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davidvel said:
Needed some specific sized usb drives ASAP. Paid $12 all in today for 2 32GB drives, delivered in 4 hours by Amazon.
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Got burned by chinese counterfeit 64GB USB drives a few years ago from Amazon. They were 4GB drives modified to report that they were 64GB drives. Amazon did/does not vet their 3rd party sellers very well. I did get a refund from Amazon, but I lost data.
 
Because I never use Debit Cards to buy anything, I get discounts pretty much everywhere. With my CapitalOne Venture card, I get anywhere between 1% - 10% rebates (aka Statement Credit) at most online retailers, in addition to 2x miles. With my Target RedCard CC, I get 5% off retail costs. Having a Sam's Club Plus account ($110/year), I get 2% back on in-store and online pickup orders in Sam's Cash PLUS the 1% rebate using Venture card PLUS the 2x miles. My American Express Skymiles Platinum and Hilton Aspire cards also have rebates, but those are primarily higher-end retailers and restaurants, in addition to the 1x - 5x shopping (depending on card). For photographers, Adorama has a credit card with 5% discount, or they have their VIP Rewards program which also gives discounts. And I have several more CCs that have discounts vs cash.

It's ironic that credit is less than cash/debit, but it's all about accounting, eyes on their websites and/or walking in their stores. Amazon sometimes has the lowest price, but all these cards and retailers, if you play your cards right, can save money in the long run! Over the last 12 months of paying for everything by credit (I only use debit for direct deposit and paying the CCs off every month), I have paid $0 in interest. It takes massive willpower to not buy what I can't afford on CC, but I am saving money.

TS
 
simpsontruckdriver said:
Because I never use Debit Cards to buy anything, I get discounts pretty much everywhere. With my CapitalOne Venture card, I get anywhere between 1% - 10% rebates (aka Statement Credit) at most online retailers, in addition to 2x miles. With my Target RedCard CC, I get 5% off retail costs. Having a Sam's Club Plus account ($110/year), I get 2% back on in-store and online pickup orders in Sam's Cash PLUS the 1% rebate using Venture card PLUS the 2x miles. My American Express Skymiles Platinum and Hilton Aspire cards also have rebates, but those are primarily higher-end retailers and restaurants, in addition to the 1x - 5x shopping (depending on card). For photographers, Adorama has a credit card with 5% discount, or they have their VIP Rewards program which also gives discounts. And I have several more CCs that have discounts vs cash.

It's ironic that credit is less than cash/debit, but it's all about accounting, eyes on their websites and/or walking in their stores. Amazon sometimes has the lowest price, but all these cards and retailers, if you play your cards right, can save money in the long run! Over the last 12 months of paying for everything by credit (I only use debit for direct deposit and paying the CCs off every month), I have paid $0 in interest. It takes massive willpower to not buy what I can't afford on CC, but I am saving money.

TS
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You can also get an Amazon credit card for 5% off everything at Amazon. I haven’t done it (yet) but I probably will at some point. There are lots of ways to save or justify your purchase payment choice. Since this is a travel site and I prefer to rationalize my travel choices above household or other material goods, I have a bunch of travel related credit cards (and just got another this week), most of which provide annual free hotel nights.


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Ken555 said:
Amazon Prime membership is the easiest of all subscriptions I have to justify. The value is huge.

1. Amazon Prime free shipping. As with others, I receive most items next day, sometimes two days, and sometimes it does take longer. Occasionally I’ll select their “no-rush” shipping option which includes $1 (or more) toward digital products, and since I buy Kindle books this is a direct savings.

2. The prices are typically very competitive for those I buy. I do price check against other vendors on occasion. I often will buy “used - like new” items for substantial savings and I’ve always been pleased with the quality. This is great for shoes I monitor since they often have them for ~$40-60 less than new, and I can’t tell they’ve ever been worn.

