Annual Vent & Cancellation of Amazon Prime

Roadwarrior

Roadwarrior

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Reasons to Cancel

1. Amazon Already Has Free Shipping on $25+

2. Prime Membership Makes You a Lazy Shopper

3. Amazon.com is a “Walmart-Wolf” in Sheep’s Clothing

4. Ridiculously Easy to Overspend

5. Prime Streaming is a Joke

During all of the stay at home advice during the pandemic I like everyone else kept my Prime simply because of the 'Free Shipping'. But looking over the other 4 reasons that Prime is a bad buy has convinced me that I've been led down the path of small return. At $139 per annum I realize what a bad investment it is. Just recently coupled with the fact that Amazon has some shipping logistics problems namely their association with USPS (especially with their touted 'free/2 day' shipping perk). Cutting the cable was easy but cutting Prime is daunting.

My decision to cancel Prime has happened before, but I feel that this year I will break free. I was looking into Walmart's, $35 free shipping approach & decided discretionary buying can beat that profit hog. Recently I made some needed & unneeded purchases through Prime. What a fiasco that has become. 'Running late' is their goto excuse. Out of 7 items ordered I still have 3 that are 'Running late' or maybe lost after almost 2 weeks of updates & promises. Being somewhat impatient the problems are getting on my nerves. So hitting the cancel button was a no-brainer coupled with changing my purchases with a little more patience & thought.

Prime is the only service you can't cancel when not being used. I've restarted HULU, Brit Box & NetFlix for their better content. All 3 can be paused or cancelled as needed.

ADDED: I only use the streaming & free shipping - nothing more I tried reading from my tablet (sorry not the same as the real thing).
 

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I use Prime Whole Foods grocery delivery - and it is an excellent service.

You can get free delivery of merchandise w/o Prime, but if time is important to you, Prime gets it to you quicker.

A person doesn't need to overspend, and shop frivolously with the service.
I stay away from their subscriptions.
 

Goodness me, you're paying way over the top for Prime.. £79 annually here...

At the price of fuel here it's much cheaper to shop with Amazon, than spend on petrol driving 30 mile round trip to the nearest large town, and then finding that it's not in stock and them recommending I buy online..which happens with monotonous regularity , and also dealing with surly staff

I don't subscribe to any of my purchases

I get next day delivery , same day in many cases.. and plenty other things.. Prime TV & Movies .. and loads more..
 
Thank you for the report. I have considered Prime for the movies.

These days I've basically given up on ordering anything from Amazon. When they shipped via the post office, it was okay, although there were some restrictions. But now it seems impossible to get anything delivered. So what's the point?
 
I only use streaming or free shipping NOTHING MORE I'm not tethered to my tech toys like others! Whatever you may use is your choice to use & enjoy not mine!
 
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I ditched Prime and don't miss it. "Running late" ✔️ "possibly lost" ✔️. Why am I paying for 2-day shipping? 🤨
I don't like kindle, don't use photo storage, play games, or listen to their music or podcasts and rarely watched videos, except for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”.

Overspending is not an issue. They can't make me buy what I don't want. I rarely have to have something immediately. So, 2-day shipping isn't necessary. If I need it that fast, I'll simply go get it. Despite the convenience of Amazon, I can still manage to drive to a store. It's less aggravating than wondering if it'll be delivered on time. At $25.00 for free shipping most merchandise usually comes in a few days, so I don't really need Prime.

If others think it's worth the price of admission, great. Do what works for you.

Bella✌️
 

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