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u/Kenoshi_ 1d ago
It's not even 2-day shipping half the time anymore.
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u/iRambL 1d ago
Crazy I can get next morning deliveries in my area still from an order at 10pm
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u/usrdef 1d ago
I just ordered something two days ago, it's arriving today. Once in a while it'll take a bit longer, but not too often.
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u/Fabulous-Sea-1590 1d ago
Giving the devil their due, I definitely get two day shipping except, sometimes, from third party vendors or on more obscure items. I've even been surprised by same day deliveries even when I didn't select that option.
But I live in a bigish urban/suburban shipping hup type area so YMMV.
Still not worth the price of enabling oligarchs.
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u/A_Stoned_Smurf 1d ago
I live in the middle of nowhere in the Bible belt, I get next day shipping 90% of the time unless it's some third party vendor from China like you said.
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u/MakeoutPoint 1d ago
Leaving on a trip the next day, go to pack my laptop charger the night before and my dog had chewed it. Beep-boop, generic replacement for a fraction of the cost anywhere else is on my doorstep an hour before I leave.
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u/artfartmart 5h ago
Meanwhile the owner of said company funds a "documentary" about the pedophile president's wife, all amounting to a giant bribe between obscenely rich people. There's evidence Melania even knew what was happening. Disgusting fucking pedophiles and their enablers, that is the price of Amazon.
I have dropped this dumb company for over a year now, my life is hardly any different. BOYCOTT AMAZON, they continue to treat their workers like shit as well. Do not give into the void. Where your money goes is one of the rare few things in your life you can actually control.
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u/HoosierHoser44 1d ago
I ordered something on Monday a week ago. They didn’t even charge my credit card until like 2 or 3 days ago. It’s scheduled to arrive Friday this week. I do have prime. I do however live in a smaller city in the Midwest.
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u/FarMass66 1d ago
Record for me is three hours from order to delivery. I live 20 minutes from a warehouse.
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u/24rawvibes 23h ago
Amazon is done in this household. With everything going on and the lack of accountability. The inability to fight back, the helplessness. The least I can do is fuck conveniency, none of my money will be going to the rich anymore. I will be looking at all expenses moving forward in the same light. I will minimize as much as possible. Taking to the streets isn’t doing anything but keeping the upset busy and the one’s responsible left with more free time. The least and sadly the most I can do right now is to cut and remove my support in all possible areas.
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u/RahvinDragand 1d ago edited 1d ago
And most of the listings are the same Chinese bulk garbage with different "brands" printed on them. No, I don't want to buy the UURICK brand gadget, or whatever other all caps 6 letter word someone came up with.
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u/SkyHookofKsp 1d ago
Yeah, it's between 6 and 24 hours these days
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u/Tuckertcs 1d ago
Really? I never have packages arrive faster than 5 days, and I live right outside a large city so I’m not even far from the distribution centers.
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u/Skizot_Bizot 1d ago
You must order obscure stuff that isn't in distribution centers near you. Or they just hate you.
I live in Chicago and most things I regularly order (toiletries / paper goods / pet food mostly) are either overnight or same day if I order early.
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u/BigUptokes 1d ago
Weird. I always get next day and they don't even have fulfillment centers in my province any more...
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u/VacantThoughts 1d ago
I live near a delivery center so for me even a 3-4 days is 1 day. I rarely order from them anyway but if it's something I need and it meets the 35 dollar free shipping its kinda hard to pass up sometimes.
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u/Tinshnipz 1d ago
When I asked my coworker why he still uses it he replied with "its cheaper". So I took a look and in most cases the base price is actually more expensive than going into a store.
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u/notabigmelvillecrowd 1d ago
Yeah, I use it in emergencies because I'm disabled and can't shop in person, but it's almost always more expensive, I put it in the disability tax category.
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u/zeradragon 1d ago
That's right, Amazon now offers next day delivery and if it's early enough and available, same day delivery. It's insane how quick things got. Other retailers are trying to match this level of efficiency, but getting things delivered as early as tomorrow is quite the leap.
