Posted on 12/04/2024 9:41:15 AM PST by grundle
Prime Time is vary hard to avoid when you order from Amazon. If you don’t read each screen to ensure that you did not sign up for it, you’re going to sign up for it by default.
I don’t like that.
Always read the fine print.
“...Amazon has “secretly excluded” two “historically underserved” D.C. ZIP codes...”
Those zip codes are “underserved” for a reason.
Protecting drivers from attacks is racist.
I’ve had packages delivered same-day to my house.
Then, again, I don’t live in a place where delivery drivers are in great danger.
I live just outside of DC. There’s no problem like this in our area, but we often don’t get packages within the time promised anyway. I think it’s simply not possible, given the volume they handle.
The AG should be doing something to fight criminals instead of Amazon. I am sure there are many companies that do not serve these zip codes for the same reason.
Our Prime orders come early or on the day expected in almost every case. The money saved and traffic risks avoided make it very worthwhile.
Not for our house!
Our Prime delivery is ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE over the last year or two> What was 2-3 days, is now in most cases a week.
WTH?, the prime fee isn’t getting any less as well. Longer delivery times, more prime fee!
I do not blame Amazon one bit. There are neighborhoods in the city in which I live where I would not go in broad daylight with a police escort.
I am so sick of Washington DC problems. Keep the small federal core of DC federal. Everything else is returned to the State if was carved out from.
"Hard-working"??!!! Wards 7 and 8? Bwahahahah!!! Worst part of the city. I knew it was all about that shithole east of the Anacostia. The government is paying for their Amazon Prime.
My daughter lives in an area that, while a decently sized city (120,000 population), is a bit isolated. So even though she has a Prime account, her purchases arrive in 4-6 days. We have adjusted when we’re sending things to her. It just takes longer to get there. Lots of mountains and winding roads.
Um, I use Amazon Prime all the time. Could not be happier with the service. Everything arrives on time or early. Exactly as ordered.
Amazon should just pull out of DC entirely.
Prime Access costs just $6.99 a month (50% off the standard monthly cost) but comes with all the benefits of a regular Prime membership.
Prime Student is another lucrative Amazon membership deal at $7.49/month, with all sorts of perks not available to the full-fare Amazon Prime paying members.
“two “historically underserved” D.C. ZIP codes”
Those ZIP codes are historically OVERserved with criminals.
If I’m not mistaken, the USPS can choose not to deliver to dangerous areas, but have people, instead, come to the post office to pick up their mail. If I were Amazon, I would contract with the post office to have them be responsible for deliveries. They have done so in many areas, and not just because of crime. The postal service delivers Amazon in our town, but not for crime reasons. It’s unfortunate that in high crime areas, people who have transportation problems or who are otherwise housebound cannot get deliveries, but I would guess most of them have someone who could go and pick up their merchandise for them at the post office.
We’ve been very happy with it too; and we mainly have it for the free shipping/delivery. Occasionally we get something on the same day as ordered; most things take two or three days; but if they take a little longer, as Marketplace items often do, it’s no big deal.
I delivered pizza for Domino’s in 1982 while a full college student. There were neighborhoods in Pascagoula, MS that we refused to deliver to for the reasons stated in this article. There had been many ‘incidents’ but what garnered the ban was a driver being rob and beaten severely.
As usual, the left aims at the wrong target. Want equal treatment and services? Jail the criminals.
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