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Aren't books and music separate charges?
There's Prime Books which is free, and one of the other service's books free per month. Amazon Music is also free, though there's an upgrade that gives you more access I suppose. I don't do any of the extra fee stuff so I can't speak to details on any of it.

 
Seriously considering dropping Prime.  My orders for Prime items are taking way longer than 2 days.  I called today and they gave me a line about how the 2 days only applies to shipping, not the pre-shipping process.  So even though for years I have ordered something and gotten it two days later now apparently it is OK for things to take a week or more.
I don’t have any issues at all, but it’ll tell you if it doesn’t ship right away. When you checkout it gives you an estimated arrival date, so not sure if you are getting stuff after that. I don’t remember much I order that isn’t two days and it’s always coming when they say it will.

 
Seriously considering dropping Prime.  My orders for Prime items are taking way longer than 2 days.  I called today and they gave me a line about how the 2 days only applies to shipping, not the pre-shipping process.  So even though for years I have ordered something and gotten it two days later now apparently it is OK for things to take a week or more.
Curious, how close are your nearest distribution centers?

 
And two day shipping is free for everyone over the holidays anyways. But yea, if my packages started consistently taking longer than two days, I'd drop it like a bad habit. I hardly use video, music or books anymore. Really, the shipping is about the only benefit we use.
Really no video?  Good prime exclusive series lately. Homecoming, Lore, etc 

 
I don’t have any issues at all, but it’ll tell you if it doesn’t ship right away. When you checkout it gives you an estimated arrival date, so not sure if you are getting stuff after that. I don’t remember much I order that isn’t two days and it’s always coming when they say it will.
This. Been a Prime member for years and absolutely love it. I think I've had one shipment not arrive within 2 days and I live on the prairie!

 
Seriously considering dropping Prime.  My orders for Prime items are taking way longer than 2 days.  I called today and they gave me a line about how the 2 days only applies to shipping, not the pre-shipping process.  So even though for years I have ordered something and gotten it two days later now apparently it is OK for things to take a week or more.
My last couple have been a day or two late, and both times, I got on customer support chat and got a discount credit applied to my account with no hassle at all.

 
I live in the Washington D.C. Metro area on the Virginia side.  Not sure exactly where they are, but between D.C. and Baltimore there must be at least one close.
Our distribution center is in Baltimore as well. We were told that the center was heavily damaged by a tornado a few weeks ago. Not sure I believe it but our shipments are taking a long time to ship, let alone arrive.

 
Yeah the free shipping for everyone is a ballsy move on their part, especially after raising the Prime price just a few months ago. I see them trying to push the other Prime benefits, but come on, they know we are there for the free 2 day shipping, don't be obtuse.

I won't be leaving since my family pitches in and buys it for me every year for my birthday, but I do upgrade on the music, so makes me question that part a bit.

 
Really no video?  Good prime exclusive series lately. Homecoming, Lore, etc 
Not a TV guy. Got Prime for the wife. She used the video quite a bit in the beginning. But there's enough stuff for her on regular TV that she hasn't been looking for something to in awhile. Maybe once the fall season is over I'll remind her about it.

 
Having the Amazon Prime credit card is also very nice.  I've got a good amount of points saved up for some Christmas presents.  It's like free money when we are buying on Prime already anyway.

 
Having the Amazon Prime credit card is also very nice.  I've got a good amount of points saved up for some Christmas presents.  It's like free money when we are buying on Prime already anyway.
What bank is the CC attached to? Is it MC or Visa?

TIA!

 
Seriously considering dropping Prime.  My orders for Prime items are taking way longer than 2 days.  I called today and they gave me a line about how the 2 days only applies to shipping, not the pre-shipping process.  So even though for years I have ordered something and gotten it two days later now apparently it is OK for things to take a week or more.
There is where I am.

 
Seriously considering dropping Prime.  My orders for Prime items are taking way longer than 2 days.  I called today and they gave me a line about how the 2 days only applies to shipping, not the pre-shipping process.  So even though for years I have ordered something and gotten it two days later now apparently it is OK for things to take a week or more.
I was flat out told that they no longer give you one month free if you don’t receive shipment in 2 days. I’m also considering dropping. I’ve noticed more and more packages taking 3-4 days.

