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Originally Posted by ApK
Interesting. Oil prices have been creeping up, but nothing like they were a couple years ago, so I'm surprised. I'd think Amazon was so large a customer that they could virtually dictate terms to the shipping companies.
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Just a theory, but I think this is less about shipping times or cost and more about warehouse staffing. By having longer to process your order (and with slo-mo shipping Amazon sometimes waits 3-5 days before putting my stuff in a box) they may not need to add to their staffing to accommodate more orders, or at least more rush delivery orders. Not sure but this made sense to me when I considered it.
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Originally Posted by ApK
Nonetheless, the quick shipping is the main reason we pay for Prime, so I'm still not sure if even $2 for a video is enough to get me to forgo it.
But maybe.
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The main reason I joined Prime was to not have to put together $25 (now $35) orders to qualify for free shipping. Since delivery time was secondary to me this is a great perk.