Fun thing, if you don’t sort by “Prime” you’ll often find that there’s another one of the exact item you’re looking for - without Prime - but actually for a lower price. The Prime isn’t actually free shipping, it’s just baked into the price
Plus the delivery dates are a joke anyway. Prime or not my orders all show up in the same amount of time. Sure they promise it’s always 1-2 days but that doesn’t seem to matter.
The details for Prime explicitly refer to it as Two Day Delivery, not shipping.
Prime Membership Benefits
Delivery benefits
FREE Two-Day Delivery: Millions of items delivered fast and free.
FREE One-Day Delivery: Available on more than 15 million items with no minimum purchase.
FREE Same-Day Delivery: Available, in select areas, on over 3 million items for qualifying orders that meet the minimum threshold of eligible items, in as fast as five hours.
I use Amazon to find stuff I want or need. Then I look to see if I can buy direct and more often than not it’s close or close enough in price and shipping. Or I look for a specialty retailer like B&H if it’s electronic, Jenson USA for bike parts etc. As a side bonus they usually know how to pack items properly too.
Fun thing, if you don’t sort by “Prime” you’ll often find that there’s another one of the exact item you’re looking for - without Prime - but actually for a lower price. The Prime isn’t actually free shipping, it’s just baked into the price
Yeah I learned that a long time ago. Was looking for a new knife…
Amazon - $14.99 with Free Prime Shipping.
Sellers A & B - $9.99 with $5.00 shipping
Seller C - $4.99 with $10 shipping
But be careful that the other option has “free return shipping” included.
do you know if they’re they taxed differently? so one might theoretically be slightly cheaper? /genc
What knife did you go with?
Large
Plus the delivery dates are a joke anyway. Prime or not my orders all show up in the same amount of time. Sure they promise it’s always 1-2 days but that doesn’t seem to matter.
In amazons defense it’s 1-2 days shipping not processing or handling but they are definitely still deceiving
The details for Prime explicitly refer to it as Two Day Delivery, not shipping.
Better still, don’t buy on Amazon. If you’ve seen their selling fees, you’ll know why.
Is there a better amazon competitor?
I use Amazon to find stuff I want or need. Then I look to see if I can buy direct and more often than not it’s close or close enough in price and shipping. Or I look for a specialty retailer like B&H if it’s electronic, Jenson USA for bike parts etc. As a side bonus they usually know how to pack items properly too.
Sadly not