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Extended Free Shipping by Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...JVA73QBN37CYVE
Basically, if you got free shipping becaue your order was over $25 (the current minimum) you can get free shipping with no minimum for 24 hours. That could be very good if you forgot something. Maybe they can merge the second order with the first so the shipping cost to them is no higher. And more important to them, they get you to buy now and not sit around thinking, What else do I need. Lots of places give incentives for people to buy now, like easy returns. IME, a policy like this might not be permanent. OTOH, the shopping Cart currently says "Add $0.29 of eligible items to your order to qualify for FREE Shipping. Or check out now to see if your order qualifies for FREE pickup at an Amazon pickup location near you. See details" So I started on what turned out to be a wild-goose chase: I went to the details and it said not a word about free pickup at Amazon locations**. And not a word about someone who has $24 and change in his cart. Maybe I can add a pack of gum. Not to give up, I googled and found https://www.amazon.com/ulp but Amazon Hub Locker+ said not a word about under $25. so I looked for without the plus and I found https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=6442600011 which is what I was looking for in the first place (I didn't know about plus.) And it says "There is no additional cost to use an Amazon Hub Locker. FREE Two-Day Shipping is available with Amazon Prime. Standard shipping rates apply for all other orders. " so it too says nothing about under $25. I'm glad I have that settled. **I used a supermarket once when I was buying a phone. I've never had anything stolen but $300 is too much just sit on my stoop. |
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On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 5:37:39 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
I'm glad I have that settled. We're all glad. We've got prime. We can order as little as we like, as often as we like. And we take advantage of their streaming service. Cindy Hamilton |
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On 4/5/21 4:42 AM, wrote:
On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 5:37:39 PM UTC-4, micky wrote: I'm glad I have that settled. We're all glad. We've got prime. We can order as little as we like, as often as we like. And we take advantage of their streaming service. Cindy Hamilton I don't usually buy from Amazon and about the only reason I go on their website is to download Kindle books I've borrowed from my public library. I did notice the other day though that the cost of Prime has zoomed to $13 a month- plus tax! That's a lot of money for free shipping on a tube of toothpaste. -- I yelled COW! at a woman on a bike and she gave me the finger. Then she plowed her bike straight into the cow. I tried... |
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Extended Free Shipping by Amazon
On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 9:58:34 AM UTC-4, Wade Garrett wrote:
On 4/5/21 4:42 AM, wrote: On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 5:37:39 PM UTC-4, micky wrote: I'm glad I have that settled. We're all glad. We've got prime. We can order as little as we like, as often as we like. And we take advantage of their streaming service. Cindy Hamilton I don't usually buy from Amazon and about the only reason I go on their website is to download Kindle books I've borrowed from my public library. I did notice the other day though that the cost of Prime has zoomed to $13 a month- plus tax! That's a lot of money for free shipping on a tube of toothpaste. Seems like Amazon is at our house at least three times a week. My husband and I hate shopping in person. We even buy our clothes online, some of them from Amazon. And then there's the streaming video. Cindy Hamilton |
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On 4/5/2021 9:58 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:
On 4/5/21 4:42 AM, wrote: On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 5:37:39 PM UTC-4, micky wrote: I'm glad I have that settled. We're all glad. We've got prime.* We can order as little as we like, as often as we like. And we take advantage of their streaming service. Cindy Hamilton I don't usually buy from Amazon and about the only reason I go on their website is to download Kindle books I've borrowed from my public library. I did notice the other day though that the cost of Prime has zoomed to $13 a month- plus tax! That's a lot of money for free shipping on a tube of toothpaste. Prime give access to TV and other stuff besides free shipping. I'm not interested either and much prefer using Walmart who ships practically free on anything. If you only buy small items, they will let you add additional small items until you reach the free shipping level. My wife bought little things like saccharine tablets, a hair net and seeds and got free shipping. |
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Frank "frank wrote:
