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My sister gave me a $25 BestBuy gift card last Christmas. I went to BestBuy, and found that for each of the 3 different things that I needed, I would spend less by buying it on Amazon, even with the gift card. Tax software, for instance, was $49.99 at BestBuy, $16.99 on Amazon.
In some stores you can spend your Best Buy gift card on an Amazon gift card.
"82% of Prime members buy on Amazon even if the item is less expensive somewhere else" The supposed "source" referenced another study (sans link), so I can't get the answer to the obvious question: Was "less expensive" computed using the marginal cost to the customer of this particular purchase? Meaning, do other sites offer the widget for a few dollars less but charge a lot for 2nd day shipping? I'm a Prime customer…
But don't you need to leave the house to return the items? I've always regarded dropping off and mailing packages to be a huge chore.
However, I buy so much from the (I'm a Prime member) the I almost always have a small box around. I just put the item in it, print out the pre-paid shipping label, and drop the box in a UPS box or at a UPS store. It's not that bad.
Amazon Prime and Amazon "subscribe and save" are two excellent products. I love reducing trips out to crowded stores and time thinking about shopping choices. I don't have to worry about customer service, returning defective products (relatively, way easier on Amazon), etc. I think Jason Calacanis' article about the "Cult of Amazon Prime" hits on a lot of what has made it so successful, and what will make it successf…
The $22 hair gel my wife bought was three for $24 at Amazon. I don't have much hair left, so I think those three bottles i just bought will last for two years.... and I never have to search it out again in my life.
We did the same thing with bulk bottles of mouth wash, which we now transfer into small desktop size containers. I laugh when the bottle arrive in the mail.... the only issue is what do i do with all these boxes?!
We've been giving them to our two year old to paint and build things out of.... seems to work well. :-)
( very kind of you to include a link! )
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There's also the money you save but not stepping foot in a store. That is, you don't throw extra items in your cart out of temptation.
Are you sure about that? Amazon spends a lot of money (and screen space) trying to recommend items for you to buy. I have to imagine that they do that because it works.
But screen real-estate is quite a bit cheaper than the physical counterpart.
Amazon Prime has definitely lowered my "impulse shopping" threshold. One Friday morning last summer, I decided to do some work around the house that weekend, but I didn't have a big enough ladder. A couple clicks later, I have a 22 foot extension ladder being delivered to me on a Saturday. Even with Saturday overnight delivery it was $2 cheaper than Home Depot, and I didn't have to try to figure out how to cram the l…
But unless I really want something, I find I still fall into the old habit of "I'm ordering from Amazon, I might as well get a few things to make up for shipping." If I can't find enough things to make it "worthwhile", I often won't buy it.
I've been a prime member for years. Shipping is free. But my mind is still usually stuck in the old ways (even if I'm only 28). I have to fight my instinct to tell myself "It's OK to order just one small thing."
I've had Prime for almost a year and a half now, and I've spent well into the 5 figures on Amazon as a result. I'm not sure I've always saved money, but the fact that I can get damn near everything in no more than a day has just been great. I've bought desks, chairs, monitors, computers, etc and had them all the next day for $4. There's just no way to beat that, in my mind.
I bought a generator from them and got the free 2 day shipping. That thing was like 200lbs. A guy delivered it in an 18-wheeler and had to drive that thing through a little traffic circle in my neighborhood. I felt a little bad about that one. I've spent an obscene amount of money in the 3 years I've had prime. I've definitely saved money on the necessities, but it's easy to one-click the impulse stuff. The subscribe…
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In some stores you can spend your Best Buy gift card on an Amazon gift card.
I'll have to look for that. My in-laws give me a Best Buy card every year for Christmas and half the time I use it to buy their Christmas gift the next year. Amazon gift cards get spent right away.
I have been surprised that Amazon has not vertically integrated into delivery and distribution. Imagine if they had bought DHL. They would have turned what must today be a huge variable cost into a largely fixed one. I don't have time to write about all the interesting innovations in distribution which could result from combining warehousing and delivery. Perhaps fears of antitrust lawsuits and hardball tactics from…
but then they'd have a local presence in the states they ship to and would have to charge sales tax. they'd lose their ~10% price advantage.
That would be a bit too vertical for my taste. I'm not sure massive hassle of trying to staff & run their own to-the-door shipping empire would beat the UPS service I get now.
"82% of Prime members buy on Amazon even if the item is less expensive somewhere else" The supposed "source" referenced another study (sans link), so I can't get the answer to the obvious question: Was "less expensive" computed using the marginal cost to the customer of this particular purchase? Meaning, do other sites offer the widget for a few dollars less but charge a lot for 2nd day shipping? I'm a Prime customer…
But don't you need to leave the house to return the items? I've always regarded dropping off and mailing packages to be a huge chore.
"82% of Prime members buy on Amazon even if the item is less expensive somewhere else" The supposed "source" referenced another study (sans link), so I can't get the answer to the obvious question: Was "less expensive" computed using the marginal cost to the customer of this particular purchase? Meaning, do other sites offer the widget for a few dollars less but charge a lot for 2nd day shipping? I'm a Prime customer…
But don't you need to leave the house to return the items? I've always regarded dropping off and mailing packages to be a huge chore.