I just wonder about needing "Amazon Prime" since I can get my stuff for free within 2-3 days without paying the fee?
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I swear, my GF has a spot in our driveway reserved just for the Amazon van. The delivery driver should just move in for as much time as she spends at our house during the week, minimum of four times if it's a slow week. My GF is so hooked on Amazon that the Prime membership wasn't good enough so she upped it to the business account. I don't understand it, I am just glad she is blowing her own money and not mine! LOL
For myself and the extra expense of the membership, I cant justify having Amazon Prime for what little I buy from Amazon. If a person was to use it like my GF, sure then it pays for itself in no time. I will say with the business account I have noticed that you can get some really good deals from time to time.
One thing I do like about Amazon is their 30 day return policy. If you can find a Amazon drop location the return shipping is free.
Same applies to non-members though.
What part is the same?
I like prime. 2-3 day free shipping.
Overnight between 4:00 AM and 8:00 AM is better than any delivery service on the planet AND, with their GPS tracking system, you can follow and scare the crap out of the delivery person by opening the door before they even drop the package off.
Oh boy you got me going now…
I order a LOT of things from Amazon. The latest was half sheet shipping labels I needed this past weekend.
There were a lot to choose from. I ordered a pack last Tuesday 1/21 and upon ordering it said delivery on Friday, 1/24. They had not arrived by mid afternoon so I checked, and Amazon said still, for delivery today. At 8 pm with no delivery, I checked again, and now it said vaguely, “delivery January 24-28”. So I went back to Amazon late Friday night, ordered an identical product, about the same price—and it was delivered Saturday morning, before I finished my coffee.
With prices so similar on nearly identical items, they lure you in on delivery dates then change them along the way. I did attempt to cancel delivery of the first package, but it still may come in which case I’ll go through the return process.
Once in a while I'll say I don't want it, and they refund and then say just keep it.
The one that surprised me was the $200 ups that the box was punctured like they dropped it.
I couldn't believe they said to just keep it.
The one that surprised me was the $200 ups that the box was punctured like they dropped it.
I couldn't believe they said to just keep it.
Was the UPS damaged by having a hole punctured in the box or being dropped? Oddly, I have had a similar experience with an APC SmartUPS 1000 refurb that was being sold on Amazon. The unit came to me with the outlets on the back of the unit punched out and would not stay in place. The vendor graciously sent me a replacement and told me to keep the first one for spare parts, etc. I fixed the first one and now I have two.
Actually , I didn't even open the box to look, I originally just wanted a replacement. But I had to call in and talk to a rep. When they answered the phone, the first thing out of thier mouth was, they would refund the money, and I could just keep it. And I could just reorder or buy something local. I said thank you very much, but the unit looks like new when opened. Not sure about if the mis handling caused any interior damage.
I won't be buying electronics from them anymore, you never know if it's been thrown, dropped or mishandled.
I won't be buying electronics from them anymore, you never know if it's been thrown, dropped or mishandled.
I was referring to the quick returns and the 1-2 day shipping. I asked my neighbor to use his Prime Membership to order me a quart of algaecide for my pool. It was ordered Saturday afternoon, and was delivered at 4:30AM on Sunday. Well, that is pretty cool, but how many people will spend $175 a year to get a pool chemical at 0430 hours?
Me!
I too have run into that situation also from time to time. The best one was a little garden wagon from Northern Tool at the time sold for $149.99 and was rated at 1200lbs. and the shipping weight was 63lbs.
So the first wagon that showed up, the box was beat all to hell and it had missing hardware. So I called and they sent out a second wagon and when I asked about returning the first one, they said just keep it for parts! Oh ok, that sounded good to me. Then after putting the second wagon together, I noticed that the metal sides did not fit together properly. The side panels tilted inward two inches when put together and didn't make a perfect rectangular wagon box. So I called back and explained that situation to the same person I had just chatted with the day before. He said just keep it and I will send you out another one no cost!
So unfortunately the third wagon had the same issue as the second, the side panels also tilted inward. The problem being the two end panels were built too short and when latched to the sides it made them tilt inward.
So after all that and with two free wagons for parts, I just left it at that and decide to live with the sides tilted in. My guess is that it is much easier for them and cheaper to just send out another one VS having to deal with the expense of the return and an unhappy customer in the end! I am sure if it was a high dollar item, that would not happen.
I found out that if you are unhappy with food items purchased, they may give you "store credit" and won't be asking for a return. I am not sure if you ordered 100 pounds of Wagyu beef they would do that but something small, as in my case, a big container of fried pork cracklin's (chicharrónes) they offered a one-time good will gift card. ¡olé!
Love those Pork Cracklins!