Prime give access to TV and other stuff besides free shipping. I'm not interested either and much prefer using Walmart who ships practically free on anything. If you only buy small items, they will let you add additional small items until you reach the free shipping level. My wife bought little things like saccharine tablets, a hair net and seeds and got free shipping. You don't have to have Prime to get free shipping from Amazon. Just like Walmart, if your order exceeds $25 there's a free option. What Prime was offering pre-Covid was free same/one/two day shipping. That seems to slowly coming back. -- Usenet: The world's first (and best) social network. |
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In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 05 Apr 2021 10:00:37 -0500, Arthur Conan
Doyle wrote: Frank "frank wrote: Prime give access to TV and other stuff besides free shipping. I'm not interested either and much prefer using Walmart who ships practically free on anything. If you only buy small items, they will let you add additional small items until you reach the free shipping level. My wife bought little things like saccharine tablets, a hair net and seeds and got free shipping. You don't have to have Prime to get free shipping from Amazon. Just like Walmart, if your order exceeds $25 there's a free option. What Prime was offering pre-Covid was free same/one/two day shipping. That seems to slowly coming back. Yes, I plan ahead and I almost never need esp. speedy shippping, so it's always free. Even when I think I could use something tomorrow, I've noticed the days go by, I keep busy, and before I know it the package has arrived when originally scheduled.** Twice, just 2 or 3 days before leaving on a trip, I didn't have something I needed for the trip, so I joined Prime for a month for free and then cancelled it. Amazon doesn't seem to have any problem with this, because each time on the very next order, they said I could join Prime again for one more free month. One of those times, I didn't cancel when I should have, 5 days late, and when I did cancel, they refunded the second month's charge since I hadn't actually bought or shipped anything during the second month. I think they did this without my even asking. (I wasn't going to ask. I thought it was my punishment for not paying attention. I don't know anyone else who refunds monthly charges just because benefits weren't taken advantage of.) IMO, that's why Amazon is so successful, they don't screw with their customers, they refund money you spent but got nothing for. Except for one big, every-time exception. Even though the individual items all say Free Shipping, and in the upper right corner it says "Free shipping when qualified order goes over $25 (or whatever it is at the moment)" until it does go over that number, when it says "Free Shipping", that's only true until you get to the checkout page, and there, they never set you up with the free shipping. It's always $8 to get the package a day or two earlier. You have to click on Free Shipping again to get what they said you would get. I'm used to this now, I always remember to check, and I've never made a mistake and paid extra, but it's pretty sleazy and in contradiction to what I just said about their not screwing with their customers. **I used to enjoy watching the tracking. It was like watching my horse run a race, except I always won. Now most Amazon shipments don't show anything except two days in advance they ship, and two days later it's here. Ebay is more entertaining. |
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On 4/5/2021 11:00 AM, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
Frank "frank wrote: Prime give access to TV and other stuff besides free shipping. I'm not interested either and much prefer using Walmart who ships practically free on anything. If you only buy small items, they will let you add additional small items until you reach the free shipping level. My wife bought little things like saccharine tablets, a hair net and seeds and got free shipping. You don't have to have Prime to get free shipping from Amazon. Just like Walmart, if your order exceeds $25 there's a free option. What Prime was offering pre-Covid was free same/one/two day shipping. That seems to slowly coming back. -- Usenet: The world's first (and best) social network. Yes, I think most know that and shipping is free from many others when you go beyond a certain level. I am addressing the small stuff and also finds stuff comes faster from Walmart than Amazon if you do not have prime. |
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Extended Free Shipping by Amazon
On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 01:42:42 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 5:37:39 PM UTC-4, micky wrote: I'm glad I have that settled. We're all glad. We've got prime. We can order as little as we like, as often as we like. And we take advantage of their streaming service. Same here, and the military discount drops the annual cost to $80-ish, so we make out like bandits. |
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Extended Free Shipping by Amazon
