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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I find I'm watching Prime Videos more and more all the time. I'm sure the HBO contract has a lot to do with that, but still ... credits toward buying videos would be welcome. My two-day Prime shipping has been exceptional at being on time thus far. I'm close enough to a warehouse that opting for slower service probably won't change my delivery time all that much (if at all). I often got 2 & 3 day shipping times before I signed up for Prime.
Nice to have the option to save a buck. I'll take it (sometimes  ). |
We, too, use a fair amount of Prime viewing, but most of it is also on Netflix; I just hate the adaptive streaming on Netflix. I watched some movie recently that was actually FUZZY throughout. Not good. (We watch via Roku, and no, it's not our bandwidth).
Ironically, we live in the same metro area as an Amazon warehouse. My stuff STILL gets sent via USPS. when I asked one seller for UPS, he was happy to do so--for basically twice the price of the item, even for UPS ground. Thanks, but, nyah.
And it's hardly a secret that Prime costs. Not only annually; Prime items are marked up far beyond non-Prime.
As far as how that might save--on non-Prime items, a lot of sellers will give you shipping options, so you could choose UPS. UPS does come to my door; USPS simply won't. I'm not sure I blame USPS per se; as I said, it's 1/2 mile to my door, plus the hundred-some-odd other homes in this little area up here near the mountains on the north side of town. But my attitude is, they take the contract, then they should fulfill the terms. They don't want to door-deliver stuff, then they shouldn't take it to this area code, which is ALL rural like that, nobody has a mailbox at the house or even near the house.
It seems to me that I get screwed either way. Everyone points fingers...Amazon says that they're trying, but
do nothing to solve it. I'm paying ~$100/year for "prime shipping," which
I don't get. (Yes, I get videos). Fedex gets their money for
doing nothing, and the USPS gets their money for
NOT delivering to me. All of this on items that
are marked-up over the price I could buy them elsewhere (online or not), as well, because they have "free shipping." It's a double-whammy, AND insulting, all things considered.
Just sayin'.
Hitch