Re: Amazon Has Raised Its Minimum Order Price

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@Shelbelle wrote:
Looks as if they are pushing everyone to have Prime.

Pushing is definitely the word. Trying to force, more accurately. All of their advertising for years has been with that in mind. Apparently not enough people were doing it to suit them, so they decided to play rough. They will lose customers over this, though whether those will be made up by increased Prime revenue, who knows?

Next step if this doesn't work - at some point the minimum will be $75 and Prime will be $125, then $150. Will be interesting to see what the majority tipping point is.

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jackthebear · ‎03-11-2010

@Moonchilde wrote:
@Shelbelle wrote:
Looks as if they are pushing everyone to have Prime.

Pushing is definitely the word. Trying to force, more accurately. All of their advertising for years has been with that in mind. Apparently not enough people were doing it to suit them, so they decided to play rough. They will lose customers over this, though whether those will be made up by increased Prime revenue, who knows?

Next step if this doesn't work - at some point the minimum will be $75 and Prime will be $125, then $150. Will be interesting to see what the majority tipping point is.

Agree

there is a tipping point, but there must be a point at which, as we have discussed over and over here, shipping has to be paid for somewhere.

I guess it depends on your life, I don't work or have kids, those that fall into that category probably order enough stuff to fill orders to make prime and or free shipping work for them. I don't need to order kids stuff and some of the other things I have the time to go out and look for

nomless · ‎03-10-2010

I read the new shipping fee policy. Eligible books (including all the ones I looked at) ship for free with orders of $25 or more and everything else in that order will ship free, too. If a lot of books are eligible for free shipping with $25 order, then it seems to be mostly non-book items that require the $49 minimum order.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

I love Prime and it is so worth it even though we are a small family.

DH orders our cat food there, much cheaper and we don't have to lug it through the store. I order most of what I buy from Amazon, including nail polish. And I always give DH an armful of paperbacks for every occasion. The points really add up.

I'm going to look into their produce delivery, guaranteed fresh. I'd like that,

cah · ‎03-19-2010

I love my amazon prime, and it would have to go way up for me to give it up.
I saved a fortune in shipping over Christmas.

That's how we roll in the shire..

Isobel Archer · ‎04-04-2015

Amazon is the only company I have dealt with where their guaranteed shipping date actually means anything. On the rare occasions, they haven't met it, they have compensated me for the miss.

With all the uproar on the threads about sending jobs to Poland and the insistence that everyone must be paid a "living" wage - and people's insistence that they would be perfectly willing to pay higher prices to assure that, I'm surprised at the angst over this.

At least at Amazon, the service you pay for is the service you get.

sueinsf · ‎03-13-2010

That totally stinks about that increase. I had a couple of items I was going to buy that would have qualified me for free shipping at $35 but not $49. Too bad I didn't buy them last week. I'm not interested in paying for Prime.

Nuttmeg · ‎03-09-2010

@skuggles wrote:
I'm pretty happy with Prime. I love the two day shipping (when I actually get it because I don't always), and the streaming video and free monthly book selection.for me the membership fee is worth it.

I ordered a few things on Wednesday, and received them Thursday morning by 10:00 AM. I live in a zipcode with one day shipping.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@jackthebear wrote:
@Moonchilde wrote:
@Shelbelle wrote:
Looks as if they are pushing everyone to have Prime.

Pushing is definitely the word. Trying to force, more accurately. All of their advertising for years has been with that in mind. Apparently not enough people were doing it to suit them, so they decided to play rough. They will lose customers over this, though whether those will be made up by increased Prime revenue, who knows?

Next step if this doesn't work - at some point the minimum will be $75 and Prime will be $125, then $150. Will be interesting to see what the majority tipping point is.
Agree
there is a tipping point, but there must be a point at which, as we have discussed over and over here, shipping has to be paid for somewhere.

I guess it depends on your life, I don't work or have kids, those that fall into that category probably order enough stuff to fill orders to make prime and or free shipping work for them. I don't need to order kids stuff and some of the other things I have the time to go out and look for

Amazon is going to bear the brunt of the shipping cost issue over any other retailer because the entire Amazon empire was built on being cheaper (total cost, including shipping) and faster than any other company, i.e. they gave people the best bargains at the best bottom-line prices.

Once they are little to no different in bottom-line cost to other retailers AND have angered long-time loyal customers, they are no more likely to get business than any other online retailer. They will have lost their advantage and their goodwill in one fell swoop.

If I previously bought a $38 item from Amazon and that won't cut the free shipping and shipping is now $8-9, why shouldn't I buy it locally for $41? I'd still save $5 even so.

People who buy multiple items from Amazon every month with standard orders aren't going to care, but they will alienate those who are not the "Amazon ideal customer."

Life without Mexican food is no life at all