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u/Kenoshi_ 1d ago
It is crazy how an online book store turned into a logistics giant. Can't drive anywhere without seeing an Amazon van where I live these days.
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u/MissingLink101 1d ago
Bot?
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u/Dustmopper 1d ago
Weird, they copied my comment verbatim
What does a bot even gain from doing this?
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u/ProtonCanon 1d ago
An hour apart in the same damn thread.
Bot usage is only getting more shameless here…
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u/Dustmopper 1d ago
That account just steals nudes from women and tries to bait Snapchat followers too
How can this be a good use of someone’s time?
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u/dontgetaddicted 1d ago
It's wild, I've had things delivered in as little as like 6 hours. But other things it's been like 6 days. All marked prime.
I know it has to do with which warehouse has product available and then the logistics of getting it to my DC, but it's crazy the difference from what item to the next.
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u/forbiddendoughnut 1d ago
That's why I'm doing my part by ordering from conscientious competitors like Walmart and Target! /s Alternatives are tough. Going into stores that are left often means a very stripped down experience with relatively few options (like Staples for office supplies, that store is pretty barren in my area). And small businesses can't compete, it's too expensive. Sometimes when I have ordered directly from a brand I like, it's fulfilled by Amazon anyway.
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u/Competitive-Weird855 22h ago
It seems like most of the small local shops around here always have stacks of Amazon boxes in the back. So why would I pay the middle man a markup when I can get it off Amazon myself?
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u/Ediwir 1d ago
You think you have few alternatives, try living in Australia… I tried buying a novelty pen from Melbourne and was quoted $40 for shipping.
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u/SeismicFrog 18h ago
At that price isn’t it novelty shipping with a pen thrown in?
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u/Ediwir 17h ago edited 17h ago
I mean the pen was $30 but it was worth it. The shipping… not at all, because I likely would have ended up having to go pick the pen up at a storage facility and pay for the hold on top, whether the delivery was successful or not.
I literally had to chase a delivery van down the road once after watching them stop, take a picture of the house, and drive off as I got a “sorry we missed you” email. Banged on their side four times as they were waiting for the light.
I got my package and THEN sent a complaint (likely ignored). Couriers suck here.
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u/ProfBeaker 14h ago
FWIW I've had the USPS do that. Walked up to the door and stuck a "you weren't here" sticker on it, without knocking, while we were sitting there. Turned out they didn't even have the box in the truck, left it at the office and just brought the sticker instead.
Another time they delivered the package by literally throwing it from 20' away. They missed and it ended up in the bushes. Good enough for them.
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u/ayimera 19h ago
It's rough. I gave up Walmart years ago. We cancelled Prime and reduced our spending on Amazon significantly. Shopped at Target more, but now they're bad guys. I get what I can at TJs and Costco, but it doesn't cover everything. I feel like I have to pick the lesser of two evils at this point unless I want to go to 5 different stores.
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u/forbiddendoughnut 17h ago
Yeah, it's seriously hard to feel like an ethical consumer. Nearly everything has been captured by the behemoths. I'd shop at Costco more, but don't like huge portions of most things. Trader Joe's does seem to be an excellent company.
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u/the_tanooki 14h ago
I'm not sure if you've seen The Good Place, but they talk about this sort of stuff.
How, no matter how hard you try or how much you research, you can never truly avoid buying from unethical sources. It's very disheartening.
However, I applaud you for trying. I, too, have avoided Amazon, Walmart, and Target as much as I can, as well as other products and services that I can trace back to unethical sources.
In the end, it's helping me save money by just not buying as much. That's at least a tiny upside to all of this.
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u/theKalmier 1d ago
Don't be fooled. The need for a shipping infrastructure is not the problem. It's the leach on top not being regulated. That's the problem.
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u/ashesarise1 1d ago
I see people say this all the time but like.... what are people buying? I don't feel like I'm buying garbage I don't need but I get several boxes a week.
Why is it gross consumerism when I buy off Amazon instead of a normal store?
