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by Awelton 1099 days ago
I cancelled since their prices kept getting less and less competitive, and packages were taking a week to show up with "free" "two day" prime shipping. I finally had to report my card as lost to stop them from charging me. Even after I didn't have prime anymore they had the sketchy dark patterns at checkout trying to get you to sign up again so I cancelled my amazon account entirely (which was also a huge pain in the ass that was full of dark patterns). I thought it was going to be a huge pain without amazon as an option but really I haven't missed it. Other companies and even mom & pop stores have really stepped up their online shopping so I have actually had better prices, shipping times, and experiences since quitting amazon. For such a massive corporation the tactics they use are early 2000's satellite TV provider tier. It's embarrassing.
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For me I didn't cancel my account, I just gradually stopped shopping there since the results were full of dropshippers selling identical crappy products, making it impossible to find anything in decent quality and even if you do, i stopped trusting that the products I would receive wouldn't be fake. I used to order a lot on amazon, now I do it about twice a year.