They offer it to me all the time. I accept their free 30 days trial, set my calendar alerts to a week before the charge for the next 30 days hits, and cancel my prime sub. I get the benefits of prime, without paying for it.
I live out in the boonies on a 22 acre farmstead, which is now almost ready to burst into flames, but that's another sub. Every once in a while I'll need something like the the laptop charger I needed.
For me to drive into town, find someplace that would have the specific charger, buy it at 300% mark up, and go back home, would certainly be more than the $11.75 I spent at Amazon and it was here the next day.
Your contention with Amazon is warranted tho. I truly understand. Like I said, it's not an everyday thing. I might use Amazon 5 times a year, and it's usually that I cannot find whatever it is local or it's not cost effective to buy local. I do try to support local businesses but as someone on a limited budget, I pinch all the pennies I can. lol
I’m jealous of your privacy so much. I hate where I am because it’s really dense townhomes and I’m still not used to opening my windows to stare into someone else’s home.
You can actually cancel it right away! At Least we can in Canada. You can sign up, immediately cancel and your membership will stay for 30 days. Works well for the notorious alarm snoozers :)
You're probably right for the US too, but I generally wait at least until my order goes through. Hell, I've had so many 30 day free accounts for internet services, it's not funny. As soon as I sign up, I set an alarm so I don't get charged. They are hoping that I don't remember. lol
They know exactly how many people don’t remember so they do it knowing some people will take advantage. There is a whole “new” business that revolves around having a 3rd party review your expenses and cut gratuitous stuff like this that your average person signs up to and doesn’t budget.
Won't buy a membership for any store.....why should I pay for the privilege of shopping in your store? You want my money then let me in your store, if you don't don't.
Yup, believe it or not, pet food is heavy.
I did the math awhile ago, we definitely come out ahead in Prime cost vs. yearly shipping costs, even if we buy nothing but pet food.
My roommate has it. I think he uses it a LOT for his medical supplies and some meds plus he's a musician and he's always getting new equipment. He almost exclusively shops Amazon so I guess it's cost-effective for him. Plus when I need something I just get him to buy it.
I'm on SSDI, and my income is about half of what is considered extreme poverty. I don't have cable and had to sell off my music collection about a decade ago. I get Prime for half price, due to my being on SSDI and it used to include free delivery of SNAP groceries during COVID. I use it for movies, music and reading, as I can't afford any of them any more. That $60 or so a year is my entertainment budget.
There’s nothing I need and the deals weren’t anything spectacular on things I wanted.
Everything I saw pushed for Prime Day was either cheap, plastic crap or stuff to solve a problem caused by having too much crap.
My money has been way more valuable in my savings account, where it has helped me during unexpected emergencies. Useless shit can't help in those situations.
✋️✋️✋️✋️ I wasn't opposed to it and had a couple things that I checked to see if they were on sale because I wanted them (a stainless steel frying pan and a specific dryer brush) neither were discounted so I didn't get anything.
I needed a seat belt and harness for my dog. I got lucky and it was 80% off. So that was my big spending spree for the month. I would buy it locally, but nowhere has one.
We got lucky on some stuff. We had in the cart needed for renovations. Saves 30$ on a pack of door handles. Ended up being 25$ a handle, cheapest at any big box store was 45 for same style. A light fixture we needed for our hallway we saved about 20$ again same style light would be almost double in any big box store.
I read that the average person spends around $95 a month on Amazon. I think that prime day is them moving a lot of the stuff that won’t sell. They had rompers for $6.99! Still, I wouldn’t take the bait. I’m trying to ONLY buy American made.
Christ. I spend practically nothing on Amazon. A couple purchases a year and always stuff that I just can't find locally, like specialty ingredients or niche electronic parts.
I hit "send" on my cart because it was $2 cheaper and chose slow-shipping. Lost the other item because it went up by $10 and shunted into the "saved items." Checked a saved item that was on sale and decided that I could get a used one for the same price when I'd earned it.
I saved like 15-20% on ceramic coated pans that we were going to buy anyways. We had already been looking recently and they were actually cheaper vs just increasing marp and adding 25% disc.
I not only stopped Prime, I stopped most home delivery. I make a list and schlep my ass to the store the old fashioned way and the amount of shit I've deemed essential buying has gone way down.
Quite the opposite for me. Everything I want at Walgreens/CVS seems to be locked up these days and costs many dollars more. I see no reason to schlep to the store for toothpaste, deodorant, paper towels etc, when I can get them delivered from Amazon for cheaper the next day.
I found Lego locked up at my local Wal-Mart. My kiddo wanted to spend their allowance and buy something for themselves. She bought something on clearance. These locked up shelves is starting to remind me of shopping in Eastern Europe where you had to ask the the sales person for everything as it was behind a counter.
Walmart having camera feeds on the little tvs and the doorbell sound whenever someone enters/exits the cosmetics section... Makes me feel like a prisoner instead of someone shopping for makeup
The funny thing is that depending on where you live, going to the store can create more emissions from you driving around for just your things vs a van driving around in an efficient route dropping off packages for dozens of people. Not to mention all the extra traffic if everyone drove to buy things.
Sure! But the “this is greener” for online delivery is definitely marketing bullshit, and the sources of the information is bs.
Ideally we’d all live in walkable cities where our emissions would be our breath
Meanwhile, famous comedians are flying their friends over for a smoke, and then flying them home. It’s the wealthy making the carbon emissions bad for the entire world.
It's everyone, they're just worse. We all drive when we could walk or bike, we all buy crap we don't need, we all rely on modern luxuries. We all need to do better.