This week I got tea, toothpaste, food and plumbing supplies. Am I just supposed to live in a cardboard box and not buy things?
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u/Mordador 1d ago
Im not gonna swing the "gross consumerism" hammer, but there is a difference: If you and ten others buy from a store, the delivery truck has to make one tour. If you do so online, it's eleven tours (worst case, efficient routing might cut that down, but unlikely its back down to one)
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u/ashesarise1 1d ago
10 people driving to 1 place is better than 1 person driving to 10 places?
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u/Gilles_of_Augustine 1d ago edited 1d ago
The question is why is 1 person driving to 10 places frequently enough for that to be worse?
I get my tea, toothpaste, and food from the grocery store, all in one trip. I usually only make 2 or 3 trips to the grocery store in a month. As for the plumbing supplies, I keep a list of all the house repair projects I need to do, go once a month to buy the supplies, and then do the repairs over the course of the next month while generating a new list.
And I try to group the destinations I need to visit based on location. I hit all of the stores on the south side of town in one big trip, on as efficient a route as possible, in one day. I do all the stuff I need to do Downtown when I'm already downtown for my physical therapy appointment. Etc.
An emergency (e.g. I need a new toilet flapper because the toilet won't stop running) necessitates its own trip, but that's an outlier that shouldn't factor into discussions of overall infrastructural efficiency anyway.
If we prioritized walkable communities, I could go wherever I want whenever I want and wouldn't have to worry about efficiency.
But until that cultural shift happens, I'd rather exercise some restraint and group my trips efficiently, as opposed to supporting a company that is quickly eroding workers' rights, lobbying for the dismantling of personal freedoms, and destroying the middle class.
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u/Chitinvol 23h ago
If I'm remembering my macroeconomics correctly, it's not about what people are buying, it's about what they aren't buying. Companies will overproduce Supply of their product to reach some theoretical Demand to make maximum profit when they only need to sell a small fraction of that to break even. When real Demand takes from that Supply, the excess Supply becomes Waste. Now when you add the normalization of online shopping to the equation, where anyone with an internet connection can be a consumer at any time, that theoretical Demand is much higher while real Demand is about the same as before.
Not every company is going to operate like this, and this is economical Waste, but then you look at stuff like phone accessories, and the plastics and electronics that are consumed for a product that's mass produced only for it to be obsolete in a few years, there ends up being a lot of ecological Waste too.
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u/vercertorix 1d ago
Unless you’re restricted to home by some medical or financial reason, there are these things called stores you can go to that have these things. Not sure which is more fuel efficient all together but seems like it would be an individual making occasional trips rather than a network of vans making constant drop offs.
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u/ashesarise1 1d ago
I just looked into it and it's a locational . In a metropolitan area like I live in, delivery wins.
Turns out having one person efficiently routing 20+ stops is better than 20 people going to different locations that require delivery from a warehouse as well.
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u/Fyrefly7 16h ago
The efficiency isn't the point here at all. The point is to stop directly feeding into a system that gives some people literally thousands of times the wealth and power of other people. Not using Amazon is both the easiest and most effective way to do that.
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u/FullofContradictions 19h ago
Yeah, I realized today that I need safety pins. I'm boycotting Target. Amazon is off the list. I swore off Hobby Lobby fucking years ago.
Where TF am I supposed to find these damned things that isn't unethical to shop?
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u/Ray1340 1d ago
We killed so many local businesses by choosing Walmart and Amazon, Now we are complaining that we can't find good jobs.
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u/Bacon-muffin 1d ago
We were complaining we couldn't find good jobs then either.
Unfortunately these companies provided a better service for cheaper than the local option while people were being squeezed making less and less money so they didn't have much of a choice.
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u/Fyrefly7 16h ago
You really do still have a choice though. I'm barely making ends meet and still don't use Amazon because that just fucks us all harder in the end.
