On 04/12/2018 12:26, Pamela wrote:
On 22:54 2 Dec 2018, JoeJoe wrote in
:

On 01/12/2018 11:57, Michael Chare wrote:
On 01/12/2018 01:46, alan_m wrote:

There are a number of items on the Amazon site that are priced
competitively but ONLY come with a Amazon Prime delivery although
this may not be that obvious. If you attempt purchase one of these
items you are not given the normal option of selecting a non-prime
delivery but appears that you are automatically signed up to the 30
day Prime trial.

I assume that if you don't realise and fail to to cancel within the
30 days the CC or Debit card used to purchase the item will be used
for the circa £100 prime subscription.

I really hate the sneaky ways that Amazon are attempting to sign
people up to Prime.

Strangely the listing also had

Quote:

Note: Available at a lower price without Prime delivery from other sellers

The price
from other Amazon Marketplace sellers (not Amazon itself) was
cheaper by around 1%

Not wishing to buy from the Amazon market trader, nor wishing to
have a Prime trial, I deleted by items from the Amazon shopping
basket and purchased from another supplier who are slightly more
expensive but will deliver for free on Sunday, giving me a timed
slot via text first thing Sunday morning and with real time tracking
while my items are on the van.


I also dislike Amazon Prime.

I ordered something at 23:40 on a Friday with the cheapest free
delivery. It arrive less than 2 days later on a Sunday when I was not
expecting it and therefore not present. Fortunately my neighbour
helped.


Good friends of ours live not too far away, but in quite a rural
setting and with a house name rather than a number.

They take great pleasure in collecting the refunds from Prime for
every delivery that misses the next day delivery promise as their
ever-changing drivers never manage to find their house. According to
them it is very rare for them to have a month where the refund does
not exceed the charge for the service.

You could almost go so far as to order some small value items on Prime
at a busy delivery time such as Christmas in the hope some don't arrive
on time.

I can still remember the Men Behaving Badly episodes where they hide
inside with the lights turned off so that the pizza delivery guy will
think that they got the wrong address as the order is free if they miss
the quoted time...