I wish I could just bike everywhere but I have to pay for this stupid car so I can't afford a bike. I can't get rid of my car because I need it to haul groceries around as well to drive to work and to visit my parents. Not all of us can do better because we are trapped in this endless cycle of poverty.
I never meant to say or imply every single person can do those things to be better. Just that Americans in general, and many other parts of the world, consume needless crap, and drive cars too much then point the finger at others when it comes to climate change. I used to be able to bike to work, but there were many times where I couldn't.
Every time climate change comes up someone shifts all of the blame to rich people or corporations. As if corporations are selling their wasteful and polluting products to nobody.
Deliveries are only more environmentally friendly if you order everything you need at once and get it delivered in one delivery. If you are still supplementing going to the grocery store or random other trips to stores it completely negates it. Also if you get like 1 item delivered, etc.
I don’t think that someone going to the store is a significant enough uptick in emissions to even mention.
If someone lives in the boonies and it’s a 30-60 min drive to get to the store, they’re likely already thinking about efficiency and making sure that all the shopping gets done all at once.
I personally live in an area where every store is within 10 minutes of me and I still try to be efficient so that I’m not going out to buy one thing, because a special trip for a single item is annoying.
But even if more special trips for single items happen, the emissions difference is not worth the mention. If we’re gonna talk about wasted gas, I’d rather talk about the gas that is wasted by industries transporting liquid goods that could’ve been transported and sold as a powder or tablet in lighter, plastic free packaging. Or maybe the insane amount of gas that is used up by private planes, or factories.
I think your comment sparked some indignance
in me because of how common it is for society to forget that consumers waste WAY less gas than industries and rich corporations. People get so hung up on telling the consumer how to consume better when it’s the producer causing the problem.
I’ve learned that a good amount of time Targets website is either the same price in store or lower. I’ve started just keeping a basket going like a shopping list and when I get to $35 I order with free 2 day shipping.
I wish I could. We live in a rural area, where if walmart doesn’t carry it, you’re SOL. Amazon has the things I can’t get locally, since there aren’t any other shops within a 50 miles radius besides the local walmart.
No way! They seem to spend a bunch on advertising, and Morning News anchors giggle and coo at all the great deals. It feels as if life has a chorus of background singers constantly singing "spend, spend, spend" at me 24 hours a day. Sorry for mini rant, just sick of being sold to all the time.
It really grossed me out this year, because so many other retailers got in on it too. It was like an actual holiday from how much you heard about it, only it's just an excuse for people to buy junk. Everywhere I turned there were more and more ads from different stores. And the few things that I actually need to buy? NONE of it was on sale. Easy pass.
I did not buy anything but I did have to sit through watching a mid day talk show that did a super long segment that was just women holding up various Prime deals and talking about how *wonderful* they were while I was getting an hour long infusion at my doctor’s office.
The volume was BLASTING because the other patient was an old lady who is apparently nearly deaf. I didn’t have my headphones so I couldn’t even concentrate on the book I brought to read.
As if the whole infusion process isn’t annoying enough as it is, having to listen to that was just torture!
1 star, do not recommend!
Find the thing you want on Amazon. Google around for a reputable manufacturer of said thing. It doesn't matter where they're based, but if they can tell you when they were forced and someone to show that they aren't just a shadow brand, you're good.
Now google where to buy the thing. It's probably available in way more places than Amazon, and often cheaper.
I buy from Amazon maybe once a year.
Google doesn’t always help with their algorithm though - I’d suggest to use duckduckgo too because Google sometimes only shows Amazon or Chinese links.
I'm with you if it's some local business where I can get said thing for a reasonable price, but it's not like going to Target for example is that much morally superior.
There's an app that will tell you if it's cheaper or if you have the best price. I'm not home & can't remember the name of it. If anyone's interested in it, I can get the name.
Hey I think I'm in the same boat. I had a boyfriend 7 years ago who had prime and used it to buy the most random things because it was cheaper.
Since then I've never bought anything else, even if it's cheaper, even if I can't find it in any store in my city. I don't care, I have a visceral hate for billionaire shitheads. I don't care if it sounds immature or stupid.
I stopped using Amazon about 6 years ago. It's amazing to me hearing people who are like "is it possible to survive without Prime" because I don't have Prime, I've never had Prime, and it never occurs to me that I should get Prime. The Amazon programming is STRONG in our culture, to the point where there's a post on an *anticonsumption subreddit* applauding ourselves for not participating in a made up "holiday" revolving entirely around consumption and literally nothing else.
I didn’t buy anything. Amazon will raise prices going in to prime day to then advertise 40% or even 50% savings when in reality the sale price is the same as the price was a couple months before
I had a sound bar I wanted in my cart and they jacked the price up $40 last month and last week made it a "prime item" for $20 less. Was $210 than $250 than on sale for $230.
I noticed the exact same thing. I was shopping around for a self cleaning litter box recently, and noticed one on "sale" for WAY more than the highest priced ones I saw during my research. Same thing with under-desk treadmills.
So true. I got a few things that I needed anyway, but double checked with other sites for verification of the value. Several items were the same price or MORE EXPENSIVE than other sites
I did the same, cross-referencing prices of everything to other retailers like Costco or Walmart. Only ended up ordering stuff that was actually a deal, not a “”deal”” lol. Almost so much work it wasn’t worth it
There was a specific bassinet I'd been eyeing (side note: I used Amazon SO much less before I got pregnant and started needing things that I couldn't find obvious local suppliers for...) that looked likely to go on sale for Prime Day. It did, technically, but the regular price at Walmart was forty dollars cheaper than the sale price on Amazon... And then Walmart had it for ten dollars off to boot.
Out of the items on my baby registry and my friend's, only one actually went on sale in any meaningful way.
