I got on AMZ in 2002, but cancelled AMZ for the most part after AWS cancelled Parler in 2020. Still go there once in a while if I can't find something anywhere else. We still have the family Prime account though, my daughter is paying for it when I told her I would not. Got it for free back when we bought some textbooks on the site when both of mine were in college, 'prime student' was free for 2 years, and then half price for several more, just had to email them a college report card. But it's funny as there are 6 people on that account, hubby, me both kids and their spouses so the purchase history in the last decade is a very eclectic one. So if they are trying to 'profile' me based on my purchases, they are going to struggle a little bit, lol. The purchase history IS handy for things I don't buy often, like refrigerator filters or vacuum bags. Sadly the local store that carried such items that had been in business since the 1950's, closed about a decade ago as they could not compete with AMZ on price. I managed to find them on different sites but referenced the AMZ purchase to make sure I bought the right thing. I am in on the 'buy nothing' June, except our ceiling fan in our bedroom died so I did go on Wayfair and ordered a new one. I am not sure if Wayfair is woke or not?! Anyone know?
That’s interesting to go back and look at past purchases. I’m gonna do it too. Just to see. However, I do know that I didn’t jump on the Amazon bandwagon until way late in the game. Even then I hated Amazon and only used it for convenience 🙄. All my friends were ordering and shopping and spending. I, just didn’t. I preferred the brick and mortar to touch and see what I was buying. Admittedly I didn’t fully understand the concept and how super easy they made Amazon Prime. My husband and son really got on board more than me. I was kicking and screaming most of the way, but not because I was so in tune with Amazon putting local small businesses out of business. No, I’m just old school on lots of thing. 😂 I prefer to still pay my own bills w/o the use of auto pay, balance my own checkbook to the penny, and I don’t like to shop anyway. Reality is, I did/do use Amazon a lot more than I care to admit now. However, if I can go purchase in store I still prefer that. I wouldn’t mind if we all stopped using Bozo’s money grabbing service and he went out of business. I’d just feel bad for the lost employment for everyone. It’s not a win win in that sense.
I remember those good old days.
I got on AMZ in 2002, but cancelled AMZ for the most part after AWS cancelled Parler in 2020. Still go there once in a while if I can't find something anywhere else. We still have the family Prime account though, my daughter is paying for it when I told her I would not. Got it for free back when we bought some textbooks on the site when both of mine were in college, 'prime student' was free for 2 years, and then half price for several more, just had to email them a college report card. But it's funny as there are 6 people on that account, hubby, me both kids and their spouses so the purchase history in the last decade is a very eclectic one. So if they are trying to 'profile' me based on my purchases, they are going to struggle a little bit, lol. The purchase history IS handy for things I don't buy often, like refrigerator filters or vacuum bags. Sadly the local store that carried such items that had been in business since the 1950's, closed about a decade ago as they could not compete with AMZ on price. I managed to find them on different sites but referenced the AMZ purchase to make sure I bought the right thing. I am in on the 'buy nothing' June, except our ceiling fan in our bedroom died so I did go on Wayfair and ordered a new one. I am not sure if Wayfair is woke or not?! Anyone know?
That’s interesting to go back and look at past purchases. I’m gonna do it too. Just to see. However, I do know that I didn’t jump on the Amazon bandwagon until way late in the game. Even then I hated Amazon and only used it for convenience 🙄. All my friends were ordering and shopping and spending. I, just didn’t. I preferred the brick and mortar to touch and see what I was buying. Admittedly I didn’t fully understand the concept and how super easy they made Amazon Prime. My husband and son really got on board more than me. I was kicking and screaming most of the way, but not because I was so in tune with Amazon putting local small businesses out of business. No, I’m just old school on lots of thing. 😂 I prefer to still pay my own bills w/o the use of auto pay, balance my own checkbook to the penny, and I don’t like to shop anyway. Reality is, I did/do use Amazon a lot more than I care to admit now. However, if I can go purchase in store I still prefer that. I wouldn’t mind if we all stopped using Bozo’s money grabbing service and he went out of business. I’d just feel bad for the lost employment for everyone. It’s not a win win in that sense.
Swell writeup, ms SJ....guilty as charged, ...amz has been a lifesaver for this ol'mechanic. cheers