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Originally Posted by Catlady
Well, so would replacing the cable bill with the regular $99/year fee; is the extra $1.50 a month a deal-breaker when people with limited funds are assessing priorities?
But don't you think most orders of this type would meet the existing $25 threshold? And the folks who are using food stamps can't use them to buy this stuff at Amazon; they've still got to get to whatever local grocery stores. How does Prime benefit them?
Is it a hardship to combine/delay orders to meet a $25 minimum?
Exactly. It feels like they're trying to con people into buying something they don't need because they're making it a "bargain." If people now who are financially strapped are spending their money on Prime membership, fine--it's their business how they decide to allocate their income even if I think they're foolish. But when Amazon tries to attract more such people to spend their money by cutting the price, as if Amazon is doing them some kind of favor (We're charging you less for something you don't need!), it's distasteful.
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What about clothes, school supplies, assorted miscellaneous that is cheaper on Amazon than anywhere else?
Oh yes, because paying for gas and insurance on a car is less than $6 a month. (Oh wait, I think that should be a day especially by the time you add in oil changes, inspections and tags.)
Not everyone drives. Some of us can't see well enough. I don't anyone that could drive me to the store while hubby is at work.
If I needed something from the store right now, I would have to either walk in this heat to the overpriced store or call a taxi. We do have a bus service but it is crappy and yeah I would have to wait in the sun for the bus, no benches, no shade, no nothing.
This is why I have a stocked house and part of the reason I shop at Amazon.
It would cost at least $10 for the taxi.
Hey, I have a little suggestion to the ones that think Prime and Amazon are always luxuries.
Tell them with your wallets. Don't shop there for anything.
Don't ever mention that word either so it doesn't come up in a search. Someone might like the idea they are trying to give a certain group an advantage.
Another thought, on the cost, if you have the money one month but not the next, it doesn't matter because you can always get it again when you have the money or really need something in two days and the $6 would be less than what it would cost locally.