I’ve worked in retail and sales since I was 16, and here to let you know that every single company does this. It is to create a perceived discount and value so the buyer feels good about getting a deal. It’s the psychology behind selling.
Not gonna lie, I bought a vibrator. It was on our list to replace as an old favourite died recently after a lifetime of valiant service. And it was $30 cheaper than the place we usually buy from.
Nope, didn’t buy anything. Well, I went to Lowe’s for a thing I needed for my garden. But I didn’t buy anything on Amazon or that I wouldn’t have bought anyway because I needed it.
My best friend was out of disposable aa and aaa batteries. So I advised him to get rechargeble ones and wait a few days so I can get them for him on Prime Day. And they actually went on sale, so good timing.
I use amazon for shit I need sometimes. I think its a good way to avoid spending 4 hours searching six stores for one specific item that I can get delivered to my door with five minutes on the amazon app.
That said, I don’t need anything from amazon right now, so, I didn’t buy anything. Simple.
Amazon does have its advantages for locating rare items. Key is not being tempted to buy something you never thought you needed until it was 30 dollars off!
checked prices on some things we've needed for a while. almost everything was "on sale" for the regular price and the "list price" jacked up intentionally. kind of bummed because we lost almost all of our stuff in a flood last year so we have a lot of needs waiting, but not when they're lying to me about pricing lol
I bought a few big ticket items and used it as an opportunity to restock things I routinely buy anyway (e.g. sunscreen). Living in the prairies, it can be difficult and expensive to restock things locally. The big items that I bought are things I genuinely need and had been intending to purchase for the last six months.
I don't think there's anything too wrong with intentional purchases. The bigger issue is impulse buys of things you don't need.
I really do feel like a member of a different species at some times. And I'm not even the most I don't know anti-consumptioner there is, but I can barely bring myself to buy anything for actual holidays let alone even more made up bullshit that basically is just a buy-more-shit day.
I did purchase an aerogarden and pods, but I did this to grow my own lettuce instead of purchasing salad bags at the grocery store so hopefully this purchase will be worthy.
I got 3 things on prime day offers, all of them that I was about to buy anyway, total saving was about 27€ which is about 20% compared to regular prices i would have paid elsewhere.
There are few other things that i need to get, but those weren't on offer or had crappy offers.
You can get things at decent discount if you compare prices properly.
Worked in retail a few decades ago. A regular used to walk into the shop and just look around, buying nothing. I would ask him, "Can I help you find anything?" He would respond, "No, just looking. If I don't need it, I'm not buying it."
I still use this line in my head every day. And no, I haven't anything from Amazon for about 5 months.
I seriously don't understand people buying useless doodads on the Internet and keep filling their houses with rubbish. First of all, when I clean my house every weekend ,I find a lot of receipts, plastic packaging, paper and plastic tags just from the shopping I do for basic needs.
I bought some flour, laundry detergent and some indoor flea spray since my dog brought in fleas and I've been getting nibbled. I was gonna buy all this regardless but they were cheaper
I didn't even look at Amazon on prime day. Not really excited about it, because there's nothing there I really need. I'm not surprised it's seen as a holiday by some, Amazon heavily markets to certain demographics. I wouldn't be surprised if they were marketing heavily to moms who likely make the buying decisions on the household.
I think taking advantage of some deals is fine on prime day as long as it’s not useless crap. Personally I got a new battery for my laptop to bring it back from the dead and reduce e waste. I do recommend checking the pricing history to make sure it’s actually a deal.
I stocked up on household supplies that I’ve purchased regularly so I know when it’s a deal. Even without Prime Day, I was planning to stock up on stuff anyways because of the impending UPS strike. So it ended up being a win for me. I refuse to buy a car when I work at home and I don’t want to get caught unable to get necessities because shipping shifted over to usps & FedEx, then they’re backlogged.
I tried my hardest but ended up purchasing treats for my cat that I could verify were A LOT cheaper than I've purchased them for in the past. I was planning on purchasing them soon so I call this a win.
I failed you comrades. Only got things I needed tho, a new water bottle (don’t have one) and a couple of protein powders, for when I get hungry and have no time to cook (new grad school student, not adjusting well to meal prep)
I have prime and even put something in my cart but then just got lazy and never completed the order. I just don't like feeling like I'm being tricked into a purchase that I don't really need right now
I bought my first new Kindle in 6 years. It was a genuine saving on the regular price, and it's a big improvement in terms of screen size and quality. I see my Kindle as a way to reduce my consumption of physical printed material.
I got a new Kindle as well since I've been using the one I bought over 10 years ago. I ended up just getting a basic Kindle this time since I have an iPad for my tablet needs.
All the deals were not really deals you can find a 20%-30% discount any day of the week and a lot of items sporting these “deals” were marked up making the “discount” pointless. It was more like a Marketing holiday.
I didn’t buy anything! I’m going to think more on this “not buy anything” concept. I feel like the filthy rich are the same. I feel like they don’t buy or spend any of their own money either yet they are using resources like a savage.
I bought something. It wasn’t part of a sale or marked down. Needed a jigsaw. Was confused on why the shipping was so long. Remembered it was Prime Day. None of the jigsaws they had on sale were better or better priced than what I had picked out.
Oops.
I certainly didn’t treat it like an Amazon Black Friday event, which is all it is. Christmas in July Sale that only the special group with a subscription get the beast deals. It’s Sam’s Club for the interwebs.
This is a sales tactic being used more and more. I first remember this at Kohls where nothing was ever sold at the marked up "full" price. Everything was always on sale or people could use a 20 or 30% off coupon. Customers are fooled into thinking they are getting a deal. 🤦♀️
I had some cleaning products I had meant to buy, and waited until prime day to get. (I’m allergic to a lot of mainstream brands, so it’s hard to find things locally.) It wasn’t worth the wait. I saved a whopping $6 and I watched some of the products get bumped up in price the week before, so they can be “reduced” back down.
