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Ever since there started being discounts for Prime-only members I knew it was the beginning of the end of my using Amazon.

My last online order was with Walgreens. I never tried them before but I googled for the product I had in my Amazon cart, it was cheaper at Walgreens, I added a few things to get up to $35 for free shipping, those things were also cheaper than on Amazon. I got the delivery faster than my last few free standard shipping orders with Amazon.

For a long time Amazon was the "default" in my mind for shopping online and I see now there's no reason it should be that way anymore.




> Ever since there started being discounts for Prime-only members I knew it was the beginning of the end of my using Amazon.

For me the opposite happened: i'm now shopping more at amazon than before because I decided to subscribe to prime again. Here (Austria) prime now delivers in one or two days even to the most remote regions which previously was something they did not really do. I also get instant video, amazon music and a bunch of other stuff thrown in for free and the returns are amazing.

The value I get out of it is very much worth it. I don't see any other online store catching up with this service any time soon.


You might look into PriceBlink. It's a pretty slick extension that automatically finds better deals for the items you're browsing.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/priceblink/aoiidod...


Somewhat similar experience but with the old brick and mortar. I get taxed on Amazon purchases and a speaker package ended up costing the same as buying from Amazon and even then I was buying through a reseller on Amazon whereas I can get stuff handled faster and easier should I have issues. Besides, Best Buy price matches Amazon nowadays anyway.




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