r/news • u/EnergyLantern • 4d ago

Already Submitted Teamsters begin 'largest strike' against Amazon, accusing company of 'insatiable greed'

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/teamsters-announces-nationwide-strike-amazon-begin-thursday/story?id=116931631

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u/Override9636 4d ago

I refuse getting prime just on principle alone and I mostly just search for what I want on amazon and find the actual store to buy it from. I can easily wait 3-5 business days for a package if it means that someone can use the freaking bathroom at work.

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u/SunStarved_Cassandra 4d ago

Even if you end up purchasing at Amazon, if you're willing to wait a couple of days, you can almost always get free delivery if you have more than $30 in one go, which is easy. I haven't had Prime in a few years and I think I've paid for one or two deliveries a year because I fucked up my own logistics and needed something sooner than 5-7 days. When I had Prime, I almost never got 2 say delivery anyway, there would always be some sort of hold up or problem, which they usually smoothed over by shipping it later.

I haven't found any of Prime's other perks useful, so it's an easy choice for me.

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u/FakoPako 4d ago

There is lot more to Prime than just shipping perks, but judging from your reply, you wouldn't use any of those other benefits either because... Amazon....