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FTC sues Amazon for 'tricking and trapping' people in Prime subscriptions
NPR ^ | June 21, 2023 | Alina Selyukh

Posted on 06/22/2023 7:29:51 PM PDT by anthropocene_x

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To: anthropocene_x

Prime works for me. I buy a lot from Amazon, and the amount I save on shipping is a lot more than $139 a year. The Amazon Prime shows and movies would be icing on the cake if I could just find anything on there worth watching.


41 posted on 06/22/2023 9:50:21 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: steve86

I believe you but it’s not happened for me

Now the saved items yes they have gone down sometimes


42 posted on 06/22/2023 10:49:26 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: blackdog
. Between the horrible contracted delivery companies, porch pirates, and wrecked or damaged goods, it’s not fixable.

Just wait until ALL retail stores are closed in the cities and malls because of theiving Dindus, and the Soros D.A. that protect them. Then you only be able to buy using your home VisionPro or AI-fitted clothes, all delivered. The Dindus will descend on suburbia en masse to steal every package.

43 posted on 06/22/2023 11:54:16 PM PDT by montag813
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To: anthropocene_x

We ain’t tricked and we ain’t trapped and we don’t see no pride shit neither.


44 posted on 06/23/2023 12:02:00 AM PDT by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: anthropocene_x

I signed up like this accidentally but I use it so much and watch the Thursday games so I kept it


45 posted on 06/23/2023 12:08:05 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: ShadowAce

Show me a “conservative” company that can do what Amazon can, and we’ll switch.

You won’t find one.


46 posted on 06/23/2023 1:05:24 AM PDT by SPDSHDW (Ron DeSantis. The latest GOPe champion in a long list of winners. Jeb! Mitt Romney, and John McStain)
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To: anthropocene_x

“perks including access to faster two-day shipping”

We’ve noticed that the old Prime two-day shipping now takes much longer. Annoying, but we keep the service.

On Subscribe And Save, we get the pet food for our diabetic cat every three weeks, and some vitamin supplements.

A few times I’ve forgotten to check if an item is returnable and have been stuck keeping things I don’t want. They weren’t expensive. Just have to be careful.

Have bought refurbished computers from them and they have been more reliable than some new ones we have. (Knock wood; I’m using one now.) One we got in 2014, another in 2018.


47 posted on 06/23/2023 1:31:23 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There have been several iterations of that screen and you also tend to get a couple of places in checkout where they make it really easy to accidentally subscribe. I’ve always managed to make it through the Prime subscription minefield, at least so far.


48 posted on 06/23/2023 3:22:29 AM PDT by Pollard ( >>> The Great Rest is already underway! <<<)
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To: SaveFerris
1) Jacks up prices in your cart within a day or two

The other day, I was researching and ended up buying a convection oven with rotisserie. During the 3 hours of researching, something on my Save for Later list dropped in price and then went back up to it's original price.

I try to use amazon only for research(reviews) and then purchase elsewhere but some things aren't available elsewhere at a competitive price.

49 posted on 06/23/2023 3:30:45 AM PDT by Pollard ( >>> The Great Rest is already underway! <<<)
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To: blackdog
horrible contracted delivery companies, porch pirates, and wrecked or damaged goods

It's always been UPS for me here in rural MO and I don't have to worry about porch pirates being rural but I have read a ton reviews about damaged items. I've been lucky so far but I only order from amazon once or twice a year. One reason I don't order from amazon much is due to having read those damaged item reviews.

50 posted on 06/23/2023 3:36:06 AM PDT by Pollard ( >>> The Great Rest is already underway! <<<)
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To: anthropocene_x

“Trick”?

Only morons who don’t keep track of their stuff are “tricked”...


51 posted on 06/23/2023 4:48:11 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: glorgau
Hmmm, I’ve got prime but the last thing I ordered (today) had a shipping charge.

If that's true that it had a shipping charge, you had to know it BEFORE YOU CHOSE TO BUY IT.

You pretend to be surprised by what every prime user knows, some products are sold by vendors that do not waive the shipping charge, and it's is clearly stated.

It's your choice to pay for prime or not or even to buy from Amazon.

If you don't like it, don't do it, but don't act shocked at a shipping charge.

52 posted on 06/23/2023 5:12:10 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
The Amazon Prime shows and movies would be icing on the cake if I could just find anything on there worth watching.

Try "Top Gun", Tom Cruise is great, the movie is fabulous and it is FREE {with Prime}.

53 posted on 06/23/2023 5:21:36 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: USS Alaska

> but don’t act shocked at a shipping charge.

I didn’t act SHOCKED, just noted it.


54 posted on 06/23/2023 6:19:26 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: KarlInOhio

I have 1-click purchase disabled. Just for fun I checked. It took less than a minute to find it on my desktop or phone.

Desktop: Account>Ordering and shopping preferences>1-Click settings>disable on all devices

Phone: Menu>1-click settings>disable on all devices


55 posted on 06/23/2023 8:27:16 AM PDT by Do_Tar
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