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I think Amazon is now on the downward part of the bell curve. (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by Alpha71@lemmy.world to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world

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I noticed this happening over Christmas. The one big claim to fame that Amazon has is fast and "free" shipping. But that seems to be going away now.

Alot of stuff I ordered in November and December of last year, took longer than usual to arrive. I just chalked it up to how busy the holiday season is.

Fast forward to this month, and all of the items I ordered took longer to arrive. Even "Prime" listed stuff. On the website it said shipping next day. It took two days to arrive. Stuff listed as two days to arrive turns out to be a week now, and so called "Prime next day shipping" is now only guaranteed if you spend 35 dollars or more. And even then it still arrives a day late.

So to everyone hating on Amazon, rejoice! It looks like it's reign is starting to dip. I've been doing alot more shopping on Walmart who seems to have better pricing and shipping.

I wonder who the next big online retailer will be?

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[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

I'm not a fan of Amazon's business practices, but when I was stationed overseas with the US military for 8+ years, they were the fastest and most reliable way for me to order supplies from back home, so my wife and I got a Prime account for the benefits. We could get our goods in about a week, as opposed to 2-3 weeks for a regular account.

Now I'm recently retired, living back home in the US, and I'd like to give up our Prime account, but there's apparently a distribution warehouse near our home, so every time I order something, it asks if I want it delivered within the next few hours. Goddamn, that's better home delivery service than Walmart in my area! That makes it very difficult to give up.

My wife and I generally vote with our money. If we don't approve of a company, then we refuse to spend money on them. But Amazon is, unfortunately, one service we haven't cut off yet. Maybe one day.