Amazon Prime - Dont have it then you can wait.

FoxEye said:
Amazon Prime was supposed to get you "special treatment". But the more Prime subscribers there are, the less special you are. Amazon wants everyone to be a Prime subscriber, in which case nobody gets special treatment.

If this thread is anything to go by, Amazon have been very successful in getting people to buy Prime. Surprisingly successful, imho. I wouldn't be surprised if they simply can't achieve next-day service due to the demand from millions of Prime subscribers.

So next there will have to be something like "Prime Plus" to offer really, honestly, promise-we'll-do-it-this-time next-day delivery :p Only £129 per year :p
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but if you dont get your item next day, then you get a month for free.

some p[eople continually order small items just before the shipping deadline in order to get free months
 
Tefal said:
but if you dont get your item next day, then you get a month for free.

some p[eople continually order small items just before the shipping deadline in order to get free months
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I've tried that several times and they've always managed to get the items to me on time.

DAMN OUR EFFICIENT POSTAL SERVICE!
 
Best thing with prime is to choose the no rush delivery and get £1 credited to your digital account. I must make upwards of £50 just doing that each year.
 
Got my sub extended 30 days this morning because an item arrived one (!) day late. Can't fault that for service. Amazon prime is excellent value.
 
I ordered a Amazon branded cable which cost £6 and it turned out to be the wrong cable, I had made the mistake. Amazon gave me a full refund and told me to keep the cable and just order what I need.

I rarely get missed deliveries these days especially when using their lockers, typically within 24 hours it is ready for pickup. Sometimes it takes less than 12 hours.

Being a prime member is worth it.
 
Tefal said:
ooo i thoguht it was just music so hadnt botherd.

few films/series it would be nice to own on prime. they do last forever yeah not just a month or X number watches yeah?
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No they do expire, I usually rack about £5 a month up and just get that deducted from something I buy.
 
robj20 said:
Films, music and books.
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These are films&music to keep ? - but the streaming service must already satisfy your needs ?

robj20 said:
Best thing with prime is to choose the no rush delivery and get £1 credited to your digital account. I must make upwards of £50 just doing that each year.
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so you/family make on avg greater than one purchase a week ? wow
I cannot think of any purchase, where I genuinely needed it the next day, and currently, only buy maybe once a month.
I could imagine buying store cupboard groceries, but they do not seem very competitive yet, not sure if everything is priced the same as Morrisons, but Tesco/Asda/Waitrose seem cheaper.

Prime is rather environmentally unfriendly then, if it is not delivered to lockers, then they are spending fuel and time to deliver to you once a week,
 
jpaul said:
so you/family make on avg greater than one purchase a week ? wow
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That would be a slow week for me. That's just me too, I have 78 orders so far in 2017, 148 in 2016, 165 in 2015, 145, 104 and only 52 in 2012. (All the way down to 2 in 2001. 14 in 2010 was the first in double digits.)

An example, my last order was a new wallet. Mine literally is falling to pieces. Ordered Sunday, came yesterday.
 
AndyCr15 said:
That would be a slow week for me. That's just me too, I have 78 orders so far in 2017, 148 in 2016, 165 in 2015, 145, 104 and only 52 in 2012. (All the way down to 2 in 2001. 14 in 2010 was the first in double digits.)

An example, my last order was a new wallet. Mine literally is falling to pieces. Ordered Sunday, came yesterday.
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I just checked and we've been averaging about 150 orders a year for the last 4 years since getting prime, and 100ish for a few years before that.

I remember signing up for prime because I realised it was cheaper than a handful of next day delivery charges I was going to end up paying.
 
jpaul said:
These are films&music to keep ? - but the streaming service must already satisfy your needs ?


so you/family make on avg greater than one purchase a week ? wow
I cannot think of any purchase, where I genuinely needed it the next day, and currently, only buy maybe once a month.
I could imagine buying store cupboard groceries, but they do not seem very competitive yet, not sure if everything is priced the same as Morrisons, but Tesco/Asda/Waitrose seem cheaper.

Prime is rather environmentally unfriendly then, if it is not delivered to lockers, then they are spending fuel and time to deliver to you once a week,
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I don't pay for it to be environmentally friendly. Something that I don't particularly care about.

I find it a great service, get a fair few things on the subscription service so cat food, some medications that sort of thing.

The streaming service doesn't include everything, so it's good to get some money off the odd rental. Cheaper than going cinema's.
I use a lot on ebooks read at least three a month.
 
Werewolf said:
I just checked and we've been averaging about 150 orders a year for the last 4 years since getting prime, and 100ish for a few years before that.

I remember signing up for prime because I realised it was cheaper than a handful of next day delivery charges I was going to end up paying.
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Couple questions... do you buy almost everything from Amazon now? 150 orders a year is a lot, and I'm struggling to think how you'd make that many, unless you were buying everyday items (groceries? clothes, sundries, etc).

Second... why is next-day delivery so important to many people? Is it a lack of forward planning, impatience, or something else?

Generally if I'm impulse buying I don't mind waiting 5 days for it to arrive afterwards. If I absolutely need something by a set date I'm able to order in advance. So there really isn't any situation in my own life where I've ordered something and had to have it the next day. That leaves only emergencies, and for those (rare) occasions you have bricks and mortar shops. Couldn't be 150 emergencies anyhow :)
 
FoxEye said:
Couple questions... do you buy almost everything from Amazon now? 150 orders a year is a lot, and I'm struggling to think how you'd make that many, unless you were buying everyday items (groceries? clothes, sundries, etc).

Second... why is next-day delivery so important to many people? Is it a lack of forward planning, impatience, or something else?

Generally if I'm impulse buying I don't mind waiting 5 days for it to arrive afterwards. If I absolutely need something by a set date I'm able to order in advance. So there really isn't any situation in my own life where I've ordered something and had to have it the next day. That leaves only emergencies, and for those (rare) occasions you have bricks and mortar shops. Couldn't be 150 emergencies anyhow :)
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I haven't been able to get out much the last few years shopping (looking after ill family), so a lot of every day stuff is from Amazon, some on automatic delivery, some needed at short notice, this is on top of normal stuff (I still buy physical media and Amazon is often the cheapest place for DVD's etc without hunting around in person).
Also a lot of the time it's been stuff that we found we needed but couldn't spare an hour or more to go out and get it, but needed ASAP.

If you don't have the time/ability to go out and find something Amazon next day (or same day) is an absolute godsend.

We've been using both Tesco and Morrusons home deliveries for much the same reason :) (alternating as neither store does everything we use in a week).
 
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