On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 07:12:20 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 9:58:34 AM UTC-4, Wade Garrett wrote: On 4/5/21 4:42 AM, wrote: On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 5:37:39 PM UTC-4, micky wrote: I'm glad I have that settled. We're all glad. We've got prime. We can order as little as we like, as often as we like. And we take advantage of their streaming service. Cindy Hamilton I don't usually buy from Amazon and about the only reason I go on their website is to download Kindle books I've borrowed from my public library. I did notice the other day though that the cost of Prime has zoomed to $13 a month- plus tax! That's a lot of money for free shipping on a tube of toothpaste. Seems like Amazon is at our house at least three times a week. My husband and I hate shopping in person. We even buy our clothes online, some of them from Amazon. And then there's the streaming video. We also use the streaming music, as well. It's a nice change of pace from local radio, since it's ad free and DJ free. No inane blabber, just music while we work in the yard. |
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Extended Free Shipping by Amazon
On Mon, 05 Apr 2021 10:00:37 -0500, Arthur Conan Doyle
wrote: Frank "frank wrote: Prime give access to TV and other stuff besides free shipping. I'm not interested either and much prefer using Walmart who ships practically free on anything. If you only buy small items, they will let you add additional small items until you reach the free shipping level. My wife bought little things like saccharine tablets, a hair net and seeds and got free shipping. You don't have to have Prime to get free shipping from Amazon. Just like Walmart, if your order exceeds $25 there's a free option. What Prime was offering pre-Covid was free same/one/two day shipping. That seems to slowly coming back. When I lived in San Antonio, just a few miles from an Amazon warehouse, I could always tell when an item would ship from that warehouse because one of the options was 1-hour delivery, even on Sundays. One hour delivery usually meant 20-30 minutes, but one time a lady drove up in her minivan, 15 minutes after I ordered, and handed me my item. It all sounds very efficient, but people hate the working conditions and tend to burn out. |
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On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 6:57:57 PM UTC-5, Jim Joyce wrote:
On Mon, 05 Apr 2021 10:00:37 -0500, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote: Frank "frank wrote: Prime give access to TV and other stuff besides free shipping. I'm not interested either and much prefer using Walmart who ships practically free on anything. If you only buy small items, they will let you add additional small items until you reach the free shipping level. My wife bought little things like saccharine tablets, a hair net and seeds and got free shipping. You don't have to have Prime to get free shipping from Amazon. Just like Walmart, if your order exceeds $25 there's a free option. What Prime was offering pre-Covid was free same/one/two day shipping. That seems to slowly coming back. When I lived in San Antonio, just a few miles from an Amazon warehouse, I could always tell when an item would ship from that warehouse because one of the options was 1-hour delivery, even on Sundays. One hour delivery usually meant 20-30 minutes, but one time a lady drove up in her minivan, 15 minutes after I ordered, and handed me my item. It all sounds very efficient, but people hate the working conditions and tend to burn out. I've seen quite a few articles lately about workers having to pee on the run. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-apologizes-for-snarky-tweet-admits-its-drivers-pee-in-bottles/ar-BB1fgTkM |
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"Dean Hoffman" wrote in message ... On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 6:57:57 PM UTC-5, Jim Joyce wrote: On Mon, 05 Apr 2021 10:00:37 -0500, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote: Frank "frank wrote: Prime give access to TV and other stuff besides free shipping. I'm not interested either and much prefer using Walmart who ships practically free on anything. If you only buy small items, they will let you add additional small items until you reach the free shipping level. My wife bought little things like saccharine tablets, a hair net and seeds and got free shipping. You don't have to have Prime to get free shipping from Amazon. Just like Walmart, if your order exceeds $25 there's a free option. What Prime was offering pre-Covid was free same/one/two day shipping. That seems to slowly coming back. When I lived in San Antonio, just a few miles from an Amazon warehouse, I could always tell when an item would ship from that warehouse because one of the options was 1-hour delivery, even on Sundays. One hour delivery usually meant 20-30 minutes, but one time a lady drove up in her minivan, 15 minutes after I ordered, and handed me my item. It all sounds very efficient, but people hate the working conditions and tend to burn out. I've seen quite a few articles lately about workers having to pee on the run. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-apologizes-for-snarky-tweet-admits-its-drivers-pee-in-bottles/ar-BB1fgTkM Beats punching a hole in your parcel and ****ing in there. |
