On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 10:22:13 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 08:55:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:
>
>>On 4/5/2016 12:39 AM, sf wrote:
>>> On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 18:25:13 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cheapest price is Amazon.com. Important if feeding
>>>> dogs and cats with it, is that it be 100% (halloween type) pumpkin with
>>>> nothing added. It's 2.50 a can here but I am getting it at 1.67 a can
>>>> in lots of 12 every 6 months. I can always add an earlier load if I
>>>> need it sooner by adjusting the date. Free shipping.
>>>
>>> Your shipping isn't free. You're paying $100 a year for it.
>>
>>It's still free shipping over $35, no?
>>
>>nancy
>
>I think they recently raised it to $49, which at today's prices is
>very easy to reach. However depending on ones shopping habits Amazon
>Prime is a bargain... it costs a whole lot more than $100 a year to
>drive all over from store to store looking to buy things plus dealing
>with traffic and parking, and there's ones time (time is money), and
>driving means taking risks, there are few risks shopping from ones
>desk chair. Shopping on line makes it easy to check prices, and one
>never needs to settle, one gets the exact item they want, in the color
>and size they want... and no schlepping, heavy and over size items
>come right to your door. It's difficult for me to comprehend people
>complaining about shipping costs when they don't complain about the
>cost of their own transportation.

Amen to all that.
Janet US

On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 09:00:23 -0600, Janet B >
wrote:

> On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 10:22:13 -0400, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 08:55:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
> >
> >>On 4/5/2016 12:39 AM, sf wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 18:25:13 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Cheapest price is Amazon.com. Important if feeding
> >>>> dogs and cats with it, is that it be 100% (halloween type) pumpkin with
> >>>> nothing added. It's 2.50 a can here but I am getting it at 1.67 a can
> >>>> in lots of 12 every 6 months. I can always add an earlier load if I
> >>>> need it sooner by adjusting the date. Free shipping.
> >>>
> >>> Your shipping isn't free. You're paying $100 a year for it.
> >>
> >>It's still free shipping over $35, no?
> >>
> >>nancy
> >
> >I think they recently raised it to $49, which at today's prices is
> >very easy to reach. However depending on ones shopping habits Amazon
> >Prime is a bargain... it costs a whole lot more than $100 a year to
> >drive all over from store to store looking to buy things plus dealing
> >with traffic and parking, and there's ones time (time is money), and
> >driving means taking risks, there are few risks shopping from ones
> >desk chair. Shopping on line makes it easy to check prices, and one
> >never needs to settle, one gets the exact item they want, in the color
> >and size they want... and no schlepping, heavy and over size items
> >come right to your door. It's difficult for me to comprehend people
> >complaining about shipping costs when they don't complain about the
> >cost of their own transportation.
>
> Amen to all that.
> Janet US

I'm simply saying there free shipping isn't free when you use Prime.
I've compared the price of the same item Prime vs regular. Regular
costs less, but you pay for shipping. And if you choose to do the
$35-49 free shipping route, you have to pile up a lot of smaller items
or buy one more expensive item to make the minimum - something that is
a stone wall for me. I didn't shop much on Amazon before my son added
me to his Prime account, but I spent more at Amazon than I had all the
previous years combined that very first year. They are verrrry crafty
with that particular feature! OTOH, if Amazon ever eliminates the
"grandma" perk, I won't open my own account. I'll just go back to the
way things were before. There's a Target Express two blocks away from
me now, so I can order whatever small item I want from Target and have
it delivered there for in-store pickup.

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sf