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It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription (slate.com)
submitted 10 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • The author canceled their Amazon Prime subscription on a whim and realized they didn't really need it.
  • Leaving Prime meant slower shipping but the author was happy to wait and still found the selection and delivery speed satisfactory.
  • Many people love Prime for its fast shipping and convenience, but some readers expressed ambivalence and considered canceling.

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One of the final nails in the coffin for me was when I tried to specify the delivery date to a day I would actually be in, and they completely ignored the instruction and delivered immediately. Like, I pay for that option, and you're not delivering the service.

I've also been getting free trials for Prime every so often, so I still get the benefits when I might need them (eg before Christmas). They did make it very hard to cancel, though, half the links didn't work and the instructions were out of date and didn't match the pages.

[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Was it an Amazon branded delivery truck? Sounds more like a shipping company fuck up if not

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No idea whether or not it was a branded truck (it was a while ago), but it wasn't under any other sort of brand - Amazon deliveries are done by people employed by or directly contracted for Amazon.

[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

All of my amazon packages come through UPS or the postal service. Not really sure how much interaction they actually have with Amazon

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

In the UK it's either Amazon vans or unmarked vans (eg a self employed person who is contracted by Amazon and uses their own vehicle).