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On 04/05/2021 08:07 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
I've seen quite a few articles lately about workers having to pee on the run. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-apologizes-for-snarky-tweet-admits-its-drivers-pee-in-bottles/ar-BB1fgTkM So you're making deliveries in a residential neighborhood and you have to take a leak. Hide behind someone's rosebush? What you don''t do is **** in a an empty soda cup and try to pour it out the window at 65 mph. |
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Lonely Obnoxious Cantankerous Auto-contradicting Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 12:53:53 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: Beats punching a hole in your parcel and ****ing in there. Doesn't beat punching a hole in your senile head and ****ing in there, senile ****head! -- Marland answering senile Rodent's statement, "I don't leak": "Thats because so much **** and ****e emanates from your gob that there is nothing left to exit normally, your arsehole has clammed shut through disuse and the end of prick is only clear because you are such a ******." Message-ID: |
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lowbrowwoman, the Endlessly Driveling Senile Gossip
On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 21:44:32 -0600, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-apologizes-for-snarky-tweet-admits-its-drivers-pee-in-bottles/ar-BB1fgTkM So you're making deliveries in a residential neighborhood and you have to take a leak. Hide behind someone's rosebush? What you don''t do is **** in a an empty soda cup and try to pour it out the window at 65 mph. It's no job for incontinent senile blathermouths like you, eh, lowbrowwoman? BG |
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On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 21:44:32 -0600, rbowman wrote:
On 04/05/2021 08:07 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote: I've seen quite a few articles lately about workers having to pee on the run. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-apologizes-for-snarky-tweet-admits-its-drivers-pee-in-bottles/ar-BB1fgTkM So you're making deliveries in a residential neighborhood and you have to take a leak. Hide behind someone's rosebush? What you don''t do is **** in a an empty soda cup and try to pour it out the window at 65 mph. Since there is a shop and rob on every corner in most of suburban America they have options. If they are in Fumbuck, **** out the side door like everyone else. |
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On 4/5/21 11:44 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 04/05/2021 08:07 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote: *** I've seen quite a few articles lately about workers having to pee on the run. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-apologizes-for-snarky-tweet-admits-its-drivers-pee-in-bottles/ar-BB1fgTkM So you're making deliveries in a residential neighborhood and you have to take a leak. Hide behind someone's rosebush? What you don''t do is **** in a an empty soda cup and try to pour it out the window at 65 mph. Wear one of these and you can take a dump anywhere you like. https://www.amazon.com/Forum-Deluxe-.../dp/B007L5ORUG |
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On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 11:58:12 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:07:06 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 21:44:32 -0600, rbowman wrote: On 04/05/2021 08:07 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote: I've seen quite a few articles lately about workers having to pee on the run. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-apologizes-for-snarky-tweet-admits-its-drivers-pee-in-bottles/ar-BB1fgTkM So you're making deliveries in a residential neighborhood and you have to take a leak. Hide behind someone's rosebush? What you don''t do is **** in a an empty soda cup and try to pour it out the window at 65 mph. Since there is a shop and rob I don't know what that would be, but most stores have no public bathroom, and most gas stations have stopped having them also. on every corner in most of suburban America they have options. If they are in Fumbuck, **** out the side door like everyone else. |
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lowbrowwoman, the Endlessly Driveling Senile Gossip
On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 8:29:14 AM UTC-4, Peeler wrote:
On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 21:44:32 -0600, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling, troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-apologizes-for-snarky-tweet-admits-its-drivers-pee-in-bottles/ar-BB1fgTkM So you're making deliveries in a residential neighborhood and you have to take a leak. Hide behind someone's rosebush? What you don''t do is **** in a an empty soda cup and try to pour it out the window at 65 mph. It's no job for incontinent senile blathermouths like you, eh, lowbrowwoman? BG |
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