Walmart still meets or beats them on price many times and I can buy online and pick it up on my way home which is effectively same-day delivery.
That requires leaving the house though. Even worse, it requires going in to Walmart.
Re:PriceZombie is shutting down
by cookiecaper on Friday March 25, 2016 @05:54PM
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A lot of Walmarts have drive up grocery loading now. Order on the app, drive up, they load your groceries into your trunk, and off you go.
> going in to Walmart.
Oh my god, the horror! You might be mistaken for a filthy peasant!
Re:PriceZombie is shutting down
by simplemath on Friday March 25, 2016 @04:44PM
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And worse than that, it requires giving the Waltons your money
Prime makes a lot more sense if, say, you have spouse and/or parents buying stuff for 5+ individuals.
For a single person, yeah it likley doesn't make sense unless you happen to use Prime Videos or something.
Life hack: I have a Prime account as well as the Amazon credit card, and I share it with several of my closest friends. I pay for the account, but the caveat is that my friends (who I trust very much) must use the credit card and then send me money via Venmo. Every purchase they make I get 3% back.
It cancels out the $99/year fairly quickly and then some. Also unlimited photo storage is a huge plus for me.
Against the TOS? Most likely.
So I've never been locked into Amazon and always been free to shop around. And I can absolutely confirm that Amazon is no longer the "default" winner on price. Sometimes they are, but often not. I don't even have to spend a lot of time shopping around to find this. The same deals are everywhere now.