I don’t have Prime. But I still use to be able to buy $25 of merchandise, to get free shipping. I almost always have been willing to wait a little longer to use free shipping. For me it always made sense to add item(s), if needed to reach $25. Especially if shipping is > $5. There’s always some small item I can add.
Not saying I won’t continue to use Amazon, but probably less so for more frequently bought, less expensive items. I wanted to buy a drill bit and drill screwdriver extension and Milwaukee saw blade clamp. For this purchase I already needed to add item(s) to reach $25…except I looked in my cart and it said I now needed to reach $35. This definitely made me look for alternatives for smaller purchases. I’ve had past good luck with Ebay. Many of their items have free shipping.
I’m possibly looking at buying a new Multimeter. Possibly a KAIWEETS. Now that is already over $35. However I’ll still consider Ebay for that purchase too. OK, a quick check on Ebay finds the model I was interested in $2 cheaper and free shipping too at ebay..
Yes there is a part of me that want’s to show Amazon (in my mind…I know they don’t give a darn) I’ll just not blindly play along with their increase. My little boycott isn’t going to shake up Amazon. And it causes me more work. But I was already often adding items to bring my total to $25.
As a matter of fact I just removed 3 items that totaled < $35, from Amazon and ordered them from Ebay. It took a little work to compare prices. Because sometimes an Ebay item with free shipping, was more than the Amazon item. Only one item was a few dollars more but still cheaper then Amazons ~$7 S&H. Also why was S&H ~7$, but if I remove 2 items S&H stays the same?
In this case Amazon. lost some business and ebay gained some business. It’s probably been over a year since I ordered anything from ebay.