Intriguing. But I'm not going to pry any more than I already have done
Amazon Prime - Dont have it then you can wait.
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Pen, batteries, medicinal oil, wallet, automatic LED lights, coolbox, protein drink, Philips Hue light, wireless doorbell for work... the last few things I've ordered. For me it's just easier to know when it's coming. If I can have it tomorrow, why wait longer and for perhaps an unknown length of time? I usually intentionally wait until the day before I want something delivered, then order it, as maybe I'm off the next day. Easier to just know it's coming then.
Nothing too bad, just stuff you realise you're going to need within the next day but not necessarily carried by the local cornershop, or experience has taught you are unlikely to be in stock in the nearest supermarket.Intriguing. But I'm not going to pry any more than I already have done
An example is batteries, I might need a new specific battery type urgently, I know I can possibly get it from one of the local supermarkets but it might take a trip to 3 of them to find it, then pay several times the price. So pop onto Amazon, search for a bulk pack sold by Amazon and get them delivered the next day to get the doorbell/smoke alarm/car fob working again and often pay less than the retail cost of a single battery whilst also saving an hour of my time (I bought a pack of 12 CR3020's a while back for less than the cost of the one I needed at that time to get a computer fixed, I've since used half the pack on other jobs).
It's a little like I'll risk paying more for some tools and get them from Screwfix as opposed to try and look in the local Homebase, as I know they are utterly unreliable for stock and the only other option is B&Q which is about 90 minutes return journey, or the local small independent store that doesn't carry them as a "stock" item, so Screwfix next day to store or home (the store is about 5 minutes away).
Delivery to collection point takes the risk out of unknown delivery dates for small items. It's normally tons cheaper than Next Day too.
Convenience. When I worked Monday to Friday it was useful being able to order stuff knowing it'd arrive on the weekend when I'd be home. That and the obvious appeal of being able to decide you want something, order it and have it the next day (or the same day).
Prime's not the cheapest way to shop but it's convenient and not too expensive either.... worth the extra to those that use it (with the exception of some that just have to have things for the sake of it I suppose)
Really you cant see why having stuff delivered say in the evening or within a 2 hour window, or a Saturday/Sunday or even a bank holiday would be useful. I have made loads of orders at about 3pm drove home from work and the item has been delivered already. Great when you forget something for tea.
I place most of my orders on a Friday so they come saturday which tends to be the day someone is in the house all day.
I'm not actually sure where the nearest collection point is, but even if it's only a couple of miles away, that's still at least 20-30 minutes or so of my time. Most of what I order is small and can go in my safe place.
As for price, I guess I'm paying around 30p per delivery (I did the 'sign up as a student' trick) I don't think that can be beat really. Then add music and video streaming for free... Even at full price, you have to wonder how on earth they can do it!
Worth checking the nearest point, mine is a 30 second walk to the corner shop! Was quite surprised to see an Amazon locker in there
If you use Amazon for perishables then yes have to accept you will pay like for delivery like the supermarkets - is the Amazon system now competititive. ?
But for non-perishables, including battery example, as foxeye said, I adopt forward planning and bulk buy in advance, so you do tie up money and home space in personal stock
eg some random examples - toothbrushes, flour, instant coffee, toilet rolls, water filters 6months supply, coin batteries several years supply.
For other miscellaneous purchases eg kitchen bin, led bulbs, garden/diy tools, cables.
tend to put it in the basket, perform product analysis(read review/OC etc) over several weeks to determine correct product, so in that context next day delivery is not needed; I am not an impulsive buyer so no buy in haste regret at leisure.
I prefer not to have to worry about that as I can get the items so quick. Each to their own.
(Also, you spend several weeks reading reviews on your next kitchen bin! Wow. I can see why next day delivery is of no interest.)
(Also, you spend several weeks reading reviews on your next kitchen bin! Wow. I can see why next day delivery is of no interest.)
Rip off? Ha ha. As I said, my opinion is you have to wonder how they can do it all. Netflix I pay around £85 a year, Prime, for everything I think I pay £40 a year (£80 full price?). Yes, their video service isn't as good as Netflix, but to get music and free next day/same day delivery too... for me for £40 a year. Yeah, big rip off. How dare they...
But if it was such an amazing deal, things like Zona and Kodi wouldn't exist
I found the content on Prime and Netflix a bit limited for the money. You get a couple of good shows, but not ALL the good shows. Then mainly B movies, or ones that bombed in cinemas.
I found the content on Prime and Netflix a bit limited for the money. You get a couple of good shows, but not ALL the good shows. Then mainly B movies, or ones that bombed in cinemas.
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It could have the best video library in the world and people would still freeload, that's never going to stop.
But if it was such an amazing deal, things like Zona and Kodi wouldn't exist
Of course they would. Spotify exists and yet people still pirate music, listen on YouTube etc. Some people won't pay regardless of price.
There's more than a couple of good shows on both services. Granted, the selection might not appeal to everyone but the libraries are still fairly vast, especially on Netflix. I suspect you're asking too much of your £7.49 a month.
Rip off? Lets say your average delivery cost is £3. Just ordering ten items over a year and that's almost half of prime paying for itself. Not to mention all the content on Amazon Video, the prime member discounts, the slow delivery credits, also a lot of bonuses from Twitch if you happen to use it. It just seems a no brainer.
so for the USA 60% of customers have prime .... can't see uk data
Prime Movies&Music would be interesting, but unlike nowtv/netflix afaik cannot join for the odd month ?
Is all the music encoding quality good ~320kb/s, 192Kb/s aac (the TIDAL streaming Master releases at 96Hz sample are great but cannot stomach the £20p/m, I would pay £5p/m) often even if a high bitrate codec is used, it is applied to a poor quality/inferior master.
Prime Movies&Music would be interesting, but unlike nowtv/netflix afaik cannot join for the odd month ?
Is all the music encoding quality good ~320kb/s, 192Kb/s aac (the TIDAL streaming Master releases at 96Hz sample are great but cannot stomach the £20p/m, I would pay £5p/m) often even if a high bitrate codec is used, it is applied to a poor quality/inferior master.
Also if you're not in a rush for something you can get a pound back towards your ebooks
Several times I've picked up DVD's and blu rays for pennies because they've been under £2 and I've then used the "non urgent" delivery option to get a pound towards my digital purchases.
I think the record was 30p for a DVD of a film I'd been meaning to watch for ages (it was £1.30 when I spotted it).
Which possibly partly explains why my DVD collection keeps going up despite not generally spending much on it these days.
One year I worked out I got something like £50-60 back in digital credits within a month or so (one of the Black Friday events included £3 credit for no rush, and I picked up a bunch of things for myself and friends).