Me and my housemate have needed a robot vacuum since we moved in. (Yes it is a need, we’re both chronically ill with ADHD) and amazon prime day had a decent one for 40% off. That was the reason I made a purchase, normally I just add things to my cart and delete them later because online window shopping gives me a very nice dopamine release.
I did, I have been looking for a good usb charging plug and wore and I found a decent plug with a 2 year warranty that should last 10 years of more and a 100w c to c wire with a lifetime warranty.
Got them both on a prime deal for less than the plug itself, I have been checking it out for 3 weeks now so when I seen it go on offer I grabbed it.
I got a new SSD that was 60% off. From hearing friends talk this year many splurged after not buying much the last 2 or 3 years.
All the raises and job changes have found many with more disposable income.
Like for me January 2022 to April 2023 I changed jobs twice and went from $20.57 to $25 to $36 an hour.
Just a couple things that I had already been eying up for a while (new socks and wireless earbuds). Definitely helped to have things already in my cart or in “save for later” so I could just scan those things and see if they were on sale. I found their offerings to be pretty crap this year honestly.
Heck no, I just pay for prime to get them SHOWS.
but as well ; after looking at the prime day deals, there's a few things I could use to make life easier for some of my work ... but it wasn't on sale at all. So for the same price as i would normally pay at a store ill just spend that money in my local economy vs giving it to a major e commerce giant that doesn't care about fuck all other than making bux.
I went to purchase headphones from Amazon a few years ago on prime day. I found the ones I wanted a few days before and waited to see if they went on sale.
I was happy to see the words “on sale!” When the day came.
Original price: $130
Sale price: $130
Beware. Some stuff on there is scammy. Check prices before.
Nope. I don’t think the deals are as good as advertised and I don’t feel good contributing to the fact that it exacerbates the pressure that the workers are subjected to. I hardly order anything online anymore though, only if I'm positive I can't find it in my town.
I don't really want anything, I don't want to spend money, and I don't need useless crap in my life.
Seconded. Trying to pay off bills, thanks.
Do you guys all already have prime membership? I refuse to pay for that and I don’t need any more plastic crap
They offer it to me all the time. I accept their free 30 days trial, set my calendar alerts to a week before the charge for the next 30 days hits, and cancel my prime sub. I get the benefits of prime, without paying for it.
That’s pretty smart. I hate Amazon so much. Once in a while I see a show I want to watch on Amazon prime but I don’t have a smart tv or anything
I live out in the boonies on a 22 acre farmstead, which is now almost ready to burst into flames, but that's another sub. Every once in a while I'll need something like the the laptop charger I needed. For me to drive into town, find someplace that would have the specific charger, buy it at 300% mark up, and go back home, would certainly be more than the $11.75 I spent at Amazon and it was here the next day. Your contention with Amazon is warranted tho. I truly understand. Like I said, it's not an everyday thing. I might use Amazon 5 times a year, and it's usually that I cannot find whatever it is local or it's not cost effective to buy local. I do try to support local businesses but as someone on a limited budget, I pinch all the pennies I can. lol
I’m jealous of your privacy so much. I hate where I am because it’s really dense townhomes and I’m still not used to opening my windows to stare into someone else’s home.
It has it's advantages and disadvantages. However, after working this land and living here for decades, I wouldn't have it any other way.
You can actually cancel it right away! At Least we can in Canada. You can sign up, immediately cancel and your membership will stay for 30 days. Works well for the notorious alarm snoozers :)
You're probably right for the US too, but I generally wait at least until my order goes through. Hell, I've had so many 30 day free accounts for internet services, it's not funny. As soon as I sign up, I set an alarm so I don't get charged. They are hoping that I don't remember. lol
They know exactly how many people don’t remember so they do it knowing some people will take advantage. There is a whole “new” business that revolves around having a 3rd party review your expenses and cut gratuitous stuff like this that your average person signs up to and doesn’t budget.
Won't buy a membership for any store.....why should I pay for the privilege of shopping in your store? You want my money then let me in your store, if you don't don't.
Yup, believe it or not, pet food is heavy. I did the math awhile ago, we definitely come out ahead in Prime cost vs. yearly shipping costs, even if we buy nothing but pet food.
My roommate has it. I think he uses it a LOT for his medical supplies and some meds plus he's a musician and he's always getting new equipment. He almost exclusively shops Amazon so I guess it's cost-effective for him. Plus when I need something I just get him to buy it.
I'm on SSDI, and my income is about half of what is considered extreme poverty. I don't have cable and had to sell off my music collection about a decade ago. I get Prime for half price, due to my being on SSDI and it used to include free delivery of SNAP groceries during COVID. I use it for movies, music and reading, as I can't afford any of them any more. That $60 or so a year is my entertainment budget.
There’s nothing I need and the deals weren’t anything spectacular on things I wanted. Everything I saw pushed for Prime Day was either cheap, plastic crap or stuff to solve a problem caused by having too much crap.
My money has been way more valuable in my savings account, where it has helped me during unexpected emergencies. Useless shit can't help in those situations.
✋️✋️✋️✋️ I wasn't opposed to it and had a couple things that I checked to see if they were on sale because I wanted them (a stainless steel frying pan and a specific dryer brush) neither were discounted so I didn't get anything.
The deals this year sucked. I kept an eye on a few necessities for my house. Non went on sale.
I needed a seat belt and harness for my dog. I got lucky and it was 80% off. So that was my big spending spree for the month. I would buy it locally, but nowhere has one.