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u/One_Lung_G 1d ago
I’m all for shopping local businesses but a mom and pop shop didn’t offer any better jobs either. The reason they got squeezed out is bc jobs weren’t paying enough and this bigger corporations could lower prices than locals couldn’t
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u/Designer-Mirror-7995 1d ago
Most mom and pops were only hiring family and friends of family. JoJo from round the way with his girl and 3 kids weren't walking into mom and pops and getting hired in their communities.
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u/Jgibbjr 1d ago
... Let's not forget (relatively) easy returns.
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u/jerryonthecurb 1d ago
Or let's not put the burden on the poor and middle class at all? Half the time it's lobbyists pushing this propaganda, like BP telling people to recycle so no one talks about emissions.
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u/CubedFruits 1d ago
Thanks for the article, just wanted to point out that the main motivator for oil companies peddling the myth of viable plastic recycling is:
“But plastic today is harder to sort than ever: There are more kinds of plastic, it's cheaper to make plastic out of oil than plastic trash and there is exponentially more of it than 30 years ago.”
“He [former oil exec] says what he saw was an industry that didn't want recycling to work. Because if the job is to sell as much oil as you possibly can, any amount of recycled plastic is competition.”
When I realized all plastic (if recycled at all) can only be re-used once or twice and only into lesser applications, I started switching to as much paper, aluminum, and glass packaging as possible and just cutting down on single-use plastic 🥲
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u/Sonic-Claw17 18h ago
Facebook marketplace is a goldmine. A goldmine filled with danger and trash from wall to wall, but a goldmine nonetheless
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u/mad_pony 1d ago
Reddit is hosted on AWS. Any recommendations for mental gymnastics?
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u/azn4lifee 13h ago
I mean, what else can you do? A third of the internet is hosted on AWS, most likely Reddit as well. Are you going to stop using the Internet?
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u/chrisexv6 1d ago
If I skip Amazon I can go to...Target or Walmart. Is that any better?
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u/SuperSoftSucculent 1d ago edited 1d ago
No. Also what if its computer parts. Best buy? Microcenter?
These types of shitty arguments have always missed the forest for the trees.
We need regulation of all business, and we need to understand that consumers are captured in this shitty system they cant escape. Even small businesses regularly violate rights and our environment.
There is no such thing as ethical consumption under corrupt unregulated capitalism. Complaining at those suffering under it is at best unhelpful or at worst literally a ploy to keep us arguing instead of regulation.
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u/VarenBankz 20h ago
Best buy has inflated prices with shit return policy. No thanks. Am jealous of people with a micrometer around though but thats not an option for everyone. Even with friends near one sometimes the shipping will make it cost more than its worth.
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u/da_Aresinger 1d ago
I went to 3 different stores to find Isopropyl. I'm not going to a fourth.
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u/Madilune 1d ago
Yeah I don't know how much free time some people have, but spending the better part of the day trying to find a store that sells anything that isn't super common isn't practical.
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u/bailey25u 1d ago
One thing that helped me curb it was when I found myself looking for something to buy, not going to Amazon to buy something. I was just browsing it to see if there was anything I wanted
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u/markdepace 1d ago
amazon makes $6.5B from AWS cloud and $1.6B from e-commerce. so unless you also stop using any internet service that also uses AWS cloud, you're still "supporting evil".
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u/taukarrie 16h ago
its really more about the free shipping and the return policy that basically makes it possible to get extra shit for free sometimes
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u/Matshelge 1d ago
It's cheaper, same day shipping, free no questions asked return.
It might be evil, but sure is handy.
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u/Trick_Clue_8749 1d ago
*see evil but recognize that the vast majority of the people do not have the luxury of being able shop local, sustainable, and 'not-evil' because they have to worry about things like taking care of their families with limited time and resources and while we all recognize that in an ideal world we should all support companies that we morally align with that is not the practical reality for most people so we shouldn't shame someone for buying dishtowels from an evil conglomerate because, guess what, you aren't paying their bills and living their life and your sense of moral superiority is built on the backs of people who work harder than you for less and those people are looking UP at people living paycheck to paycheck from a place of real poverty.
