alan_m wrote:

They are rather sneaky in what
options they present on the screen when you want free postage. Say yes
to next day free postage and you are signed up to the Prime trial period.

There are times I have knowingly signed-up for a Prime trial, and got a
****-load of free next day deliveries in before cancelling, and
apparently like many people, I've somehow been suckered into clicking
for free delivery and ended up on paid Prime when I didn't want it (they
did refund it), similarly I just think TNP wasn't careful *enough*
despite what he thinks.

I have noticed that Amazon are pushing Prime and to make a difference in
the service they are hanging on to other orders for a week before
dispatching them.

I've not found that, I've had free delivery items ordered on a saturday
evening arrive sunday afternoon - imagine how much you'd have had to pay
for that a few years ago?