@onpaperwings Could 3 out of 4 American households be wrong? I think you deserve to give yourself a $139/month raise just for asking the question, Doug. With the exception of a single monthly magazine, the Sudweeks household is happily subscription free.
@onpaperwings I buy local, for the shops, followed by smaller online outfits, with amazon only considered if it's impossible to do either of those. (My wife once accidentally took prime, and I got it canceled!)
@onpaperwings I personally like not having Prime because it makes Amazon more of a last resort than a first resort. There a still things which are unfortunately hard to find elsewhere, so I do use it sometimes, and I can still get free shipping most of the time if I wait and order things together. But that also makes me consider local options first
@onpaperwings Yes, mainly because of how Amazon treats its employees. We try to order from local (Austria, Germany, EU) shops.
Also accepting (maybe) slower deliveries and more hassle when returning stuff makes for more conscious buying decisions.
@onpaperwings I wonder if the scattered offering of services (streaming video and music and other things) is, in part, to muddy the water for the consumer who's wondering if the whole thing is worth it?
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