[Moeancurly]

Does anyone without Prime really miss it? Or did you cancel and regret it? Mine is up for renewal at the end of this month, fairly certain I'm not going to renew regardless of a price hike.

[stjohnswarts]

There is no way I could not renew. I use it way too much. I easily save that much in gas and probably 10x that in valuable personal time not having to go to walmart/best buy/etc

[coredog64]

Walmart has their “Plus” offering that is $99 and gives the same kind of free shipping as Prime. If you’re okay with it, you can also get free grocery delivery from your local store.

[justinwp]

I don't miss it. Just watch out that they select automatically the non free option for shipping even if there is a free option with the same expected delivery. (This is for > $25 orders.) I'm located far from a distribution center so that might make a difference.

[jeffsyacht]

Canceled 5 years ago and don't miss it at all. Sometimes I will have to spend 10 minutes longer looking for a supplier online, but I can get all the same things for a similar price and I haven't had any of the issues I used to with Prime like receiving fake shampoo (with brand names misspelled), I get equal or better product quality, and I feel better supporting local businesses.

Added bonus is I found myself impulsively ordering less useless crap since it requires more thought to order and isn't delivered immediately.

[Workaccount2]

I canceled a year ago after 15 years.

I don't miss it at all. I do miss the amazon of 10 years ago though.

[bigthymer]

> I do miss the amazon of 10 years ago though.

Why? What about it do you miss?

[MattGaiser]

It probably depends on how you use it. Many of my relatives have cancelled it without a problem.

I buy all sorts of one day/same day items that I would need to go to a store for otherwise (virtually anything that isn’t fresh food that you might want same day like toothpaste or soap or bandages), so I could never give it up.

[FireBeyond]

"Get it tomorrow" is entirely broken for me.

Just earlier today, I was looking to buy some isopropyl alcohol spray. There was one that was listed as "Get by Sun Feb 6". Out of curiosity, I applied that filter.

Now that item had disappeared. And a much smaller list of items where none of them were actually available tomorrow, and in fact, most were a week slower than the first I found.

[staticman2]

If you buy your toothpaste and soap and bandages at the place you buy your fresh food, Amazon doesn't save you a trip to the store.

[swagasaurus-rex]

I think about the convenience often, but then I'm reminded of the human toil that has to happen to get me my convenience.

Though I do have a pharmacy in walking distance so it's not much effort for me.

[Reason077]

What do you mean "up for renewal"? You can cancel Prime at any time, there's no contract term.

(Personally I keep Prime mostly for Prime Video, and a few other perks. I typically only buy a few things from Amazon each month, so the free fast shipping is a bonus for me, not a must-have).

[Moeancurly]

I have an annual subscription that renews in March

[hasbot]

Some people pay annually for a small discount.

[granzymes]

I buy on the order of ~80 things from Amazon every year. Prime more than pays for itself for me.

[neogodless]

Does it actually "pay for itself" or does it just get you items faster (which is you paying for something)?

For me, I go without, and I only buy things with free shipping, so having Prime would not save me money; it would cost me money.

(I also buy less things when I do not have Prime, so that saves me additional money!)

[gundmc]

Cancelling has made me more deliberate about my purchases, which I think has been a net positive. There's a reason why every retailer wants to decrease friction in purchases and sometimes that little bit of friction is a good thing for your wallet.

[legitster]

We cancelled once for about 6 months. We missed it. You never realize how many little things you buy are only available on the internet, and a couple of bad customer service experiences made me really appreciate Amazon.

[gpt5]

I just looked up past orders on my account and there are hundreds in 2021. I suggest you do the same, you might be surprised.

[Moeancurly]

Only 22 orders placed in 2021, and a spot check of ~15 of the items would ship "free" anyways. I don't care enough to check every single item, but of the ones I checked I could not find a single one that would have an added shipping cost.

The "2 day guarantee" doesn't really exist anymore, so I have to ask - what am I paying for?

[openknot]

Yes, small purchases through Amazon (enabled by Prime due to no price minimum for 'free' shipping). I picked up a tip on Hacker News to avoid small ~$20 USD purchases because it adds up, and this habit has saved me a lot of money.

[gordon_freeman]

Have cancelled mine a few years back as I realized the only thing I was using is 2-day shipping but I have been just ordering multiple items which exceed $25 to leverage FREE shipping and usually they ship fast. So no need for Prime for me!

[hasbot]

It's easy enough to get free shipping without Prime (just wait until there are enough items in the cart to get free shipping). But I'm still getting value out of Prime streaming so I'm keeping Prime until that changes.

[osrec]

I like the tennis streams on prime video, but they didn't show any of the Australian open. That made me consider cancelling prime...

The faster delivery is a nice bonus, but I have prime for the live tennis content mainly.

[lariati]

I have never had it. I just order enough to get free shipping and then they sit on it for a day or two and ship it prime.

[ar_lan]

In addition to other listed benefits, some Amazon shows are pretty decent too. LOTR will be pretty massive.

[fibers]

tried prime 10 years ago and it wasn't anything worth writing about. i dont order that many products from them anyway and if i do i would just batch them up to get free shipping