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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
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.)
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But you don't NEED Prime to shop at Amazon and take advantage of lower prices. All you have to do is meet a $25 minimum for free shipping. A little planning and combining of orders, and that's not so difficult.
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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.
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I don't drive. I walk or take a bus.
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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.
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It seems like you are conflating shopping at Amazon with using Prime. I'm all for shopping at Amazon--it's both convenient and economical. Prime, however, is a luxury.
And let me say again that if people who have financial struggles want to use Prime, that's their business. My issue is with AMAZON trying to pretend that they're somehow doing folks a favor by cutting the Prime price by a paltry amount. If Amazon wants to do something for the financially strapped among us, let them offer a percent discount on certain merchandise or find some other way that isn't taking extra money from those people. They're acting in a very calculated and cynical way to line their own pockets while pretending they're being good guys.