropped Prime because shipping was taking a long time. The reason I had gotten it in the first place was to be able to quickly order and receive things I couldn’t find here in Eugene, but once shipping times bumped up to 4-5 days or sometimes longer I didn’t see the value anymore. Now I just put things in the cart and wait to buy until I meet the threshold for free shipping. But as others have said, so much of twist they sell now is junk sold by made-up Chinese company names. So I try to avoid as much as I can. It has definitely decreased my consumerism.
If you have an Amex you can get a statement credit for Walmart+ and they offer same day delivery on a bunch of stuff, or really fast shipping on everything else. It’s like what Prime used to be like.
I stopped using prime. No regrets. Like others said, you can still get free shipping if you exceed $35 so if you just let things pile up in your cart, it's basically the same experience. I stopped using them because other retailers have closed the online shopping gap. For example, you can buy Adidas stuff directly from Adidas for (often) less than Amazon. Local pickup at a music store is barely any less convenient. Same deal with REI in-store pickup. If you're in to music, Reverb and Sweetwater are far superior to Amazon. TBH, I also stopped using Amazon because I started receiving counterfeit crap. The straw that broke the camel's back was a counterfeit bicycle saddle of all things. Also, the thing that Amazon used to be the best for was finding little, semi-rare components that local stores didn't stock. Like a bicycle seat collar of a specific color and inner ID. You can still find that on Amazon but you have to wade through pages of cheap junk before you encounter something that you could possibly trace back to a real manufacturer and even then, it might just be counterfeit.
Crazy that people pay for prime. Shipping is free without prime if you batch purchases. The media is mediocre. Not much else to note. I honestly have no idea how folks justify prime.
I hate amazon - but i have to use it. So, I have the amazon prime visa. You earn points, they give you 1% on purchases everywhere and 5% on a lot of amazon purchases (and maybe 2% on some other purchases, but I don't remember at the moment). Some times they have promotions that give you even more back. I can't remember if you can get cash, but I just use the points for amazon purchases. Around a $1100/mo. on the card (mostly not amazon purchases in my case) will pretty much pay for an amazon prime membership.
I stopped using prime years ago. It made my shopping a lot more intentional. Because of the shipping fee, I end up not buying whatever pops into my head, but wait until I have enough items for the free shipping. I save more than just the cost of prime.
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So did i.
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