The Best Thing About Amazon Was Never Going to Last | If shopping on the site feels different now, that’s because it is::If shopping on the site feels different now, that’s because it is.

  • Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Last week I canceled my Amazon Prime membership. It felt so good on so many levels. I asked myself why I am paying prime membership? For expedited shipping on products I haven’t purchased yet and don’t know what they will be? To pay for products that will be shipped in two days instead of 5 days? I can wait. If it’s urgent, I will go to a brick and mortar. Finally, for Amazon prime video, a crappy streaming service in comparison? I hardly use this streaming service. It was an easy decision.

    • valkyre09@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I tend to pick up prime every few months or so when I know we’ll be making a few purchases - birthdays, Christmas etc.

      About 2 months ago I did my usual google search for the prime sign up link. Hit the student page by mistake. Whatever, I thought, it’ll realise I’m not a student and bill me correctly when I don’t prove it.

      Nope, I’m still on a 6 month trial and still not entirely sure how I pulled it off. But hey, that’s money better in my pocket than Jeffrey’s.

      • Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        That happened to me somehow and there was no way to correct it. It lasted for over 2 years for me if I remember correctly