pilot

Correct.

nikkai

Not to rehash an old thread - but I was wondering if anyone is looking to do prime a little cheaper?

Shoot me a pm =)

fujishig

If I had known how many more orders Amazon would get from my household because of Prime, I'm not sure I'd have bought it either...

jjcool

Quoted for truth.
I only paid about $35 for prime, and I find I order so much more from amazon. Despite paying for the shipping up front, when shopping, I never factor that into the total price. Plus it is nice to be able to order one book, or one dvd and not worrying about finding filler items.

meglet

Another reason to love my Amazon Prime membership: even items that "may take an additional 1-2 days to process" ship the same day for me.

And combined with the pre-order price guarantee, I hardly every bother to shop around anymore. I pre-order my DVDs (mostly TV shows) and CDs as soon as I spot the product page, knowing I'll get the best price and receive it on release day or at worst the day after. Or in rare cases, the day before release.

porieux

I finally signed up for Prime when I ordered my new Denon 3808 last month, got next day delivery via UPS (on a Saturday no less) for $4.99 extra. Now that DHL seems to be out of the picture I felt more comfortable signing up.

I still can't understand why the OP would want USPS...they are the worst in my experience...well not counting DHL.
UPS and FedEx are always timely and professional for me. USPS just don't seem to give a crap.

redcat

I've always been happy with Prime before, but three out of my last four orders have been delivered after the scheduled date. It's weird that this happens out of nowhere. Could it be that they want me to cancel since I order so much from them? I know that sounds paranoid, but this is the same company that changed prices on items based on how much you shopped there. And when you see companies tracking consumer behavior and throttling like Netflix, it doesn't seem so far fetched that a company would try to get rid of a customer that may be cutting in to their bottom line somewhere. Just a thought.

Viper187

Yeah, I've had about enough of USPS. When Priority Mail takes like 6 days for no reason, I start getting pissed. A package was mailed to me from TN on a Monday. It tracked as being processed through Pittsburgh, PA on Tuesday. Now, Pittsburgh is just south of me (~50 miles). Then the package didn't hit my mailbox til Saturday. WTF!?

Anyway, I'm not sure I do enough ordering through Amazon itself for prime to be worth it (more Marketplace shopping). I still don't get why they won't offer UPS 3-Day. That would be reasonable and reliable.

jjcool

Do they do anything for you if the item arrives late? They cant really give you the money you paid for shipping, but they coudl give you a credit, i guess. Just curious.

redcat

I'll e-mail them today and see what they say. It's not that big of a deal - I just find it weird that after two or three years of ordering all the time and nothing ever coming late (most things came in one day, not two), now suddenly I have three out of four things late. And I have ordered a lot from them. I live over two hours from the nearest city, so every book, CD, DVD, and video game comes from them. I've ordered DVD players, game consoles, pots and pans, all using Prime. I even ordered a weed whacker a few weeks ago.

Viper187

They could refund/discount Prime itself for that month (or whatever billing goes by).

jjcool

They could, i guess. Wondering if they would, though. I twould be a bout $6 and change, for a month, right?

jjcool

What gets me is the cutoff for shipping that day. I buy stuff at about 3 ET in teh afternoon, and it wont ship until the next day, then 2 days from there I have it. They also seem to hold orders for a day, then ship them and they get to me th efollowing day. Still within the 2 day window. I have never had an item not get to me within two days.

Viper187

I'm curious... Does Prime work on international orders? Like if I have Prime on the US site can I use it on amazon.ca or .co.uk too?

Trevor

^ Nope.

jjcool

Wow. They really do have everything, huh?