Yes...I’ve saved more than what it costs to be Prime. And, when you get bored, you can watch the videos free (most of them anyway).
One thing I’ve also found with Amazon is that their business model is not just itself as a big box consolidator.
There hundreds/thousands of small concerns that have sales agreements with them.
I get a lot of stuff I buy that comes from Mom/Pop Brick & Mortar stores as well. As an estimate, I’d say a third of the stuff I buy is like that.
Oh absolutely. I get a lot of the wife’s health and beauty stuff from their resellers. I’m happy to help mom and pops who are intuitive enough to get that presence. I see more local brick and mortars shutting down, and some of my favorite specialty website retailers (such as NewEgg and FrozenCPU) can’t beat Amazon on price and especially can’t beat their shipping costs!
They’re building a warehouse here in the Tampa Bay area. Word is that any prime customer living within 50 miles of an Amazon warehouse can get same-day or next-day delivery for nothing since they have to pay state sales tax on the purchase. That’s smart business on Amazon’s part if true.