For us, it has been well worth it, but understand also that we live 40 miles from a mall, about 70 or so from a nice one.
The last time I went to our closest mall, it seemed that nearly every store was geared toward young people. Lots of surfer attire, Japanese anime tshirts, and urban hip-hop clothes.
Good for them if they're making money, but those are not my people.
When we explored Prime, I was a bit surprised. You can get so much more than books and digital music. I've bought light bulbs and boxer shorts, for example.
Totally agree on Prime. My kids gave me a membership 5 yrs ago as a birthday gift. I’ve switched most of my auto parts buys from Rockauto to Amazon with the shipping.
I don’t even have any “guilt” about the UPS delivery because they come to our neighbor’s house 5 days a week no matter what because they run a home biz.
Realize Amazon is on the FR sh!tlist but so are every other retail store and most internet ones.
Any Kindle book of your choice?