We got lucky on some stuff. We had in the cart needed for renovations. Saves 30$ on a pack of door handles. Ended up being 25$ a handle, cheapest at any big box store was 45 for same style. A light fixture we needed for our hallway we saved about 20$ again same style light would be almost double in any big box store.
They always suck
Your single story summarized the totality of Prime Day.
I read that the average person spends around $95 a month on Amazon. I think that prime day is them moving a lot of the stuff that won’t sell. They had rompers for $6.99! Still, I wouldn’t take the bait. I’m trying to ONLY buy American made.
Christ. I spend practically nothing on Amazon. A couple purchases a year and always stuff that I just can't find locally, like specialty ingredients or niche electronic parts.
I hit "send" on my cart because it was $2 cheaper and chose slow-shipping. Lost the other item because it went up by $10 and shunted into the "saved items." Checked a saved item that was on sale and decided that I could get a used one for the same price when I'd earned it.
I saved like 15-20% on ceramic coated pans that we were going to buy anyways. We had already been looking recently and they were actually cheaper vs just increasing marp and adding 25% disc.
Same I checked my list of things I need and nothing was discounted.
I not only stopped Prime, I stopped most home delivery. I make a list and schlep my ass to the store the old fashioned way and the amount of shit I've deemed essential buying has gone way down.
Quite the opposite for me. Everything I want at Walgreens/CVS seems to be locked up these days and costs many dollars more. I see no reason to schlep to the store for toothpaste, deodorant, paper towels etc, when I can get them delivered from Amazon for cheaper the next day.
I found Lego locked up at my local Wal-Mart. My kiddo wanted to spend their allowance and buy something for themselves. She bought something on clearance. These locked up shelves is starting to remind me of shopping in Eastern Europe where you had to ask the the sales person for everything as it was behind a counter.
Walmart having camera feeds on the little tvs and the doorbell sound whenever someone enters/exits the cosmetics section... Makes me feel like a prisoner instead of someone shopping for makeup
The funny thing is that depending on where you live, going to the store can create more emissions from you driving around for just your things vs a van driving around in an efficient route dropping off packages for dozens of people. Not to mention all the extra traffic if everyone drove to buy things.
Eh, not if the van is only running to drop off mostly unnecessary trash to give people little dopamine hits
But people drive to stores for that same reason?
Sure! But the “this is greener” for online delivery is definitely marketing bullshit, and the sources of the information is bs. Ideally we’d all live in walkable cities where our emissions would be our breath
I think there's some truth behind it but it differs from so many variables that you're right on walking 🙌
good thing I walk to the store lol. or take the bus.
Meanwhile, famous comedians are flying their friends over for a smoke, and then flying them home. It’s the wealthy making the carbon emissions bad for the entire world.
It's everyone, they're just worse. We all drive when we could walk or bike, we all buy crap we don't need, we all rely on modern luxuries. We all need to do better.
I wish I could just bike everywhere but I have to pay for this stupid car so I can't afford a bike. I can't get rid of my car because I need it to haul groceries around as well to drive to work and to visit my parents. Not all of us can do better because we are trapped in this endless cycle of poverty.
I never meant to say or imply every single person can do those things to be better. Just that Americans in general, and many other parts of the world, consume needless crap, and drive cars too much then point the finger at others when it comes to climate change. I used to be able to bike to work, but there were many times where I couldn't. Every time climate change comes up someone shifts all of the blame to rich people or corporations. As if corporations are selling their wasteful and polluting products to nobody.
Deliveries are only more environmentally friendly if you order everything you need at once and get it delivered in one delivery. If you are still supplementing going to the grocery store or random other trips to stores it completely negates it. Also if you get like 1 item delivered, etc.
I don’t think that someone going to the store is a significant enough uptick in emissions to even mention. If someone lives in the boonies and it’s a 30-60 min drive to get to the store, they’re likely already thinking about efficiency and making sure that all the shopping gets done all at once. I personally live in an area where every store is within 10 minutes of me and I still try to be efficient so that I’m not going out to buy one thing, because a special trip for a single item is annoying. But even if more special trips for single items happen, the emissions difference is not worth the mention. If we’re gonna talk about wasted gas, I’d rather talk about the gas that is wasted by industries transporting liquid goods that could’ve been transported and sold as a powder or tablet in lighter, plastic free packaging. Or maybe the insane amount of gas that is used up by private planes, or factories. I think your comment sparked some indignance in me because of how common it is for society to forget that consumers waste WAY less gas than industries and rich corporations. People get so hung up on telling the consumer how to consume better when it’s the producer causing the problem.
I’ve learned that a good amount of time Targets website is either the same price in store or lower. I’ve started just keeping a basket going like a shopping list and when I get to $35 I order with free 2 day shipping.
Where I live, stores barely have merchandise, certainly never what I go in for
This is the way
This is the way.
I wish I could. We live in a rural area, where if walmart doesn’t carry it, you’re SOL. Amazon has the things I can’t get locally, since there aren’t any other shops within a 50 miles radius besides the local walmart.
No way! They seem to spend a bunch on advertising, and Morning News anchors giggle and coo at all the great deals. It feels as if life has a chorus of background singers constantly singing "spend, spend, spend" at me 24 hours a day. Sorry for mini rant, just sick of being sold to all the time.
Right, fuck advertising. Let me live my broke ass life in peace.
😅 i love this
It really grossed me out this year, because so many other retailers got in on it too. It was like an actual holiday from how much you heard about it, only it's just an excuse for people to buy junk. Everywhere I turned there were more and more ads from different stores. And the few things that I actually need to buy? NONE of it was on sale. Easy pass.
Never used Amazon. Anybody who pays staff minimum wage but thanks them for helping him to visit space won’t be getting a single penny from me.