3. Amazon Prime Video. I enjoy some of their original series, and occasionally watch a movie or two. Since I pay ~$5-20 for other streaming services, I figure this is worth at least $5/mth and perhaps more.

4. Grocery discounts. I shop at Amazon Fresh and in addition to very competitive prices, I enjoy the convenience of simply taking items off the shelves and put immediately into bags and then walk out when done without taking the time for scanning and paying at a register. And Amazon Fresh will accept any returns to Amazon in person without needing to put in a box, which is nice.

5. I haven’t used it yet, but I’m sure I will soon.. Amazon now includes a membership to Grubhub+. I still have a subscription to UberOne, which I may cancel since I haven’t noticed the promised savings on rides compared to Lyft but I have enjoyed UberEats on occasion (and they keep offering me 50% coupons, up to $15, with only a $25 purchase… it’s often less expensive to have the order delivered than picking it up in person).

6. I haven’t used AmazonRx for prescription meds, but the prices are good and it’s nice to know that option exists.

7. Amazon Prime Reading offers eBooks at no additional charge.

There’s a lot more to Amazon than just shipping these days, and many ways to justify the $139 annual charge.
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Add to that list (for me, at least) the Amazon Photos. Unlimited storage at full resolution of all the photos you want to store. The app on the phone makes it easy to upload and the search and organization features are easy to use and understand.

Kurt
 

The government’s case to break up Amazon, explained​

The Federal Trade Commission, led by longtime Amazon critic Lina Khan, finally makes its move.
www.vox.com

The government’s case to break up Amazon, explained

The Federal Trade Commission, led by longtime Amazon critic Lina Khan, finally makes its move.
www.vox.com www.vox.com
 
DrQ said:

The government’s case to break up Amazon, explained​

The Federal Trade Commission, led by longtime Amazon critic Lina Khan, finally makes its move.
www.vox.com

The government’s case to break up Amazon, explained

The Federal Trade Commission, led by longtime Amazon critic Lina Khan, finally makes its move.
www.vox.com www.vox.com
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Anytime Big Brother tell you this,
“If we succeed, competition will be restored and people will benefit from lower prices, greater quality, greater selection as a result,” Khan said.
Grab your wallet!
 
I dunno. The bust-up of AT&T—the last big monopolistic break-up—seemed to work out pretty well for consumers.


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Wally Detrope said:
Hello! Does anyone know how to sell Amazon FBA private label products?
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There are probably better resources out on the web for this than a timeshare forum.
 
jp10558 said:
My biggest complaint with Amazon is the long time for deliveries. Prime used to be 2 days, then it became 2 day shipping so 3 days often for me. Now it's basically a week or whenever it feels like it, often out into October for stuff I looked at today that's "Prime". I still find the free shipping cheaper than some other options - I could have gotten what I just ordered from B&H on the 27th if I wanted to pay an additional $10 shipping for the cheapest fedex option. Luckily, I don't actually need it till end of October so can be patient.

All the Amazon making me patient really hurts them because - Walmart is faster delivery usually cause they ship it faster. Ebay is about the same for similar reasons. Temu is a little slower, but often much cheaper for the same stuff.

However, there's still stuff that is either cheaper (due to shipping fees) or only available on Amazon. I tried searching all over for camera inserts and really only found on B&H and Amazon.
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Man not where I live! Sometimes I order stuff at Noon and its on my porch by like 3PM. It amazes me how fast they deliver stuff.
 
I like having items I want sent to our front door. I like the easy return policies. I use a firestick. Before covid we rarely ordered anything other than streaming services from Amazon. Now we order many things. It's no longer only online purchases at Amazon for us. We are purchasing many items online these days.

Bill
 
easyrider said:
I like having items I want sent to our front door. I like the easy return policies. I use a firestick. Before covid we rarely ordered anything other than streaming services from Amazon. Now we order many things. It's no longer only online purchases at Amazon for us. We are purchasing many items online these days.