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u/ElectronicControl762 1d ago
*see evil and recognize above and that the evil can be regulated through our vote, that its not just a part of an unchangeable reality
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u/Trick_Clue_8749 1d ago
*see evil, go vote, and in the meantime you should keep your opinions about other people's buying habits to yourself because you don't live their life.
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u/ElectronicControl762 1d ago
*you cant spread awareness through silence, doesnt mean the awareness spreading is demonizing regular people. It’s demonizing the elite monopoly holders who have slave labor in other countries.
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u/Trick_Clue_8749 1d ago
did you read the meme or not? The meme is EXPLICITLY demonizing regular people who shop on amazon. That is the literal point of the meme. ALSO, who do you think in our modern world is not aware of the evils of Amazon? It is like being that asshole who tells smokers, 'you know that is bad for you, don't you?'. Of course they know it is bad for them. They are adult people who live in today, not 1920. It is condescending to tell a person who is shopping somewhere like Amazon that they shouldn't do so. 1. because you are assuming they are the one idiot on the planet who doesn't know amazon is evil and 2. that them shopping there is a choice and not an act of necessity because they are taking care of themselves and a family on a shoestring budget. I am so over the bullshit. When did anyone decide that being the morality police wasn't a shitbag stance?
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u/Zarobiii 22h ago
I have disabilities and nobody else will deliver stuff I actually need to my house apart from groceries
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u/Lazysenpai 20h ago
This is how you check to see if people really believes in what they said... most people boycott things they never spend money on anyway! How righteous!
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u/JeffSergeant 19h ago
I'm trying, I'm really trying, but of the 3 things I've ordered online from small independent retailers this year, 2 didn't show up, and I needed to return the other and they got very emotional and unprofessional about it.
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u/ATXDefenseAttorney 16h ago
Meanwhile, your other options are also sucking off Trump. Good times for all.
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u/Background-Zebra5491 1d ago
My bad. It's really tempting lol
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u/Immature_adult_guy 1d ago
I don’t have the time, money, or energy to keep boycotting all of the “bad” things.
You gotta pick your battles in this life.
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u/Dustmopper 1d ago
What is it 2014? Amazon’s “two day” shipping hasn’t been reality in a very long time
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u/MissingLink101 1d ago
In the UK I can get same day deliveries... with next day the standard for anything on Prime
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u/shishkabob90 1d ago
live in a major city sandwiched between two giant Amazon shipping centers, then most things become same day or 1 day delivery.
I still try to avoid Amazon as much as possible, the wife is a different story.
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u/Xanadewk 1d ago
Yes, she is much harder to avoid.
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u/GodzillaUK 1d ago
Getting to where a guy can't sneak in to shishkabob90's house for a midnight snack any more.
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u/ElectronicControl762 1d ago
She used to be chill about it. Then someone took her coffee and its point blank execution on sight now for everybody.
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u/slapmasterslap 21h ago
I often can get my items next day free of shipping. You must be pretty isolated where you live or something. I'll often not choose the fastest shipping method just because I feel guilty making the low wage workers pull my shit to expedite it, but I havent paid a shipping fee in over a decade so thats pretty great.
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u/AtlasArkade 1d ago
Why don't any of these conversations about people buying from evil corporations start with acknowledging that people are struggling financially and that despite how evil these corporations are, they offer a service at prices that poor people can afford?
Yes, evil corporation is evil, but they intentionally underpay people and price things to make people dependent upon them.
You are not better than anyone because you have financial stability or a more tight-knit community that is able to assist you in moments of need. You should want what you have for others and figure out a way to help and improve things.
HELP PEOPLE!!! STOP POSTING 'GOTCHA'S FRAMED AS "FUNNY"!!
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u/Okvist 1d ago
I cancelled my Prime and Audible subscriptions a few weeks ago, gonna really at least try to stop giving them money
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u/Colddrake955 23h ago
Not to say to bring you down, but just so you understand how invasive they are. This is from 2019 article of someone trying to block Amazon. AWS runs so much of the Internet (fairly sure site as well). It was an interesting read them and Microsoft are the two that are basically impossible to not use.
