ERD50
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I can’t justify $119, or $99. I have nothing against Amazon, seems to be a great enterprise. I’m surprised at the LBYMers here purchasing on Amazon often enough to justify savings on shipping. ...
I'm surprised also (exception for those who feel they get value from the other bundled benefits), but for a slightly different reason.
I actually purchase from Amazon fairly often, but I don't pay shipping for Prime items - the shipping is 'free' on orders over $25 (sometimes $35?). That's not a very high hurdle, and I keep things in a 'wish list' that I can use to round out the order if I need.
So I never pay shipping, I get stuff in 3-7 days instead of 2-3. I rarely, if ever, really need it faster. The few times that I might, I could pay the few $$ in shipping for that case and be way ahead of the $99 every year.
I've also seen a few cases where the exact same item on Amazon with shipping is a little less than Prime with 'free shipping'.
-ERD50