 
Mr. Ected said:
What bank is the CC attached to? Is it MC or Visa?

TIA!
Visa.  Aren't they basically the same thing?
Kinda-sorta, but I might be more interested, since it is a Visa and Costco only accepts Visa. I currently only have an Amex and a MC/Debit card. We do 99.99% of charges on Amex, all except when I can't.

 
Kinda-sorta, but I might be more interested, since it is a Visa and Costco only accepts Visa. I currently only have an Amex and a MC/Debit card. We do 99.99% of charges on Amex, all except when I can't.
CostCo only accepts Visa?  That's strange.  They usually get treated the same from most credit companies.

 
Kinda-sorta, but I might be more interested, since it is a Visa and Costco only accepts Visa. I currently only have an Amex and a MC/Debit card. We do 99.99% of charges on Amex, all except when I can't.
CostCo only accepts Visa?  That's strange.  They usually get treated the same from most credit companies.
They used to only take Amex and Debit. A couple years ago, they switched to Visa and Debit. They have their own Citibank card.

 
I use my Amazon CC for Amazon purchases only and my Costco for everything else.

I like getting the cash back at Costco vs the points to spend on Amazon.  It's probably equals out in the end but its just how I do it :shrug:

 
I bought the Fire TV recast (over the air DVR)

Just installed it. Bye bye DIRECTV. 

Edit: user interface is so much better than the new DIRECTV one.  With sling and this, it’s an absolute no brainer in my opinion.  Done with cable and satellite forever. 

 
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Just finished free month of Prime and had to pay for renewal.  Ordered a hammer drill and bits that wasn't delivered on time yesterday despite being "out for delivery" and now has a delivery window from today through Tuesday?

Called and mentioned I'd needed the drill for some projects this weekend.  Got a $20 off certificate for next purchase at least.

 
Giveaways:

Macbook pro: https://smile.amazon.com/ga/p/82c9a3fe72102820?nav=amz&fsrc=glp&return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fsmile.amazon.com%2Fga%2Fgiveaways%3Fi%3Demd&ref_=aga_p_vg_lp_p1_g1_nodup_dgv#ts-vi

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Wow!  I can wait to get all my new stuff!  :kicksrock:   

 
How the #### do you remove an e-mail address from receiving e-mail notifications on new orders temporarily? I want to order my wife's Xmas gifts through Amazon but every order I place triggers an e-mail confirmation to her address when they get the order and when it ships. If I have to take her off my account then she can't do any of her shopping through Amazon. 

 
How the #### do you remove an e-mail address from receiving e-mail notifications on new orders temporarily? I want to order my wife's Xmas gifts through Amazon but every order I place triggers an e-mail confirmation to her address when they get the order and when it ships. If I have to take her off my account then she can't do any of her shopping through Amazon. 
I think you need to set up a family account. You can share the same credit card and shipping info, but different email addresses are linked to the account. Here is the instructions to set up:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201806380

 
I'm doing much better on Walmart.com than Amazon this holiday season. 

I've been in the market for a new electric razor as my Braun Series 7 is almost a decade old. Was intrigued by the Braun Series 9 and have been waiting on the right price. 

Amazon had it for an all-in cost of $225, Walmart had it for all-in cost of $261 then a $100 mail-in rebate (total $161), same product, saved 25% going with Walmart. 

 
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I've done most of my Christmas shopping on Amazon this year, but I had to drop my kid off at work at 10 this morning and figured I'd do a bit of shopping at some local stores after. I was looking for a few gifts that I procrastinated over and some stocking stuffers.

Two thirds of the places I went to were closed - only open noon to 6.  It's the Saturday three days before Christmas. I mean, that's cool and all, but stop complaining about people shopping online. 

So instead I went home, found some more stuff on Amazon guaranteed to arrive Monday, and am done. 

Honestly, I like a little bit of physical, in-person holiday shopping. And I am willing to pay a little more sometimes for a local business, especially if they provide good service. But try making it just a little more convenient for your potential customers. 

 
I've done most of my Christmas shopping on Amazon this year, but I had to drop my kid off at work at 10 this morning and figured I'd do a bit of shopping at some local stores after. I was looking for a few gifts that I procrastinated over and some stocking stuffers.

