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Originally Posted by leebase
Did I reply to YOUR post? So...should you assume that I was speaking to your post (4 pages back from the one I replied to).
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No, you replied to ApK's post replying to me, saying that you agreed. Perhaps I misread your intent? Perhaps you were referring to someone
else's childhood??????
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So, I went looking for your post and NOW have the following to say.
Sucks to be you. Really. I don't live on a dirt road and whether FedEx, UPS, PO or some random dude in an uber car (yep, I get those types to)...my Amazon packages come to my door. Sometimes, I get an email with a picture of my package sitting on my door step. I always get some kind of alert letting me know my package has arrived. My Echo Dot's light up to tell me my orders have shipped or arrived (Echo read my alerts).
I also enjoy Prime Reading, Prime movies/tv shows, and Prime Music.
But WERE I YOU....I'd be very unhappy with Amazon delivery and I'd very much wonder if I should continue paying for Prime.
Oh...and there's a WholeFoods 15 minutes from my house and I'm interested to see what kind of "bargains" I'll get (considering that WF is pricey as hell normally).
I'll keep your story in mind should I desire to relocate to rural America (whence I come from). High speed internet is another "could I possibly live without"? (My family still doesn't have access)
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And, that
STILL wasn't what my post about instant gratification was about.
YES, I said that Amazon was, IMHO, violating the terms of their Prime Contract with their rural users, through neglect, which I am 99.99% sure is deliberate, because it saves them money. NO, I don't think I'm "entitled" to have something in one day, or whatever. I think I'm "entitled" to whatever it is
that I'm paying for. (Which, to me, means that I should be able to order something larger than a breadbox, and STILL get it to my DOOR, not the PO 30 miles away.)
The world of Amazon has become quite difficult to navigate,
in terms of delivery times, because it's quite easy to buy an object from S. Korea, let's say--which can take 6-10 weeks to arrive. I do it all the time. {shrug}. I don't set my hair on fire over the HORRIBLE
delay. I mean, I'm an
adult. If I need something
that badly, distance or not, I get in the damned car.
To me, the delivery times are just...a symptom of something
else. (Which was my point.) BUT, as this thread isn't about that, I'm just going to stop now. Even a salmon knows when to stop swimming uphill.
Hitch