Went to order some cat treats and saw that I could get a 25% discount when I sign up for Amazon’s subscribe feature.

So I clicked on it and the total in my cart didn’t reflect a 25% discount.

When I went back to see what was up, I noticed that the discount went down to 5%.

Unclicking the box will show a 25% discount again…

UPDATE: A commenter mentioned that the text reads “up to 25%”, so I went to a different item, added it to my cart and got:

But clicking on that checkbox also brings it back down to 5%.

  • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Rather than prime adding value, it’s simply providing the regular service, while they intentionally give non-prime members a manufactured worse service to entice them to pay.

    I mean, I suppose you could say something like that. But the problem is that nearly every other non-Amazon online retailer has ungodly slow shipping and you often have to pay an extra fee for shipping on top of it.

    I know Amazon is a horrifyingly large mega corp, but there isn’t a decent alternative. They actually do provide a good service for the pricetag. (Unless we’re talking their digital services which I’ve never used and are trash.)

    Maybe I’m just lucky because I don’t live in a rural area. So my packages actually come relatively quickly. Other retailers make me wait over a week and pay for the privilege to wait forever.