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It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription (slate.com)

submitted 3 months ago by return2ozma to c/frugal

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[–] Ibaudia 2 points 2 months ago

I really need to cancel my membership. Most things I really want can be bought on Ebay open-box for cheaper. Any daily essentials I just go to Sam's Club or Aldi.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Ignoring the other benefits to prime outside of shipping, this is a major caveat:

"Amazon still ships free when your cart is above $35, albeit a few days slower. "

Most people are fine with slower, but if you're forced to make your order $35 to get free shipping, you're likely buying stuff you don't want/need just to get to that amount.

Just to save like $10 a month?

I don't think you save money by cancelling, unless you actually don't buy stuff from Amazon to begin with.

For me, having Prime is still worth it. Several grocery items are still cheaper from Amazon, and ordering for same/next day means I don't have to waste time/money/energy going to a store to get that same item.

But that doesn't mean I won't cancel the moment Prime stops being a good value.

[–] jg1i 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

if you’re forced to make your order $35 to get free shipping, you’re likely buying stuff you don’t want/need just to get to that amount.

Nnnnooo. I'm pretty sure I need toilet paper. My order was $33 for the main stuff I needed to buy and then I threw in toilet paper to push the order over $35. I needed that anyway.

Also, you could ask your spouse if anything else is needed around the house. Also, also, you could just wait until you need something else and batch the orders into 1 order over $35, instead of ordering a bunch of single $5 items.

If you really need something urgently, then it's perfectly fine to pay for shipping. But this probably doesn't happen very often.

It's really not that hard. You should try it. Cancel Prime for 3 months. If you hate living without it after 3 months, then you can resubscribe. There's no penalties.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

the third party delivery companies using Amazon painted trucks is a new form of racketeering for organized crime.

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