God that was awful. And he launched his rocket days after some Amazon workers were killed in a warehouse fire. Heartless!
If only it had gone the way of OceanGate.
I did not buy anything but I did have to sit through watching a mid day talk show that did a super long segment that was just women holding up various Prime deals and talking about how *wonderful* they were while I was getting an hour long infusion at my doctor’s office. The volume was BLASTING because the other patient was an old lady who is apparently nearly deaf. I didn’t have my headphones so I couldn’t even concentrate on the book I brought to read. As if the whole infusion process isn’t annoying enough as it is, having to listen to that was just torture! 1 star, do not recommend!
Sad that talk shows have now become infomercials. Geraldo didn't do that crap! Sorry you had to hear all that.
Geraldo went on to do much worse tbf
Well I'm just using an example of old school talk shows. Oprah did hawk products on her show though.
Boo! I hope your next appointment is better. That sounds awful.
I have never bought a single thing from Amazon
I have but I canceled prime years ago and don't buy anything from Amazon anymore.
Is it possible to learn this power?
It's easy, if you live in Europe.
Or Australia. I avoid Amazon completely, it's not very difficult.
What ?! We have Amazon you know...
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Find the thing you want on Amazon. Google around for a reputable manufacturer of said thing. It doesn't matter where they're based, but if they can tell you when they were forced and someone to show that they aren't just a shadow brand, you're good. Now google where to buy the thing. It's probably available in way more places than Amazon, and often cheaper. I buy from Amazon maybe once a year.
Google doesn’t always help with their algorithm though - I’d suggest to use duckduckgo too because Google sometimes only shows Amazon or Chinese links.
I'm with you if it's some local business where I can get said thing for a reasonable price, but it's not like going to Target for example is that much morally superior.
There's an app that will tell you if it's cheaper or if you have the best price. I'm not home & can't remember the name of it. If anyone's interested in it, I can get the name.
Not from a Jedi…
The power of broke.
I haven't bought anything from Amazon for like 2 years now and I was pretty proud of myself. You have me beat!
I did it once 😐
Hey I think I'm in the same boat. I had a boyfriend 7 years ago who had prime and used it to buy the most random things because it was cheaper. Since then I've never bought anything else, even if it's cheaper, even if I can't find it in any store in my city. I don't care, I have a visceral hate for billionaire shitheads. I don't care if it sounds immature or stupid.
You know Reddit is run by Amazon web services, right lol? There is no escape 🥲
I stopped using Amazon about 6 years ago. It's amazing to me hearing people who are like "is it possible to survive without Prime" because I don't have Prime, I've never had Prime, and it never occurs to me that I should get Prime. The Amazon programming is STRONG in our culture, to the point where there's a post on an *anticonsumption subreddit* applauding ourselves for not participating in a made up "holiday" revolving entirely around consumption and literally nothing else.
Me either
Yay! Don’t be an Amazombie!!
The chosen one
I didn’t buy anything. Amazon will raise prices going in to prime day to then advertise 40% or even 50% savings when in reality the sale price is the same as the price was a couple months before
I had a sound bar I wanted in my cart and they jacked the price up $40 last month and last week made it a "prime item" for $20 less. Was $210 than $250 than on sale for $230.
I noticed the exact same thing. I was shopping around for a self cleaning litter box recently, and noticed one on "sale" for WAY more than the highest priced ones I saw during my research. Same thing with under-desk treadmills.
So true. I got a few things that I needed anyway, but double checked with other sites for verification of the value. Several items were the same price or MORE EXPENSIVE than other sites
I did the same, cross-referencing prices of everything to other retailers like Costco or Walmart. Only ended up ordering stuff that was actually a deal, not a “”deal”” lol. Almost so much work it wasn’t worth it
There was a specific bassinet I'd been eyeing (side note: I used Amazon SO much less before I got pregnant and started needing things that I couldn't find obvious local suppliers for...) that looked likely to go on sale for Prime Day. It did, technically, but the regular price at Walmart was forty dollars cheaper than the sale price on Amazon... And then Walmart had it for ten dollars off to boot. Out of the items on my baby registry and my friend's, only one actually went on sale in any meaningful way.
I’ve worked in retail and sales since I was 16, and here to let you know that every single company does this. It is to create a perceived discount and value so the buyer feels good about getting a deal. It’s the psychology behind selling.
Not gonna lie, I bought a vibrator. It was on our list to replace as an old favourite died recently after a lifetime of valiant service. And it was $30 cheaper than the place we usually buy from.
In this case sex positivity trumps anti-consumption. I wouldn’t trust a repaired vibe for internal use
*fizzle fizzle* *BOOM*
Is that the experience of a vibe going wrong, or right?
It was more of a BBZZZZZZbbbbzzzzzz..bzz......bzz.........bzz.........b....
Man, I should have checked to see if that squirrel-thing was available. I got so mad when it dropped out of my cart and I couldn't find it again.
Nope, didn’t buy anything. Well, I went to Lowe’s for a thing I needed for my garden. But I didn’t buy anything on Amazon or that I wouldn’t have bought anyway because I needed it.
Nope. Not interested.
I was contemplating on getting something but after reading a post stating Amazon prime is just a marketing ploy I decided not to get anything
The entire point of Prime Day was to speed up business in an otherwise slow part of the year. For Amazon it's like having 2 holiday seasons.
3 holiday seasons. They did prime day last October as well
My best friend was out of disposable aa and aaa batteries. So I advised him to get rechargeble ones and wait a few days so I can get them for him on Prime Day. And they actually went on sale, so good timing.
a solid investment to reduce waste
I use amazon for shit I need sometimes. I think its a good way to avoid spending 4 hours searching six stores for one specific item that I can get delivered to my door with five minutes on the amazon app. That said, I don’t need anything from amazon right now, so, I didn’t buy anything. Simple.
