Amazon adds generic prescription perk for Prime members

At some point in the pandemic I remember Amazon talking about how people in certain urban areas would be getting faster service and almost immediately afterward they would promise to deliver in two days but it would really be two weeks.

Now AMZN usually claims I can get Prime shipping in 5 days and they seem to do that.

What's funny about it is that every other retailer has sped up their shipping in the past two years, frequently I get free or low-cost one-day shipping from retailers like Adorama, Best Buy, Walmart, etc. Lately I have been buying vintage electronics on Ebay and I find I get packages from Japan, China and the UK faster than I get them from the AMZN warehouse that is a four hour drive away.

My hunch is that if you have a Cheesecake Factory in your town you get 2-day or better shipping with Prime, if you don't you get something worse. If you have 2-day shipping you might decide to buy something online than at a bricks and mortar store. If you have to wait 5 days it is not hard at all to make a trip to a store. Bigger urban areas have a lot of competition for shopping, I think the shopping just sucks in a town like Ithaca and AMZN figures they don't need to try very hard.

I am not renewing Prime this year because it just isn't worth it.