Amazon's minimum order size for free shipping is now $35

Post by kwanbis » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 4:03 PM UTC

caw wrote: post #23

javindo wrote: post #5

Amazon UK used to be no limit but it's now £10 limit. However, this can be bypassed slightly by adding any media item (for example CD/book/DVD). A lot of people had fun finding the cheapest piece of media, I think someone found a warehouse full of 10p cassette tapes at one point being sold by a company and handled by Amazon, thus giving people 10p shipping for orders under £10. Regardless, if you have 4 friends you c…

The only downside with splitting the membership is that only the primary Prime account gets the free streaming and books for Kindle. Still a good deal though.

Post by criley2 » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 4:04 PM UTC

john61 wrote: post #46

codegeek wrote: post #17

I am amazed at how amazon remains doing business with so low margins or no profits. We love amazon at my house and being Prime members, we are almost ordering everything under the sun from Amazon that we possibly can. Here is why we love it: - The reviews are actually useful. I just bought a 70 inch TV through amazon and the critical and helpful reviews really helped me get going with settings on the TV that would ha…

Reasons not to buy from amazon: https://stallman.org/amazon.html

Post by kenrikm » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 4:06 PM UTC

leef wrote: post #47

xn wrote: post #18

The "no minimum order size" statement about Prime is a bit disingenuous. Many low-cost items are now Add-On Items ( http://amzn.to/1a4NFBI ), meaning that Amazon will only ship them in an order of at least $25. Prime has become a bit less useful over the past year due to the introduction of Add-On Items.

Add-On items are items that are not economical enough to be in the Prime program by themselves but can be thrown in a box already on it's way to you. Without the Add-On program they would not be Prime shippable at all. Therefore Add-On items are just an improvement to Prime.

Post by uptown » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 4:07 PM UTC

BillyMaize wrote: post #38

codegeek wrote: post #17

I am amazed at how amazon remains doing business with so low margins or no profits. We love amazon at my house and being Prime members, we are almost ordering everything under the sun from Amazon that we possibly can. Here is why we love it: - The reviews are actually useful. I just bought a 70 inch TV through amazon and the critical and helpful reviews really helped me get going with settings on the TV that would ha…

Same here. My girlfriend and I both buy basically all non food items from Amazon because we live in a small town and we are a 20 minute interstate drive away from any stores other than krogers. This has saved us a ton of money on gas and lots of time that easily makes up for the prime cost each year. The one time I have had to return a package was very easy as well. I can't imagine ever going back to spending gas mon…

Post by Aldo_MX » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 4:11 PM UTC

Pxtl wrote: post #36

therobot24 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

- inventory is limited? which amazon website are you visiting? - anecdotal, but in the several years of using amazon, never had a problem with any of the 'non-amazon' sellers. There are ratings for a reason. That's like saying you didn't get what you wanted from one ebay listing so all of ebay is bad - reviews don't mean nothing..what's your problem with the current reviews. Like anything you read, take it with a gra…

> - inventory is limited? which amazon website are you visiting? Idunno, maybe he's Canadian? Amazon.ca is a joke compared to the American inventory.