Melt is crazy good. Half sandwiches, vegan, gluten free, or full on grease and meat and dairy. I go once every time I visit Ohio. I’d go twice if I hated my body.
Does no one else remember that Amazon prime was established for 2 day shipping? That was the deal. Extra money for “free” 2 day shipping. Then they added prime video. What a deal! Right?!
Then the pandemic happened. “Garble garble…SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES!”
SINCE THEN HAVE YOU RECEIVED A PACKAGE IN 2 DAYS? For many people, no. Now that the pandemic is to blame, nothing has 2 day shipping. Now many things have added shipping costs. Now prime video is the only guarantee and its one of the worst values, and worst streaming experiences of all stream providers.
Fuck Amazon. I can’t believe a class action lawsuit hasn’t been started. I’m now lucky to get any “prime” item shipped to my door in less than a week when the 2 day shipping was the entire reason for subscription.
I’m now gladly paying the Waltons because at least somebody will shop for me and drop it off at my doorstep. Amazon, in my case, has lost a ton of business. Things I would normally order from Amazon I now order from Walmart or eBay, for less money, faster shipping, and a less likely lost package situation.
Has anyone noticed that Amazon orders that have issues are now being hidden from you? Go back and find the last order they either lost or had to be refunded. It’s going to take you a bit longer because they don’t show it to you in your account. You will have to find the email with the order number to search for it.
Also remember how Amazon’s big pull before prime was their easy returns? Yeah well those times are gone. Getting a human on the phone is impossible without finding the right phone number online, and they now outsource all of their customer resources to giant call centers. You will be lucky to get a refund for an item you never received. After 3 hours on the phone I finally got them to refund and item that was at the time, 2 months late. That item was $34.
Amazon has pulled one of the biggest bait and switches of all time and I can’t believe it’s not more discussed. Garbage tier conglomerate.
Over here in Germany overnight shipping is pretty much the norm unless you get supremely unlucky and both source and destination addresses are in the boondonks. DHL also offers guaranteed overnight, but, as said, it’s usually not any faster especially since online retailers build their warehouses directly next to DHL hubs. So to sell prime, they started artificially delaying shipping – you can see that in tracking, they’re simply waiting until they hand stuff over to DHL, which then operates as fast as usual.
DHL is not the only shipping company in Germany, amazon has contracts with pretty much all of them, and in my case the nearest pickup location happens to be Hermes. Which Amazon apparently hates as they’re delaying packages for a good two weeks.
The result? I’m pretty much done ordering from Amazon: Other shops ship faster and aren’t more expensive. What amazon still has going for it is a ludicrously large selection so very occasionally (once in a year or so) I order there and, what do you know, they’re trying to get me with a free month of prime and actually ship on time, then.
Evil corporation and all that and I am uncomfortable defending it, but I have had a drastically different experience.
I frequently get stuff next day or within 2 days and always get refunds without having to jump through hoops or anything and there are multiple places to choose from for dropping off a return. Also, the price is almost always cheaper or within a dollar of where I can find it elsewhere.
I’ve had some things take longer to arrive but they are clear about them not being prime and are up front about the delayed arrival time before I submit the order so I know what I’m getting into and if it’s something that I need quicker I just pick a different similar product that is prime eligible. There’s almost always an alternative that is a similar price with faster shipping. I’ve never had an order not show up either. In fact, I’ve never had to even call them or contact support at all.
It’s too consistent to be good luck. Hell, it’s so convenient that I feel guilty for buying stuff that I could get locally for a comparable price but would require me to fight traffic and stand in line to pay.
Maybe the difference is regional? Or maybe a rural area vs city thing? I don’t know. I guess the bright side for you is that you’re spreading your money around? Regardless, it sucks that you’ve had so many issues!
Yes. That is still what they claim to offer. It might surprise you that Amazon does not have the consumers best interest at heart, but what will really surprise you is that I very secretly work for eBay and want to trash the impeccable reputation of Amazon.
I actually just got something yesterday, that I had ordered the day before. I didn’t even have to pay more to get it delivered overnight. I do agree that Prime Video sucks, and I do have other issues with Amazon, but as far as shipping, the items I want are usually delivered in a couple of days.
I just made another comment about this, but the jist is that those who aren’t near distribution centers are getting screwed. They don’t give us 2 day shipping anymore.
I know that there are many people that have not had any impact to their shipping times. Those that are near distribution centers, in cities, are not going to see the same change that I have, but Amazon has not held up their end of the bargain for many others. Amazon advertised 2 day shipping to an entire country, provided the service, and then cut the service to those who aren’t close to distribution centers and major shipping hubs. They havent lowered their prices or offered any incentives to make up for their lack of services they promised to provide.
Honestly, I have received stuff in 2 days even without having Prime. They tell you it’s taking a week, but the package arrives much earlier. I don’t really order that much tho, so maybe I just got lucky.
Amazon is US-based Temu at this point. Scam products, fake reviews, trash generics, non-existent service, and egregious privacy violations just using the site…
(Not to mention directly competing and undercutting their own merchants out of business with “Amazon basics” trash)
… And people are so quick to give them eyes and ears into their homes. Yeeeesh!
And it doesn’t matter what crimes they commit at this point because AWS has basically cemented them into global infrastructure. The store is an afterthought by comparison.
