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It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription (slate.com)

submitted 10 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The author canceled their Amazon Prime subscription on a whim and realized they didn't really need it.
Leaving Prime meant slower shipping but the author was happy to wait and still found the selection and delivery speed satisfactory.
Many people love Prime for its fast shipping and convenience, but some readers expressed ambivalence and considered canceling.

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[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Amazon is bad at packaging books lately. I'd say 1/3 orders are damaged. My last one was both misprinted and the envelope was unsealed, so the book arrived bent, wet, and blurry.

[–] sleepmode@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yep mine are always floating around in the boxes, dogeared and cosmetically damaged. They can’t even get their original core service right.

Edit: Just ordered a roofing tool. Was shipped the tool packaging and the pieces of the box from them tearing it open to steal. But it was carefully supported with packaging material this time. Hilarious.