Two thirds of the places I went to were closed - only open noon to 6.  It's the Saturday three days before Christmas. I mean, that's cool and all, but stop complaining about people shopping online. 

So instead I went home, found some more stuff on Amazon guaranteed to arrive Monday, and am done. 

Honestly, I like a little bit of physical, in-person holiday shopping. And I am willing to pay a little more sometimes for a local business, especially if they provide good service. But try making it just a little more convenient for your potential customers. 
I think I did almost all of my shopping online except for a couple gift cards from local restaurants/spas. I think I got one thing (year old style still new sneakers) on eBay and everything else on Amazon. I like shopping in person as well but I enjoy that more when I go to Costco. Malls and stuff I don’t mind avoiding. 

 
This is how nuts (and by that I mean awesome despite the economic insanity of their policy) Amazon is:

I ordered a cocktail gift set and two gift cards for my brother and sister-in-law, and my niece and nephew for Christmas. My intent was to have the items shipped directly to them, but they actually were shipped to my address. I don't know if this was my error or Amazon's error in the checkout process (maybe the address I selected wasn't locked in or something?). I didn't notice this until I started unboxing gifts to wrap the weekend before Christmas. Anyways, I ordered the same gifts again and was sure they were routed to the correct address this time. Amazon indicated the items wouldn't arrive until the Thursday after Christmas, but whatever, I let my brother know and no big deal.

First, the re-shipped gifts arrived at my brother's house on Christmas Eve - that's great. Then today, I tried to return the original incorrectly shipped items, and the automated process indicated they were "non-returnable." Well, that sucks. I get on Amazon chat and speak to "Reddy."  I inquire as to why the items are non-returnable, Reddy checks, and confirms that Amazon cannot accept returns on these...

...BUT, Reddy says he can process a refund to my credit card account and sends me a link confirming this. I then ask him what I'm supposed to do with the items. Reddy tells me "you can keep them or donate them to charity." I'm pleasantly stunned. "Even the gift cards?" I ask. "Yes, you can use those too."

:jawdrop:

Absolutely nuts. Instead of having to run over to UPS to return the items to Amazon, I get free stuff. Makes me wish I had sent my niece and nephew $500 gift cards.

 
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This is how nuts (and by that I mean awesome despite the economic insanity of their policy) Amazon is:

I ordered a cocktail gift set and two gift cards for my brother and sister-in-law, and my niece and nephew for Christmas. My intent was to have the items shipped directly to them, but they actually were shipped to my address. I don't know if this was my error or Amazon's error in the checkout process (maybe the address I selected wasn't locked in or something?). I didn't notice this until I started unboxing gifts to wrap the weekend before Christmas. Anyways, I ordered the same gifts again and was sure they were routed to the correct address this time. Amazon indicated the items wouldn't arrive until the Thursday after Christmas, but whatever, I let my brother know and no big deal.

First, the re-shipped gifts arrived at my brother's house on Christmas Eve - that's great. Then today, I tried to return the original incorrectly shipped items, and the automated process indicated they were "non-returnable." Well, that sucks. I get on Amazon chat and speak to "Reddy."  I inquire as to why the items are non-returnable, Reddy checks, and confirms that Amazon cannot accept returns on these...

...BUT, Reddy says he can process a refund to my credit card account and sends me a link confirming this. I then ask him what I'm supposed to do with the items. Reddy tells me "you can keep them or donate them to charity." I'm pleasantly stunned. "Even the gift cards?" I ask. "Yes, you can use those too."

:jawdrop:

Absolutely nuts. Instead of having to run over to UPS to return the items to Amazon, I get free stuff. Makes me wish I had sent my niece and nephew $500 gift cards.
It is crazy. I wonder how much the suppliers eat it on the non-gift cards. I ordered a skull cap for my youngest (hair can’t go over eyes wrestling even if combed over with product). It was youth and too tight. I told my wife to order one too and then to not order it and of course we got two. I went to return mine and they gave me a refund and no return needed so I told my wife to do the same. I wonder if they don’t want to pay shipping and for small items they eat some cost or the supplier eats some as well. I know they do which is why you often see stickers on stuff you buy that tells you if there is a problem to contact the manufacturer before returning. Suppliers/manufacturers eat a lot of the return costs when dealing with Amazon or Walmart because they are gigantic channels. The gift cards are interesting. Maybe like me you are a very loyal customer. It would be very easy to set those to $0 and tell you to just toss them. 