There is plenty of propaganda on lemmy. You just have to realize you will always be fed propaganda and understand there is propaganda on each side of every issue…
Sectarian leftist nutters who seem to be extremely overconfident in their amateurish view of philosophy and politics. “The entire world and all of contemporary history is a conspiracy to discredit Lenin” is honestly a pretty shocking view of the world.
For those who can’t be bothered to spend 30 seconds checking if a lemmygrad user is full of shit, this was my response to racism against Koreans (literally calling them dogs), since I know I’d be banned (again) if I was too mean and called a privileged hexbear poster racist directly.
South korea are clearly beholden to american interests, considering the military dictatorship installed by america in SK routinely executed hundreds of thousands of south koreans, its not racist to point this out. (something you as a dutch person should be aware of, black pete anyone?)
Sure, the soul of every nation is tarnished by the sins of their fathers. I have no argument with this. That doesn’t excuse the use of racist language or symbology, as the point can easily be made without such denigration.
This is especially ironic because the hexbears are typically falling over themselves to show how egalitarian and tolerant they are, and at least in my view, such language makes that effort seem particularly hollow.
its stretching beyond belief to think calling someone an american dog has racist connotations, this is a common slur thrown at anyone who happens to bow down to american interests at the expense of there fellow people.
such bad faith reasoning and liberal IDpolitics of GOTCHA, no wonder you where banned; no loss.
So for the record, the person who trolled my profile and posted a screenshot trying to make me seem racist, only to get pilloried by additional context, before changing the subject entirely, before finally resorting to his own bizarre ethnic slurs, is the one arguing in good faith. While I am the one pushing “gotcha liberalism” or whatever?
You don’t need elephants to smash ants. The Israeli government has gone too far, full stop. I also hope the hostages are returned home safely and a peaceful solution can be found. Calling out atrocities and war crimes perpetrated against the Palestinian people is not pro-hamas propaganda, it’s the first step in accountability.
That is two very different things. One is a terrorist group, the other are just humans trying to live their lives in safety. Same with Israel. The people are humans trying to live their lives in safety, but Netenyahu is incredibly corrupt and reports show that he is secretly propping up Hamas.
There is incomparably more propaganda here then anywhere else. On reddit politics are kept out of most subs that are not specifically discussing politics, here everyone uses every opportunity to push whatever agenda they happen to have
I havent seen a universal agreed definition of propaganda. It seems like anything advokating for something that that person doesnt agree with is propaganda.
Are you saying “some republican voters are good people” or “some republican politicians are good people”?
For the first one, that’s probably true but irrelevant. I think most republican voters are trying to do good with their vote, but they’ve got so caught up in Republican fascism that they honestly think voting red is good.
For the second one, I highly doubt it. They don’t have the cult behavior excuse, so at best, they’re completely selfish, enough to put their job security over the lives of others.
I agree strongly with you. The problem is weak leadership from the republicans. The people are just along for the ride on the most part. If the politicians weren’t so spineless and scared of losing their own power they might actually stand up to the shit ones for what they believe in
Then you shouldn’t just vote republican or democrat, but as an american. I don’t label myself as either one - but over the last several elections the choice has been obviously democrat because of the republicans trying to seize power so much. If they could modernize their platform at all I would think about voting for them - but they’re stuck in the 1950s.
So to cut power stop voting on party lines. Show that you’ll vote based on who has the best ideas, not a simple “I’ll always vote R”
What? We already give our whole paychecks to our landlords. How could we possibly give them more?
If landlords aren’t happy with the rent they receive, they need to get a real job and work their asses off every day all day long like everybody else does.
Yeah I gathered it was satire, but the mere thought of it made me jump straight to interpreting it as reality because I wouldn’t be surprised if some landlords do feel that way!
To be fair you are probably better off using a bidet as diarrhea often means repeat events and that’s a lot of wiping and you can create sores. Also, with infectious diarrhea the very act of wiping is a high risk event for spreading those germs. The f22 is an incredible flying machine and the M28 is likely not the most luxurious way to travel but it is much better than flying on Spirit airlines.
Bidets are the way even when not experiencing diarrhea & it’s weird so many places it’s no the norm. It’s real weird to find a places without the hose sitting right next to the throne when you are finished.
What’ve learned the hard way the last time I had prolonged diarrhea is that it’s better to wash as soon as possible because having your buttcheeks soaked in stomach acid can irritate the skin even more than the toilet paper. It’s no wonder F22 took issue with this as she has vectored thrust and hypersonic missles while M28 doesn’t. He’s just out of her league, she’s gotta dump him and date SU27 instead.
I had a girl in high school (high school!) literally say to me “when am I going to get to feel that dick of yours inside me?” and I blew it, thought she was just joking.
Imagine a girl you like putting a hand on your shoulder, looking into your eyes, saying some gentle word I don’t quite remember due to being mesmerized by those eyes, and you know what I did? I just looked back uneasily for a few seconds, then nervously took her hand off my shoulder, shook it a bit, released it and awkwardly smiled. (That even wasn’t her last attempt to make me happy against my best efforts ; ended bad anyway.)
there was different trick-or-treat "events" on saturday and sunday here, so as few as 360 if the same schedule holds for those things next year (weekend before a halloween that falls on a 'school night').
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