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by audleman 3726 days ago
I was gifted Prime and it surprised me how awesome it was. Say I want to buy a few pairs of SmartWool Socks, but since I'm buying them over the internet don't get a chance to try them on. Do I buy 7 pairs and risk it? No, I just buy 1 pair and get it in 2 days with no shipping fee.

In fact I buy all kinds of things now on Amazon because I can get them in 2 days with no shipping fee.

I get that I'm paying upfront for shipping, of course, which really only incentivizes me to shop more on Amazon. After a certain number of orders I'm beating the system, and that's fun.

Plus you get a lot of freebies, like movies.
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hvm 3726 days ago
> After a certain number of orders I'm beating the system, and that's fun.

That's only true if you would have bought those items anyway. If you wouldn't have then the system is beating you.

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brownbat 3726 days ago
> That's only true if you would have bought those items anyway.

And if you would have insisted on 2-day shipping for everything you buy, which seems unlikely. Some purchases, sure, but everything?

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