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You don't need it, I cancelled my membership (which I had for at least 5-6 years) a few months ago, since i was not using the benefits enough. I shop there much much less now, but I ordered something the other day for 40$ and it still came in 2-3 days with free shipping.

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There's a significant difference between "next day" and "2-3 days", and the valuable different is not getting it sooner, it's knowing exactly which day you'll get it.

I was rarely offered next day shipping for free, and often got my items in 3 days instead of the promised 2 days.

Oh, Prime in the UK comes with free next day delivery on everything.

Except there are plenty of people with prime who want next day but get two to three days because of the piss-poor couriers Amazon chooses to use.

There's also a significant issue with Amazon not actually meeting their SLA's in higher density areas, so "knowing exactly which day you'll get it" often isn't accurate.

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