by surfsteve » Fri Apr 28, 2017 8:25 am
The way I understand it is that the hundred dollars only covers items that are shipped free already when your order is over 35 dollars. Also instead of merely free shipping, the shipping becomes free 2 day shipping. Otherwise it can take up to a week but usually takes 3 days. To be fair they should also offer Amazon pantry items to everyone and just ship them at a cheaper and slower speed to non prime members. I think that would also be better for them in the long run because this pantry thing seems to be biting them in the ass.
The first time I got Amazon prime it was only 75 dollars and I used it to order a saw that I needed before the weekend. It would have cost 65 dollars to over night it so for ten dollars more I could still get it in time and have the service to use for the rest of the year for free.
I was more upset when they started charging 24 dollars more and added the free movies that I'll never watch than I am over them charging for the pantry items. I guess if I ate more junk food I'd be as upset as everyone else but luckily very few things I've wanted to order fall under prime.
I've noticed Walmart is trying to cash in on the action and is trying to compete with them. They do all right when you want something that they sell at another store but when it comes to 3rd party items the shipping is often outrageous and I just get disgusted for wasting my time looking.
Ebay is still the king for electronics. They are also king for ordering used parts and I have saved a fortune on repairing things I would have normally thrown away. The last thing I bought was a washer pump for 7 dollars that would have been over 50 had I purchased it new from an appliance store. I also have to thank Youtube for all the videos to fix things. What ever it is; if it's broke there's usually a Youtube video showing how to fix it and some guy somewhere selling the part of an old one real cheap. Seems like the new recycling is not cans or bottles but selling parts off of broken stuff that you would normally throw away. Thanks to Ebay junk yards and parting out is no longer limited to cars but extends to everything that breaks and can be fixed. I guess one way to look at it is the entire world has now become a junk yard where anybody can buy and sell parts off of anything, anywhere in the world!
You know why single men live longer than married men? Because they want to.