Amazon Prime Bargains - Chat Thread

Passed by today. It's certainly not operational but the building appears finished, at least on the outside. A lot of cars in the car parks that may belong to contractors finishing off the inside but no sign of any stock being moved.

The interesting thing is they'll hike the price, wonder why they lost subs, blame someone/something else, then hike the price again.

So you have no idea what I am trying to say (actually said it twice in plain English), but in your opinion I clearly agree with what you don't understand it is. Ok.

You don't need to find out the brand or company to exaggerate prices and tell us that you would gladly pay that hypothetical hiked price. That is as close to fawning as you will get.

At the current price, it is acceptable for the number of deliveries I get. At a higher price, I would need to get more use out of the service, which I wouldn't. I would be paying extra for something I wouldn't be using. It would be completely useless to me. The 'Free' deliveries would no longer be 'free'. The service would be completely useless to me.

What is bizarre is that you are trying to dictate to me what is or isn't an acceptable response.

That response written was also not when I replied what I said about 'close to fawning'.

I clarified that I was also thinking that as the profits they had made during covid must have been astronomical, and they are mentioning 'losses' this year, as they were down 3% from the year before in the first quarter. When the year that they are comparing to was up 13% from the year before that in the same first quarter.

You were the one who went off about Irish Begrudgery and other such absolute nonsense. Explaining how a company works, and now it's so difficult to be you trying to explain things while not understanding the posters posts... Christ.

There's free delivery when you buy £20 of items dispatched by Amazon, so Prime is only useful for small orders. I had Prime when it was free and ended up getting a load of stuff I never really needed. Forgot to cancel in time and had it for two more months ordering almost nothing. Now, if I don't want £20's worth of something I don't order.

Ok, so you know what I was saying, you were just playing silly buggers or trying to imply some sort of intellectual superiority. Neither worked.

The thing is, you don't have to keep saying that. I have never stated that I don't know what you are trying to say. However, I do know that the point you are trying to make is incorrect. Fawning does not mean you will not change company. It means while it suits you, you will exaggerate how good they are and claim all sorts of nonsense, e.g. to discredit competitors. So repeating that you would go with them if they had any brand name does not mean what you think it does. I will also repeat, that I said CLOSE TO fawning. As close as it gets as it happens.

"Wasn't for me" does not mean it is no currently at an acceptable price for how I use the service. What you are not getting there is baffling. So to put it in plain English - I literally didn't say earlier that it's not acceptable for me at the current prices.

What wasn't for me, was the service. What do you think we are talking about here? Eggs?

I initially wasn't trying to imply you were fawning or close to, but now I think maybe.

Ok, Thanks for the explanation. 🙄

Except it's not. It's global begrudgery. Of course begrudgery isn't actually a thing outside of Ireland, it is unique to here with the faeries and the little folk. If some people say it exists, it must.

I did, and still do. You were going on (and still are) about how difficult it is for your precious head to get me to understand anything, and how it's like talking to a child etc.. When the only person that claims not to understand one half of this conversation is your goodself, even when it is written in plain English for you.

Yawn. From a passing comment.. 😴

"It means while it suits you, you will exaggerate how good they are and claim all sorts of nonsense, e.g. to discredit competitors."

For the final time. I said 'close to' fawning, as close as it gets. So while the 'you' there wasn't person specific, it was more to give a better definition of fawning than your own weak one, you have stated :

So you gladly paying €20+ per month would be an example of it suiting you, and arguably exaggerating how good a price that would be if it existed. The 'typical Irish begrudgery' remark aimed at the people who criticised the price hike, could be considered defending them, as for it being by far the best value compared to competitors, well, that's pretty much dismissing the competitors.

That was all in one post, I think there were another couple of flippant remarks too, but I think they make my point enough about CLOSE TO fawning.. Pretty close.

As for.

You really don't like being wrong. Out come the repetitive name calling remarks about childish and annoying etc.. When it is you and you alone who claim not to understand how one half of the conversation is going, yet still come back with those remarks. FWIW, the exact same could be chewed up and spat back out at you, when people have to very different opinions on how something is viewed, it is fairly common for them to find each other annoying, or seemingly incapable of understanding or seeing their point. Which is happening here (as you mentioned on your side of it) on both sides.

There is no contradiction in both admitting that there is no real alternative to Prime in ROI and complaining about the increase. Here is the current->increased cost of Prime in the major EU markets (Taken from mydealz.de, I assume it's accurate):

Italy, Spain 36->49,90€

France 49->69€

Germany 69->89,90€

UK & Ireland 93->112€

Yes, delivering to Ireland has its cost, but so does delivering to e.g. Corsica, Sardinia etc. At the same time, the range of physical and digital products available for Prime members in Ireland is by far the worst, yet we pay the most. And there is plenty of customers from those other countries, who also claim they will not extend their membership now, so that's nothing unique to boards or Ireland in general.

Is this not the Amazon prime BARGAINS chat thread? Not a rant about price increases thread?

Glad to have prime, was buying pyjamas my nephews wanted. 20% off coupon (some pyjama factory styles), happy days. Put two in basket, discount that came off was less than 10%. Removed one pair, correct discount so I had to place two separate orders. I never have to think about delivery charges or minimum orders when I have prime.

Really, you cried.. 🙄

I am now 100% convinced you don't know what fawning is, as you initially thought it just meant couldn't change brand. You saying that you would happily, gladly, or even if you were to be overjoyed to pay more than double the current price for the service has to be an exaggeration or taken as some form of close to fawning over them. Accusing people of a nonsense 'Irishism' in an attempt to dismiss the (global) criticism of a price hike that you find acceptable, is just you telling us in so many words that we don't know how good we have it with amazon. Then dismissing all alternatives, because, well, any of the alternatives aren't bundled together the way amazon prime is, again, by dismissing the alternatives the way you just did with your idiotic attempt at a condescending post (something you seem to do a lot going by your posts today), is another example of behaviour that could be considered fawning. There is flattery, exaggeration, and dismissal of competitors, all examples (especially when bundled together) of fawning.

Prime gaming doesn't have as much to offer, nor is it as good as e.g. steam. Prime is primarily streaming games afaik anyway,

Prime music, doesn't have the library or anything like the list of compatible devices that spotify has.

Prime video, seems to have the least/worst content of the top three or four.

Prime reading vs Kindle unlimited or a library - Kindle unlimited apparently has a 'much bigger library'

We could go on, most ot all offer family subscriptions, so I wouldn't be breaking it down as to how much it could all cost vs quality and content. Something you obviously have already done I am assuming, or you wouldn't have been so dismissive and made statements like 'by far the best value'.

Admit it. You like amazon (nothing wrong with that) and are happy with the price and will accept the hike, but you have no idea if it is by far the best value, despite claiming so, nor do you know whether or not you would gladly pay more than double the price for the same exact sub and content that you are getting now.

You are just arguing for the sake of it.

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