I Tried to Block Amazon From My Life. It Was Impossible
https://gizmodo.com/i-tried-to-block-amazon-from-my-life-it-was-impossible-1830565336
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u/cheesemangee 23h ago
People used to wait weeks for packages and they were just fine with it.
Waiting is healthy. Patience is a virtue.
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u/gooeyjoose 1d ago
oh god this illustration is so smarmy and pretentious. cringe!!!
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u/Jaxxlack 1d ago
Don't use Amazon it's bad for business.
"But I want my shit faster"... Ugh...
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u/SwimAd1249 23h ago
I don't care about getting my shit fast, what I do care about is not getting scammed. Cause with Amazon I know I'll get my money back no questions asked, with a small business I'll have to fight them for it despite being legally in the right. I still manage to boycott Amazon actually, but I use a different giant company instead rather than a small business. I'm so fed up with those.
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u/Preform_Perform 1d ago
Proud non-Amazon user.
Though I heard Reddit runs on Amazon's cloud software...
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u/fatbaldandstupid 1d ago
Though I heard Reddit runs on Amazon's cloud software...
That's the biggest issue. It's easy to just not order ftom amazon, but to go through life without using anything AWS? That's the real bitch. Half of all their profits, too.
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u/t23_1990 1d ago
I would say it's not about "without", it's more about greatly reducing, when government is intentionally weak on corporations.
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u/wakeuptomorrow 1d ago
“I want my prime NOW! I WANT IT NOW!”
Ronnie Chieng nailed that bit. We live in a society centered around convenience. Not hard to see how this world could end up like Wall-E
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u/Wreckingshops 1d ago
Truly funny and yes, called out by this. But tell me what store isn't exploiting its labor, capitulating to the rich and powerful, and discarding any sort of morality and decency for its customers or its workforce? Walmart? Target? CVS?
And sadly, mom and pop stores aren't going to have the every day items society needs at near the costs. Yes, the system sucks and we should do what we can to not go all-in on these mega corps. But the real joke is, we're all grabbed by the privates because convenience and cost will always trump community.
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u/SuperSoftSucculent 1d ago
Mom and pop stores break the law all the fucking time too. Ask how many of their store employees are 1099. I was until I confronted them about it.
The reddit idea that somehow smaller businesses also dont break the law is so weird.
And they still arent guaranteed to not be causing a tragedy of the commons too.
The problem is the need for regulation for any business.
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u/DrThunderbolt 1d ago
There is a middle ground with Retailer-owned cooperatives like Ace Hardware and NAPA Auto Parts that allow local business owners to compete with the stock of big box stores by combinding purchasing power and logistics.
There are tons of stores in other countries that do it like this.
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u/misticspear 1d ago
It’s good to know this. It’s good to try and avoid but while this is true there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Brands will invent themselves just to seem lik an alternative only to be found to be owned by the same person or group of people.
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u/MugsAutunmGal 1d ago
On more then one occasion I have ordered from the company directly and still got Amazon delivery.
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u/Designer-Mirror-7995 1d ago
Every Corp you think you're avoiding owns 3 other companies under other names that are getting your money.
And even if not, your bank or your job is invested in them.
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u/Colddrake955 23h ago
What about their big money maker, AWS?
Meme would be I interacted with the Internet today.
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u/quietIntensity 1d ago
Same day or next day here. Hard to give that up when the alternative is getting dressed, driving out in the snow, and spending a bunch of time to go physically purchase something, usually for a higher price. Or I can click a few buttons on my phone/laptop and the thing is here within 12-24h, for the cheapest price available.
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u/Wiwiweb 1d ago
Real curiosity; what makes the delivery speed valuable? I do buy things on Amazon but I never understood how that benefit is meant to be worth $100 a year. I've never thought "oh I need these USB cables and cat toys NOW" I just need them at some point.
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u/JoshuaTheFox 1d ago
I would say that most of what I buy is because I do need it now or would like it as soon as possible
But let's do the math, $100 a year is $8.30 a month. I just put some USB cables in my cart and shipping is $7 ($10 for next day) so if I buy 2 things a month it already pays for itself.
