Ironically I just got my good old fashioned paper based bank statement through. Once I had finished crying at the way the number just keeps going down I noticed a few things.
1. I have more entries on my statement for paypal than any other vendor. I appear to spend a lot of time buying through the Internet now.
2. I have had less problems sorting out payment issues on paypal than most other vendors, except AmEx who are remarkable.
3. Using Amazon in conjunction with Prime must have saved me a lot of mileage trying to find stuff I could never have got otherwise.
DaveW, each of us have different views but for me Prime has to offer the best value of almost any product we pay for.
1. Free deliveries. Knock on being that one poor sod in a van does 150+ in a day and saves me a fortune in petrol. A bit Eco and getting more so with the BEV vans they are moving to.
2. Extra TV channels which include quite a lot of good content through the Interweb cables. loads included free. Discovery+ £5 month, Disney £5 a month, SkyQ £2000 a month or trying, Netflix £10 a month. The BBC £12 a month (but you do get all those other lovely free channels as well)
When travelling through Italy we used Prime to deliver to our next days hotel using our iPhone. Just like ordering from the sofa in the UK but totally different. Still next day.
Last minute presents both local and international can be done so quickly and efficiently
Trying to find specialist nerdy bits for computers used to be a nightmare but now takes seconds (and I find sooo many other nerdy bits I definitely need during the process)
Prime comes out as amazing value for money in our position.
I definitely get guilt pangs about a few things.
Conspicuous consumption is not a good thing and this does make it way to easy to over stuff.
I guess the workers are in many case wage slaves and this does need addressing.
It is driving the high street into a cocked hat which has a quite profound effect on regional economies and high streets.
There is the question of taxation and commitment to regions which has been raised well on here before.
I think on balance I would be hard put to do without Amazon and Prime now.