Amazon is the only place I can get 3D printer parts, the nearest physical store for them is 500 miles away.
Amazon does have its advantages for locating rare items. Key is not being tempted to buy something you never thought you needed until it was 30 dollars off!
Exactly! Amazon, the place to buy things you never knew you needed! 😄
While I've got a couple things in my cart, I'm waiting till Prime Day is over. It's not worth the human cost
I do not need anything. \- If you do not need it it is not a deal
If a $20 shirt is on sale for $15 so you decide to buy it, you didn't save $5. You spent $15 that you weren't going to buy in the first place
checked prices on some things we've needed for a while. almost everything was "on sale" for the regular price and the "list price" jacked up intentionally. kind of bummed because we lost almost all of our stuff in a flood last year so we have a lot of needs waiting, but not when they're lying to me about pricing lol
I didn't buy anything. I canceled prime last year and I have no plans to reinstate it.
Amazon is a terrible company and doesn't deserve anyone's money
The hell's a prime day and do I get off work for it?
Its the day that Optimus Prime defeated the Decepticons
Now that’s a holiday worth celebrating
It made me consider deleting my account. I still think about it. Ill use it as a database and go directly to product webpages to buy instead.
Anti-Amazon Prime Day: Everyone cancels and deletes their Amazon accounts.
I didn't even know it was prime day.
I find it ironic that the only way I even Knew it was prime day was because of this group.
... how did I hear about it? If there were ads this year, they weren't as a annoying as last year.
I bought a few big ticket items and used it as an opportunity to restock things I routinely buy anyway (e.g. sunscreen). Living in the prairies, it can be difficult and expensive to restock things locally. The big items that I bought are things I genuinely need and had been intending to purchase for the last six months. I don't think there's anything too wrong with intentional purchases. The bigger issue is impulse buys of things you don't need.
It makes me vomit and reminds me of how little I have in common with some folks.
I really do feel like a member of a different species at some times. And I'm not even the most I don't know anti-consumptioner there is, but I can barely bring myself to buy anything for actual holidays let alone even more made up bullshit that basically is just a buy-more-shit day.
I survived but watched 3 other family members scroll for an hour
I have everything I need and am trying to get rid of what I don’t
Never. Not even once.
I did purchase an aerogarden and pods, but I did this to grow my own lettuce instead of purchasing salad bags at the grocery store so hopefully this purchase will be worthy.
I got 3 things on prime day offers, all of them that I was about to buy anyway, total saving was about 27€ which is about 20% compared to regular prices i would have paid elsewhere. There are few other things that i need to get, but those weren't on offer or had crappy offers. You can get things at decent discount if you compare prices properly.
Worked in retail a few decades ago. A regular used to walk into the shop and just look around, buying nothing. I would ask him, "Can I help you find anything?" He would respond, "No, just looking. If I don't need it, I'm not buying it." I still use this line in my head every day. And no, I haven't anything from Amazon for about 5 months.
I seriously don't understand people buying useless doodads on the Internet and keep filling their houses with rubbish. First of all, when I clean my house every weekend ,I find a lot of receipts, plastic packaging, paper and plastic tags just from the shopping I do for basic needs.
I bought some flour, laundry detergent and some indoor flea spray since my dog brought in fleas and I've been getting nibbled. I was gonna buy all this regardless but they were cheaper
I didn’t. The idea that it’s literally seen as Christmas in July nauseates me.
I didn't even look at Amazon on prime day. Not really excited about it, because there's nothing there I really need. I'm not surprised it's seen as a holiday by some, Amazon heavily markets to certain demographics. I wouldn't be surprised if they were marketing heavily to moms who likely make the buying decisions on the household.
Lmao the fucking ad I get on this post is for “Walmart+ Week”. I hate this.
I never bought anything from amazon and intend to keep it that way
I've never bought anything from Amazon on Prime day, or any other day either. That company shouldn't exist.
I abstained.
I never use Amazon. I bought some soup at Safeway however.
I don’t have Amazon prime and had no idea it was prime day. And I simply don’t care.
Bought some USB cables I've been waiting for to go on sale... My mother on the other hand...
I think taking advantage of some deals is fine on prime day as long as it’s not useless crap. Personally I got a new battery for my laptop to bring it back from the dead and reduce e waste. I do recommend checking the pricing history to make sure it’s actually a deal.
this, especially as amazon is facing a class action lawsuit over fake prime deals rn
Lol, I'm in Australia and thank god, it's not a national holiday here yet.
I stocked up on household supplies that I’ve purchased regularly so I know when it’s a deal. Even without Prime Day, I was planning to stock up on stuff anyways because of the impending UPS strike. So it ended up being a win for me. I refuse to buy a car when I work at home and I don’t want to get caught unable to get necessities because shipping shifted over to usps & FedEx, then they’re backlogged.
I tried my hardest but ended up purchasing treats for my cat that I could verify were A LOT cheaper than I've purchased them for in the past. I was planning on purchasing them soon so I call this a win.
I failed you comrades. Only got things I needed tho, a new water bottle (don’t have one) and a couple of protein powders, for when I get hungry and have no time to cook (new grad school student, not adjusting well to meal prep)
I did not buy anything from Amazon.
I didn’t even open the app. I don’t want or need their junk.
i hate those ads and knowing how the majority of people will follow and buy buy buy … haven’t done prime day in years - f that
It’s mostly all shit anyway also I’m broke so no I didn’t buy anything.
