My activity has dropped on amazon significantly in the last 1year. The prices on amazon.com have gone up, I always find something cheaper else where online including shipping. And now this, just cancelled my subscription.
Amazon Prime To Cost $99 A Year
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#62The quality of this service is hit and miss. Sometimes they use a reliable carrier like UPS, other times they send things via USPS so they can be stolen. With this price increase, and their inability (I've asked multiple times) to determine what carrier they will ship with and ship with a reliable carrier, this has become a liability now that I wish I had not renewed. It's amazing to me that Amazon would ship anythin…
I would dispute the unreliability of the USPS based on my own anecdotal evidence. (FedEx/UPS was always iffy based on the driver) But, assuming USPS is totally unreliable and packages go missing a lot, have you ever had Amazon NOT either refund or replace the item? I ask because I 'received' a package via UPS with a GoPro and when I got home it was not there. I reported to Amazon and they shipped one out overnight to…
No, Amazon has been great about refunding packages so far. Of course, the packages stolen or opened by USPS in the last couple of weeks don't cost a lot. I doubt they would be this gracious with say a Macbook or other high price item, regardless of what their policy might be. USPS steals and opens packages. Period. This has been the case for decades. They also do not respond to any complaints.
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
Prime these days is less about fast shipping and more about the bundled streaming/media services.
Speak for yourself, prime for me is still about fast shipping. I pretty much won't buy anything that doesn't have prime shipping
Perhaps you (like I do myself) look for the Prime Shipping item to create some self-justification for the service.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would dispute the unreliability of the USPS based on my own anecdotal evidence. (FedEx/UPS was always iffy based on the driver) But, assuming USPS is totally unreliable and packages go missing a lot, have you ever had Amazon NOT either refund or replace the item? I ask because I 'received' a package via UPS with a GoPro and when I got home it was not there. I reported to Amazon and they shipped one out overnight to…
No, Amazon has been great about refunding packages so far. Of course, the packages stolen or opened by USPS in the last couple of weeks don't cost a lot. I doubt they would be this gracious with say a Macbook or other high price item, regardless of what their policy might be. USPS steals and opens packages. Period. This has been the case for decades. They also do not respond to any complaints.
Do you have any facts to back up that allegation or is it just you opinion?
I've only lost a few package via USPS in my entire life and none of them recently.
I find myself far more likely to lose a package via UPS or FedEx.
Re: Amazon Prime To Cost $99 A Year
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, Amazon has been great about refunding packages so far. Of course, the packages stolen or opened by USPS in the last couple of weeks don't cost a lot. I doubt they would be this gracious with say a Macbook or other high price item, regardless of what their policy might be. USPS steals and opens packages. Period. This has been the case for decades. They also do not respond to any complaints.
Do you have any facts to back up that allegation or is it just you opinion? I've only lost a few package via USPS in my entire life and none of them recently. I find myself far more likely to lose a package via UPS or FedEx.
My (and others') packages being stolen is not my opinion--it is a verifiable fact.