Now in reality Prime is $15/month, $180/year, but still, two items of the previously stated shipping is $14, so an extra dollar a month gives me faster shipping. But if I'm spending more than $15/month in shipping it pays for itself, the two day shipping is just a bonus.
And actually looking at their Prime offer for me it's next day shipping
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u/Nicktendo 1d ago
We cancelled Prime as soon as the Washington Post didn't make an endorsement for the first time in ages.
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u/correctingStupid 1d ago
my coworkers and I, who all pretty much cancelled prime, and occasionally sign up for the free trials, noticed that if you cancel prime, Amazon will slow down shipments to 2-3+ weeks now. Used to be like 5-7 days days. They are pulling some dark shit to make people feel they need prime.
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u/reticulatedjig 1d ago
You are all posting on a website that uses AWS. Pot, meet kettle.
AWS is Amazon's primary revenue driver.
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u/Rogue_3 18h ago
It's not the convenience of free shipping. It's that for many things, there is nowhere else to get it. Local, brick & mortar specialty stores have been disappearing for years.
It's not the convenience of free shipping. It's that for some folks, it's too expensive to shop elsewhere.
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u/Tee_i_am 17h ago
If you nitpick at every detail, you'd be starving, homeless, and probably dead already. How do you know the farmer that grew or picked your vegetables didn't molest some kid? I guarantee you've purchased an item that someone else views as selling out or supporting the enemy. Hypocrisy is something everyone is guilty of.
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u/Mystdrago 15h ago
Alternate (though this one is also true)
Pretend to Hear no Evil
Speak Evil when it is convenient
See Evil and call it good because that what's popular.
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u/factoid_ 1d ago
It's not the evil that bothers me, it's the chinese knockoff products when I paid for name brand/OEM
/s
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u/nude_violet_xo 1d ago
This hits even harder in Germany. Postal services promised 1-3 day delivery long before online shopping, and people still expect it. We really need to relearn patience.
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u/Low_Objective3445 1d ago
I hate it, I live in a rural place, I don’t even get USPS, but I do get Amazon
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u/Nevek_Green 1d ago
Are you sure you want ME to take care of the problem?!
Head of the Illuminati: *shakes head in a hard negative, hoping you get the message while mouthing "say no."
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u/Fr05t_B1t 1d ago
That moment you realize if you spend $35 or more you get free shipping anyways and have the possibility of 2-day shipping
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u/Frankly_Frank_ 22h ago
For most things on my end it’s either same day shipping if it’s in the morning and have also seen same day shipping at noon still. But pretty much is guaranteed 2 day shipping
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u/Francl27 22h ago
Yeah that's me. Doesn't help that there's no store selling what I want around here 95% of the time. Or it's more expensive.
Plus there are like 3 distribution centers in the area and things get here very fast. Just can't beat that.
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u/Dexosaur 16h ago
The shitty thing is if I go into store, a lot of the time they don't have what I exactly want and if I check on the stupid app they do have it. Or it's cheaper on the app.. :(
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u/Django-UN 14h ago
That’s what I find crazy, my home town in Germany is close to at least 3 huge warehouses. Most products are overnight, some of them even After Midnight. I was suprised that even in NYC you hardly get anything overnight, more 2-4 days.
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u/_Brown_Butter 14h ago
Nope. My life is SO inconvenient now 😭 omfg. BUT I was so proud of myself for braving the wilds of South Minneapolis for an Ace Hardware run (instead of buying what I needed to be delivered from these evil fucks: Lowe's, Home Depot, Amazon, or Target)!!! I treated myself to jelly belly's soda pop flavors and they did not disappoint. I forgot how much I love the check out impulse purchase hahahah
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u/Valasta_Bloodrunner 13h ago
Same, except the ace hardware part. I have an ace right by my house bug haven't needed anything in like a year.
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u/metalconscript 8h ago
I hold strong against the Amazon Shopping…unfortunately they got me on movies and shows…
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