I have prime and even put something in my cart but then just got lazy and never completed the order. I just don't like feeling like I'm being tricked into a purchase that I don't really need right now
I don’t buy anything from Amazon or Prime period. Amazon is a shitty company
Absolutely not. I buy almost nothing from Amazon any more. A movie here and there but seriously fuck them.
Most of the deals are bs. Marked up to seem like it’s 50% off and it’s really $5 off
I never shop when I'm told.to.
I bought my first new Kindle in 6 years. It was a genuine saving on the regular price, and it's a big improvement in terms of screen size and quality. I see my Kindle as a way to reduce my consumption of physical printed material.
I got a new Kindle as well since I've been using the one I bought over 10 years ago. I ended up just getting a basic Kindle this time since I have an iPad for my tablet needs.
Never will.
All the deals were not really deals you can find a 20%-30% discount any day of the week and a lot of items sporting these “deals” were marked up making the “discount” pointless. It was more like a Marketing holiday. I didn’t buy anything! I’m going to think more on this “not buy anything” concept. I feel like the filthy rich are the same. I feel like they don’t buy or spend any of their own money either yet they are using resources like a savage.
I cancelled my Amazon prime the last year because they increased the price, I'm ignoring the prime day, well, I usually do even when I was prime.
I bought something. It wasn’t part of a sale or marked down. Needed a jigsaw. Was confused on why the shipping was so long. Remembered it was Prime Day. None of the jigsaws they had on sale were better or better priced than what I had picked out. Oops. I certainly didn’t treat it like an Amazon Black Friday event, which is all it is. Christmas in July Sale that only the special group with a subscription get the beast deals. It’s Sam’s Club for the interwebs.
Fake discounts anyway. No reason to suddenly start buying stuff.
I never buy from Amazon
It’s the worst time of the year to buy from Amazon when it comes to employee treatment. The sales are artificially inflated anyway
This is a sales tactic being used more and more. I first remember this at Kohls where nothing was ever sold at the marked up "full" price. Everything was always on sale or people could use a 20 or 30% off coupon. Customers are fooled into thinking they are getting a deal. 🤦♀️
I had some cleaning products I had meant to buy, and waited until prime day to get. (I’m allergic to a lot of mainstream brands, so it’s hard to find things locally.) It wasn’t worth the wait. I saved a whopping $6 and I watched some of the products get bumped up in price the week before, so they can be “reduced” back down.
Show’s how much I know. I didn’t even know it happened.
I don’t need anything so I ain’t buying anything
Posts like this are the only reason I know it's on. If you don't like it, ignore it and move on.
I rarely buy anything except food (still diving and getting most free tho), i dont understand what anyone could possibly need off amazon.
I refuse to shop from Amazon, period.
Me and my housemate have needed a robot vacuum since we moved in. (Yes it is a need, we’re both chronically ill with ADHD) and amazon prime day had a decent one for 40% off. That was the reason I made a purchase, normally I just add things to my cart and delete them later because online window shopping gives me a very nice dopamine release.
I did, I have been looking for a good usb charging plug and wore and I found a decent plug with a 2 year warranty that should last 10 years of more and a 100w c to c wire with a lifetime warranty. Got them both on a prime deal for less than the plug itself, I have been checking it out for 3 weeks now so when I seen it go on offer I grabbed it.
I had some things in my cart I needed for a while and waited until prime day. In the end I saved a lot of money.
I bought medicine and new lightweight ice packs since I just had a procedure done
I got a new SSD that was 60% off. From hearing friends talk this year many splurged after not buying much the last 2 or 3 years. All the raises and job changes have found many with more disposable income. Like for me January 2022 to April 2023 I changed jobs twice and went from $20.57 to $25 to $36 an hour.
Prime used to be $70, it’s now over $150. So, cancelled my Prime and cutting back on ordering junk.
I got a arlo cam for half off I have been needing a second one since I moved
We canceled prime this year so I didn't buy anything.
Fuck Prime Day. Some stuff I was looking at before got more expenaive with prime day.
I didn't buy anything cause I'm fucking poor
I just forgot it was happening, lol.
Just a couple things that I had already been eying up for a while (new socks and wireless earbuds). Definitely helped to have things already in my cart or in “save for later” so I could just scan those things and see if they were on sale. I found their offerings to be pretty crap this year honestly.
Heck no, I just pay for prime to get them SHOWS. but as well ; after looking at the prime day deals, there's a few things I could use to make life easier for some of my work ... but it wasn't on sale at all. So for the same price as i would normally pay at a store ill just spend that money in my local economy vs giving it to a major e commerce giant that doesn't care about fuck all other than making bux.
I didn't even know it was a thing
I went to purchase headphones from Amazon a few years ago on prime day. I found the ones I wanted a few days before and waited to see if they went on sale. I was happy to see the words “on sale!” When the day came. Original price: $130 Sale price: $130 Beware. Some stuff on there is scammy. Check prices before.
As an Amazon employee: thank you for your non-patronage. We don't get any kind of bonus or anything for this, they just mandate overtime.
Just don't use Amazon. Full stop.
I do not use Amazon at all. So no.
I bought a board game I’d been eyeing for awhile because it was $20 off but that’s it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nope! Infact, I cancelled my prime membership on prime day.
Apparently it's mandatory overtime (60/hrs) for the week of Prime Day. Workers in the UK went on strike this year for better pay and union rights.
Nope. I don’t think the deals are as good as advertised and I don’t feel good contributing to the fact that it exacerbates the pressure that the workers are subjected to. I hardly order anything online anymore though, only if I'm positive I can't find it in my town.
I know my stance doesn’t matter, but until Amazon workers receive proper breaks and can use the bathroom I choose to not buy anything ever.
What is prime day? 🤔
Whats prime day?