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Comment by ams6110 | Hacker News Reader

Would be nice if it motivated Amazon in the states. I have Prime, and I get 2-day delivery times at best. Sometimes longer. I will not be renewing when it expires at the end of the year.

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Peak US consumerism. Can't wait 2-3 days for a product that would've taken a week not 10-15 years ago, or maybe you had to drive/walk to the store.

I cancelled because I started to realize Amazon is hardly ever the cheapest price anymore, and most other companies now offer 2-3 day shipping for free. I order direct and support the actual company making the product instead of giving money to a monopoly with terrible ethics.

Peak US consumerism.

It's not consumerism when when I pay US$119/year for the privilege. Then it becomes, "meet your SLA that I'm paying money for, assholes."

They are meeting what you'll get for $119.

I'll probably cancel as well. I don't use amazon for its music, tv shows, groceries, rentals, or any of the other stuff I never asked for when I signed up for prime. Two day delivery used to be a thing without prime, all you had to do was spend over a minimum on certain items. Then prime came and was always 2-day. Then it got more expensive and more lax about deliver windows, and then it did that a few more times. Meanwhile I have pretty much no faith in buying staples from amazon anymore because of fake reviews, fake listings, and counterfeit products. Even when buying more expensive or niche gear, you have to keep a careful eye on what you receive, as some suppliers will send an outdated model of the thing you're buying at the new model's price.

I think the logistics get a bit more difficult when dealing with 4m sq miles of the US vs the 200k sq miles of sweden.

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