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Just curious, how many people here are Amazon Prime members?
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Nightbreeze
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No idea what the hell that is.
themadcowtipper
Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
An amzon post by goodcow...it's a trap....runs
Cerebral Palsy
Banned
$79 a year? lol yeah right
Cerebral Palsy said:
It realy changes the way you shop online though. Absolutely no shipping charges, no mimums, and things get to you ASAP.
But I don't see how they can continue to support Prime, at least without changing the price, or terms. They seem to be bleeding tons of money... they raised prices across the board on lots of health and personal care items (up to 35% in some cases), and today I called, and was shocked to have Indian phone support after years of Americans.
Matlock said:
"yes, my apostle, you'll get your check in the mail"
Related to Jeff, I found this hilarious:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=152533&cid=12802623
And I had no idea he owned a space company.
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
What exactly do you buy so often from Amazon that you need to subscribe to this? It's not like they have the cheapest prices in the first place anyway.
themadcowtipper
Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
Uh-oh now you've done it, you shall feel the wrath of Goodcow, in the form of a three page post on how great Amazon is....await nonbeliever your time will come..SnowWolf said:
SnowWolf said:
In my case (which counts for little other than the sake of argument because Amazon Prime is not a UK thing and I haven't been living in the UK for two years now) I used to order DVDs off Amazon all the time. They were cheaper than grabbing them off Virgin Megastore and more convenient, since that usually closed before I got back from school. And since I bought a lot of DVDs I had packages every couple of weeks from Amazon over a couple of years.
SnowWolf said:
Well... you asked for it. :lol (this was fun to do though)
Also note, many items simply aren't for me (and two dozen or so are gifts), let alone purchased with my money.
With both friends, and the dozen or so people at work, if they want something from Amazon I usually order it for them, they pay me, they get two-day shipping, and I get 3% back on my VISA as a commission. Even before Prime, on big items, like the VAIO that a co-worker ordered, we split the 3% back.
I don't think anybody else here orders enough stuff from Amazon to justify this program. Hell I don't think that many people spend $80 in shipping on all their Internet purchases over the course of a year (assuming that they don't order real heavy stuff).
Amazon already gives you free shipping on purchases over $25.....not only does that make this program kind of useless, but I imagine they lose more money on that policy than they do on Amazon Prime.
Amazon already gives you free shipping on purchases over $25.....not only does that make this program kind of useless, but I imagine they lose more money on that policy than they do on Amazon Prime.
FreakyFink
Member
I would normally lambaste Amazon, except today I received this...
...for $58 (2-day) shipped from them.
...for $58 (2-day) shipped from them.
Ninja Scooter
Member
goodcow said:
its called leaving the house. There are actually these magical buildings out there, where you can walk in and buy stuff and take it home that very same day.
Assuming you are being serious (I thought maybe you were just trying to get a rise out of Goodcow), this is strange to me -- Amazon is the only online retailer I regularly buy from because of their quick reliable shipping (and low pricing and good selection). I don't even know how their customer service is because I've never had to use it.Willco said:
Maybe I'm just lucky.
In response to the thread question, I'm not, but if I bought more from Amazon I would sign up in a heartbeat. It's a great deal if you're already buying lots of stuff.
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