The main benefit of Prime is savings on shipping. Without it, Amazon’s far too expensive. Maybe they slow shipping speed for regular customers, but seems like they’d shoot themselves in the foot. Who pays extra shipping and waits twice as long? In any case, if you’re going to use Amazon, you’re all but forced to buy Prime. Which is fine by me. I can’t afford the 20-mile roundtrip to town and the extra price on other sites.
Of course this is a thread about software where people pay $40 to get cold McDonald’s delivered, so maybe consumers are even dumber than I thought.
Must be different depending on which country you live?
I had prime for a while (because people in my family wanted to try amazon video) and the included discounts were basically ridiculous discounts (like, 2% and often only if you subscribed to a recurring order) and the difference on delivery speed was that I got the “your order has been shipped” email the same day I ordered rather that a couple days later (which seems to be the norm when I get the free delivery without prime).
The main benefit of Prime is savings on shipping. Without it, Amazon’s far too expensive. Maybe they slow shipping speed for regular customers, but seems like they’d shoot themselves in the foot. Who pays extra shipping and waits twice as long? In any case, if you’re going to use Amazon, you’re all but forced to buy Prime. Which is fine by me. I can’t afford the 20-mile roundtrip to town and the extra price on other sites.
Of course this is a thread about software where people pay $40 to get cold McDonald’s delivered, so maybe consumers are even dumber than I thought.
Must be different depending on which country you live?
I had prime for a while (because people in my family wanted to try amazon video) and the included discounts were basically ridiculous discounts (like, 2% and often only if you subscribed to a recurring order) and the difference on delivery speed was that I got the “your order has been shipped” email the same day I ordered rather that a couple days later (which seems to be the norm when I get the free delivery without prime).