Bill
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Same here. We take full advantage of our Amazon Prime membership and are starting to use our Sam’s Plus and our Costco memberships to have more items delivered and fight the crowds in the parking lots and the stores less. I guess that means we’re getting old - sigh.
 
easyrider said:
I like having items I want sent to our front door. I like the easy return policies. I use a firestick. Before covid we rarely ordered anything other than streaming services from Amazon. Now we order many things. It's no longer only online purchases at Amazon for us. We are purchasing many items online these days.

Bill
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The Commander in Chief, now uses Amazon Prime to order 95% of her shopping.
Deliveries are two days or less and are delivered at our front door. She is saving on gas, no traffic issues and no knuckle head shoppers or sales associates . LOL
 
pedro47 said:
The Commander in Chief, now uses Amazon Prime to order 95% of her shopping.
Deliveries are two days or less and are delivered at our front door. She is saving on gas, no traffic issues and no knuckle head shoppers or sales associates . LOL
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I didn’t read back through this entire thread so I apologize if this was discussed above.

I just thought about impulse buying in the store. Obviously, it can still happen online but I would think it would be less likely. I wonder if there is any data to show if impulse buying is higher, lower, or about the same when shopping online?
 
TheHolleys87 said:
Same here. We take full advantage of our Amazon Prime membership and are starting to use our Sam’s Plus and our Costco memberships to have more items delivered and fight the crowds in the parking lots and the stores less. I guess that means we’re getting old - sigh.
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Yup, we're getting old but maybe smarter too. In my case, maybe just getting old, lol.

Bill
 
Rolltydr said:
I didn’t read back through this entire thread so I apologize if this was discussed above.

I just thought about impulse buying in the store. Obviously, it can still happen online but I would think it would be less likely. I wonder if there is any data to show if impulse buying is higher, lower, or about the same when shopping online?
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I see the impulse buying at online auctions. Some times I would get caught up in it too. Now days I use a bid sniper. What I do seem to get caught up in these days are the clearance items on the back wall of Lowes and Home Depot. Yesterday I bought two door locks that regularly cost $80+ each for $11 each. I don't need them yet. I have a few totes of my finds in my garage, lol. I will be getting rid of something in the totes for White Elephant gifting on Sunday. My other impulse buys are outdoor gear if they are clearing them out. Most of this outdoor gear does get used but there is a new back pack, new trecking ploes, sleeping bags, motorcycle gear , fishing gear and other stuff in a tote in the basement storage room.

In my defense, many of these impulse buys do save us alot of money over the long run.

Bill
 
I’m not too bad about it online, but it does happen. The latest was buying an Apple leather watchband on Woot. I didn’t really need it but it was $50, marked down from $100. I’ve had one of those bands before and loved it, so I got this one for half price. An extra Xmas present to myself.
 
The Amazon Santa has been to our house multiple times in
the last 2 weeks. IMHO, the real Santa could learn something.
 
I live a mile from an Amazon warehouse, no complaints. I use the subscription discount prices. It's the cheapest for my Peet's coffee pods (dark roast decaf). I also enjoy the music service, I can put on the smooth jazz station and take a long afternoon nap :)
 
SmithOp, Ditto, there is a new Amazon distribution center less than three miles from our home.
 
Purchase merchandise from businesses you want to support OR who have better pricing. Sometimes it is who is closer to you. Why is this even an issue????? DAH!
 
LisaH said:
I wonder why? I am a customer and shareholder for both companies. I do shop both and they have been doing well for shareholders.
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I choose not to support any Walton business. I have also found that when I have gone into Walmart stores they are often disorganized and don't carry much of what I'm looking for.
 
Luanne said:
I choose not to support any Walton business. I have also found that when I have gone into Walmart stores they are often disorganized and don't carry much of what I'm looking for.
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They seem to rearrange their stores periodically
with the intent of confusing their customers, so
we'll wander the aisles looking for stuff.
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