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A good first step is not paying for Prime.

It's like $140 annually now... and if you're mostly just buying things and not watching their content, it's a nice speed bump to just accumulate items in the cart until you hit the minimum free shipping and only order then.

When you occasionally do for some reason need an instant item, you can pay the shipping then. It's kinda like for most people, having a second or third car is much more expensive than just renting one when you actually need it.

That said, I am close to a Costco so that's where I get most of my bulk items - the Amazon stuff tends to be more discretionary.

[paxys]

Especially since the base Prime Video has ads now, so that aspect of your prime membership is useless.

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That’s the key.

Amazon is very convenient when needing something one off. But we are not going to renew Prime and slowly ween off it.

Still looking for alternatives though, Costco is okay, but when you want something asap, you need either to drive to stores or pay for same day delivery and tips.

[pkaye]

Home Depot seems to delivering some stuff for free the next day (and occasionally the same day.) And they can always have the product ready for pickup in front. Sometimes its so hard to find stuff in their store. Even some of the delivery charges feel lower than before.