buckeyefarmer
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I've only seen prime as a per yr fee, didn't know you could pay month to month.
Student prime is half price.
Student prime is half price.
What's going on at Amazon?
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Valveman
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Some manufacturers have agreements with distributors/dealers and therefore won't sell to the general public. So they send you back to Amazon or Ebay to purchase. The sellers on Ebay and amazon are usualy just distributors/dealers low balling prices on the internet. They still offer service and installation in their area while selling at at higher price. But they figure they can make a few bucks low balling the price of products and sell them in someone elses area.
This is great for generic products. But for high price items or products that require considerable explanation or help I try to buy from the manufacturer when I can, so they won't mind spending the time with me that I need.
This is great for generic products. But for high price items or products that require considerable explanation or help I try to buy from the manufacturer when I can, so they won't mind spending the time with me that I need.
dickfoster
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Just as a point of reference last Friday I ordered a new Kindle for my wife from Amazon then ordered something else from EBay. I just checked and so far no word from Amazon not even an order acknowledgement. I went to Amazon to check and the order is still being processed while the Ebay order was acknowledged, shipped and is on the way to me already. Now that's what I'm talking about. What am I supposed to do, pay them extra to get off of their asses and do their job? That's just not gonna happen. If it had not been a Kindle, I would not have ordered it from Amazon in the first place. They only get the business I have to pass their way now and have no choice when they used to get it all. Those idiots are asleep at the switch.
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My wife ordered an item a few days ago & it came 4 days later. Never had a problem with Amazon. First order I ever placed, back when they were just a book seller, I ordered at 10 o'clock at night & it came the next day. I'm 30 miles outside Portland & Amazon was mostly just a Seattle operation back then.
dmccarty
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Eons ago I ordered one of the first color Kindles. I don't like being a technology pioneer since pioneers tend to collect arrows the hard way. 
But in this case, I could get a subscription to the WSJ delivered to the Kindle for a huge savings over the paper delivery. The paper would mostly be delivered in the morning but since the mailbox is a good distance from the house, I would not read the paper until the evening after work or after we got the mail. With the delivery to the Kindle it saved us the cost of the Kindle in a years time and was much more easy. It made it worthwhile to be a pioneer. Sure enough I had problems with the WSJ application on the Kindle. I spent an hour or two on the phone to Amazon one Friday night. The guy was EXCELLENT and I received great customer service from him. I knew pretty early on that the problem was not Amazon's but with the WSJ application yet Amazon paid for my Amazon Prime for a year anyway. The WSJ eventually solved the problem.
We have only had one order messed up by Amazon when they shipped us the wrong stuff. It was pretty obvious the person packing the order put the wrong label on the boxes. No big deal and we had what we ordered a few days later. Given the number of orders we place with Amazon, having one problem in all of these years is a very good track record.
I have been ordering a fair number of used/old books from Amazon and I have been very impressed with the quality of the books. All of the books have been better than described and the price has been fair. Some of the books are long out of print and I swear some of them might have been read once. I know one book was never opened. I remember seeing stacks of them in my college book store back in the day. :laughing: I sure paid less for the book recently compared to the school book store prices decades ago and the book was new and never read.
Amazon prices are almost always cheaper than other stores, online or brick & mortar, where we spend money. Amazon Prime shipping is a huge money saver for us. I am shocked at the cost of shipping at other retailers, sometimes the shipping cost is 10-20ish% of the order and I am not talking overnight or second day shipping. :shocked: Not having to physically go into a store is a huge time saver. The amount of time I have spent in local stores trying to buy something they don't have is huge. Just being able to order and having the part show up a few days later is a big time saver not to mention money saver.
Later,
Dan
But in this case, I could get a subscription to the WSJ delivered to the Kindle for a huge savings over the paper delivery. The paper would mostly be delivered in the morning but since the mailbox is a good distance from the house, I would not read the paper until the evening after work or after we got the mail. With the delivery to the Kindle it saved us the cost of the Kindle in a years time and was much more easy. It made it worthwhile to be a pioneer. Sure enough I had problems with the WSJ application on the Kindle. I spent an hour or two on the phone to Amazon one Friday night. The guy was EXCELLENT and I received great customer service from him. I knew pretty early on that the problem was not Amazon's but with the WSJ application yet Amazon paid for my Amazon Prime for a year anyway. The WSJ eventually solved the problem. We have only had one order messed up by Amazon when they shipped us the wrong stuff. It was pretty obvious the person packing the order put the wrong label on the boxes. No big deal and we had what we ordered a few days later. Given the number of orders we place with Amazon, having one problem in all of these years is a very good track record.
I have been ordering a fair number of used/old books from Amazon and I have been very impressed with the quality of the books. All of the books have been better than described and the price has been fair. Some of the books are long out of print and I swear some of them might have been read once. I know one book was never opened. I remember seeing stacks of them in my college book store back in the day. :laughing: I sure paid less for the book recently compared to the school book store prices decades ago and the book was new and never read.
Amazon prices are almost always cheaper than other stores, online or brick & mortar, where we spend money. Amazon Prime shipping is a huge money saver for us. I am shocked at the cost of shipping at other retailers, sometimes the shipping cost is 10-20ish% of the order and I am not talking overnight or second day shipping. :shocked: Not having to physically go into a store is a huge time saver. The amount of time I have spent in local stores trying to buy something they don't have is huge. Just being able to order and having the part show up a few days later is a big time saver not to mention money saver.
Later,
Dan
dodge man
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Well I for some reason thought Amazon Prime was something like $20 a year. I was wrong. My wife works and its her choice but it isn't cheap. She does download a lot of free music and once and a while a movie so that helps with the cost.
A Kindle? I bought her one about 3 years ago. She hardly ever uses it. She likes having the actual book in her hand. I read one book on it and subscribed to a magizine on it and don't like it that much either.
A Kindle? I bought her one about 3 years ago. She hardly ever uses it. She likes having the actual book in her hand. I read one book on it and subscribed to a magizine on it and don't like it that much either.
PILOON
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Like all things it is buyer beware.
I'm hot on tools but with all those specials, black friday etc deals my local store was still the best deal and no crazy shipping costs.
I refer to the Dewalt driver drill deals in a bag with 2 batteries.
It is nor the first time that local was cheaper than on line for me.
Shipping is a big factor along with taxes on the shipping service.
I think we will see a return to the good old local specialized stores in the near future.
I'm hot on tools but with all those specials, black friday etc deals my local store was still the best deal and no crazy shipping costs.
I refer to the Dewalt driver drill deals in a bag with 2 batteries.
It is nor the first time that local was cheaper than on line for me.
Shipping is a big factor along with taxes on the shipping service.
I think we will see a return to the good old local specialized stores in the near future.
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I was about to purchase something on e bay the other day.. when I got to check out, tax were added. I backed out and went with another seller of the same product , but no taxes added.. Saved me about $7.00