[rdschouw]

Yea it's pretty awful. They also by default select a faster shipping method which costs $6.99 (most of the time per item, sometimes multiple shipping charges for the same order). Every checkout I have to go through:

1. no, I do not want a prime membership for $1.99 for 1 week

2. no, I want free shipping on these items (careful check if the order is split up in multiple shipments)

3. no, I want free shipping on this item.

8 out of 10 orders my stuff arrives earlier than the paid shipping option offered during checkout.

[tredre3]

Same, I get two full screen ads for prime with a little "No thanks" when I try to checkout. Even at the final step you get the paid shipping option selected by default, then you have the prime option flashing "SAVE $19 and get it tomorrow!!!", and finally the free but not prime shipping option (which I actually want).

I personally accidentally resubscribed to prime once because of all this nonsense, so I can't imagine someone who is less careful.