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What about hbo max?
How about you just don’t consume what they make? Not paying is one thing (which I am against) for something you consume, you still give their shows relevance and make them popular though.
Feel free to not consume anything you don’t want to
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Prime video isn’t really a stand alone service. What is the alternative to Amazon Prime. I don’t mean how does one avoid buying stuff on Amazon. I mean what is a one for one replacement of one site that you can buy almost anything from and get it delivered for free.
I stopped paying for prime well over a year ago and yet they still give me all my prime benefits for some odd reason. I try not to use Amazon when at all possible regardless
I try but I’m 30 miles from anything that isn’t Walmart or a far supply store. There are times when Amazon is my only option.
You don’t need to have prime to buy stuff on Amazon.
This is what I was trying to avoid. You missed the “one for one” part. You are correct that you do not need Amazon Prime device stuff off of Amazon. Amazon Prime is what I’m asking about where you can order stuff from the same website and get free delivery within 2 days on average.
If you order from Amazon without Amazon Prime not only does Amazon still make money but they make more money off you. Your solution is counterproductive.
So don’t order stuff from Amazon.
You might be inconvenienced, but that’s life.
Inconvenienced? I don’t think you understand the situation. My income last year was less than $20k. Things happen or they don’t. There is no inconvenience level. That’s for people with options. It’s not “it would be inconvenient for me to drive 60 miles and pay more for something I want”. It’s “I have exhausted all local resources to find this necessity for free. Now that I have to pay I need to do it at the absolute lowest price that will actually fix the issue.”
I’m literally over here carving my own wooden spoons to replace my 20 years old ones that are dying and you are implying I’m impulse shopping for non essentials.
Do you always offer advice without knowing anything?
Sounds pretty inconvenient to have to use more than one website to solve your problem, if you ask me
I’m not opposed to more than one site but the firm benefit of Amazon is free shipping without an order minimum and then having everything. Sometimes I need pet meds and I have to use all kinds of obscure sites for that stuff become Amazon doesn’t have it or it requires a prescription that isn’t in the budget.
I think what happened here is that I asked for an Amazon alternative and because no one could think of one they decided to make up things to complain about instead of admitting they didn’t know of any alternative other than “don’t buy things even if you need them or just drive 60 miles and pay more.”
I think what happened here is you’re conflating “inconvenience” with “impossibility”
The alternate to Amazon is to do what we did before Amazon.
If you order from Amazon without Amazon Prime not only does Amazon still make money but they make more money off you.
Depends how much shit you’re ordering from Amazon. Which, if the amount you’re saving on shipping is more than the cost of a Prime subscription, you’re probably buying way too much shit from Amazon.
(Did you know that there are local stores where you can go and buy stuff and get it immediately, without having to wait for any delivery at all? And they don’t even charge for that!)
I order maybe four times a year. I’m not buying shit. I’m buying essentials that would cost more in a retail store and require two gallons of gasoline per round trip. Cows outnumber people on my block. I’m not buying things I don’t need. My “walk in and buy stuff” options are a Walmart. And not much more. I’m not looking for condescending people who didn’t understand the assignment. I’m looking for what I asked.
I order maybe four times a year.
Then paying for prime probably isn’t saving you money. It would be cheaper to just pay the shipping costs 4 times a year.
Thank you for being the expert on my situation that I’m obviously unqualified to be. Since you have all my data please make sure you file my taxes on time. I don’t want a repeat of last year where a stranger who claimed to know all my stuff failed to get it filed by the deadline.
What is the alternative to Amazon Prime. I don’t mean how does one avoid buying stuff on Amazon. I mean what is a one for one replacement of one site that you can buy almost anything from and get it delivered for free.
The alternative is that you:
A) Don’t buy stuff online needlessly.
B) When you have to buy stuff online, you pay for delivery.
It is impossible to needlessly buy anything at my income level. Having to budget for al a cart delivery would put most items out of budget. I’m 30 miles from anything that isn’t a Walmart. I’m not looking for buy nothing strategies. I’m not looking for “just pay shipping”. I’m looking for an Amazon like alternative that will deliver most of the things I need at a lowish price without burning two gallons of fuel.