 
This is how nuts (and by that I mean awesome despite the economic insanity of their policy) Amazon is:

I ordered a cocktail gift set and two gift cards for my brother and sister-in-law, and my niece and nephew for Christmas. My intent was to have the items shipped directly to them, but they actually were shipped to my address. I don't know if this was my error or Amazon's error in the checkout process (maybe the address I selected wasn't locked in or something?). I didn't notice this until I started unboxing gifts to wrap the weekend before Christmas. Anyways, I ordered the same gifts again and was sure they were routed to the correct address this time. Amazon indicated the items wouldn't arrive until the Thursday after Christmas, but whatever, I let my brother know and no big deal.

First, the re-shipped gifts arrived at my brother's house on Christmas Eve - that's great. Then today, I tried to return the original incorrectly shipped items, and the automated process indicated they were "non-returnable." Well, that sucks. I get on Amazon chat and speak to "Reddy."  I inquire as to why the items are non-returnable, Reddy checks, and confirms that Amazon cannot accept returns on these...

...BUT, Reddy says he can process a refund to my credit card account and sends me a link confirming this. I then ask him what I'm supposed to do with the items. Reddy tells me "you can keep them or donate them to charity." I'm pleasantly stunned. "Even the gift cards?" I ask. "Yes, you can use those too."

:jawdrop:

Absolutely nuts. Instead of having to run over to UPS to return the items to Amazon, I get free stuff. Makes me wish I had sent my niece and nephew $500 gift cards.
I've had stuff I didn't have to return because they were too low in value or too heavy, but I am baffled about the gift cards.

 
dickey moe said:
This is how nuts (and by that I mean awesome despite the economic insanity of their policy) Amazon is:

I ordered a cocktail gift set and two gift cards for my brother and sister-in-law, and my niece and nephew for Christmas. My intent was to have the items shipped directly to them, but they actually were shipped to my address. I don't know if this was my error or Amazon's error in the checkout process (maybe the address I selected wasn't locked in or something?). I didn't notice this until I started unboxing gifts to wrap the weekend before Christmas. Anyways, I ordered the same gifts again and was sure they were routed to the correct address this time. Amazon indicated the items wouldn't arrive until the Thursday after Christmas, but whatever, I let my brother know and no big deal.

First, the re-shipped gifts arrived at my brother's house on Christmas Eve - that's great. Then today, I tried to return the original incorrectly shipped items, and the automated process indicated they were "non-returnable." Well, that sucks. I get on Amazon chat and speak to "Reddy."  I inquire as to why the items are non-returnable, Reddy checks, and confirms that Amazon cannot accept returns on these...

...BUT, Reddy says he can process a refund to my credit card account and sends me a link confirming this. I then ask him what I'm supposed to do with the items. Reddy tells me "you can keep them or donate them to charity." I'm pleasantly stunned. "Even the gift cards?" I ask. "Yes, you can use those too."

:jawdrop:

Absolutely nuts. Instead of having to run over to UPS to return the items to Amazon, I get free stuff. Makes me wish I had sent my niece and nephew $500 gift cards.
I’ve had something similar happen to me twice. The first time, everything was cool. The second time, Amazon sent me a demand a week or two later to return the items even though the customer rep had already said I could keep them. I’m sure I could have fought that based on what the customer rep had said (I just returned the extra items because I didn’t want to deal with it), but just something to be aware of. 

 
Tried to redeem one of the "free" gift cards today and the claim code was locked. Reddy gave me incorrect info but this makes sense.

 
Tried to redeem one of the "free" gift cards today and the claim code was locked. Reddy gave me incorrect info but this makes sense.
Yeah, I think he/she was mistaken. You’d think gift cards would be ridiculously easy to close when you give someone a refund. I can see something tangible that isn’t worth the shipping/return, but gift cards made no sense to not close when returned. 

 

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