At this point, my Amazon Prime dependency is incurable. Do actual stores still exist? Someone lemme know, because I get everything -- holiday presents, furniture, groceries, deodorant -- delivered straight to my door in 48 hours or less. Now, in honor of Veterans Day on November 11, the e-commerce giant is giving the gift that keeps on giving: seriously cheap membership prices for active and former military. Amazon said it's slashing the annual fee from $119 to $79. That's a whopping 30% off for US veterans, active-duty, Reserve, and National Guard members. New and existing Prime users are eligible, Business Insider reports. And ICYMI, the company raised its regular Amazon Prime membership fee from $99 last year. So this will offset some of that inflation. The membership includes one- and two-day shipping, Prime Music, and Prime Video, which means you can finally watch Fleabag and stop missing all those hot priest references! Here's how it works: Head over to the Amazon homepage and find the veterans page, scroll down, and click "get started." Once your status is verified, the Prime membership will land directly in your customer cart. It's really that simple. Are you surprised? If you haven't noticed, Amazon is pretty keen on convenience. There are a few exceptions, because of course. The discounted rate will only apply for one year of membership. Plus, if you've already got a Prime Student or discounted account, you're out of luck. And shoes hey regular folks, if you want to help out, you can support military family small businesses or shop AmazonSmile, too. Th is was gen erated with GSA Con te nt Genera tor DEMO .
Richard Stallman's personal site. For current political commentary, see the daily political notes. If you want to order a book (or something else), don't buy it from Amazon. Amazon harms its customers, as well as workers, the national treasury, and many others that it affects. Here's a good (though long) overview of why Amazon's overall activity is harmful to society overall. This page lists alternatives to Amazon for buying various kinds of products. Some of these sites may share some of Amazon's unethical practices. I am pretty sure that any site selling MP3 files on the internet imposes an EULA - an inexcusable wrong. Streaming sites, too. And all of them identify the purchaser. It is better to buy from a store, and pay cash. Or else get a copy through sharing. For a book, order it directly from the publisher or through a local book store. If you want to use a URL to refer to a book, please don't use an Amazon page.
Here are specific reasons - plenty of them. Amazon is so close to being a monopoly for internet sales by most companies that it can gouge them. It drives many of them into bankruptcy. If you do internet purchases, making a point of not buying through Amazon is a way you can personally push back. Amazon Fashion biases its searches to favor vendors that use Amazon for their shipping. If this isn't illegal, it ought to be. We should not allow a store as big as Amazon to have anything to do with order fulfillment, for its own sales or anyone else's. Amazon has so much power over the US retail economy that it imposes its power over all participants. If it is going to be a monopoly, it should be regulated like other monopolies. Amazon has so much market share that its sheer size distorts the market. We should not allow a company to have a share over around 10% of any market.
If in a certain field a single dominant company is beneficial for society, decordeals.shop that means it is a natural monopoly, and should be served by a regulated utility. Amazon offered a "30-day free trial", and started paid subscriptions automatically at the end of it. This is clearly an attempt to trick customers - wrong in all cases no matter how many companies do it. Amazon's persistent blindness to certain fraudulent sales schemes makes it easy for fraudsters to invalidate Amazon's guarantee to purchasers. Amazon closes the accounts of customers that send back a substantial fraction of products they buy. It has the additional effect of stealing any credit balance. Amazon appears to have cooperated with the US government to intercept a Thinkpad keyboard purchased by a Tor developer. To install a spy device, presumably. Amazon delays order processing for customers that have not paid a subscription fee for "prime" delivery. Amazon's new grocery stores do not accept cash.