Misleading advertising by Amazon

Brendan Burgess said:

I had to find this in very small writing
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Then it added postage and packing anyway

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And then I had to study it again to find

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Then it recalculated it without the delivery.

This is unnecessarily complex

So it's misleading.

I only know all that, because you told me. Most people would just get suckered into joining Prime and being hit with a monthly charge they did not intend to apply for.

Brendan

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Hi Brendan

To be fair to Amazon - there is an option there for Free Delivery without Prime - which would get you the item by the 13th of December

Brendan Burgess said:

I wanted to buy a book and got the following

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Free delivery. I was delighted.

Then when I went to pay, I got...



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I have to sign up for Prime and pay £8 a month.

Brendan

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Most likely, they decided you deserve to be ripped off for living in Dublin 4. Blame the algorithm.

Bank Manager said:

https://www.kennys.ie/ Kenny's provide free delivery in Ireland

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I hover around Kennys, and O'Mahony's. It is very rare that I can't find what I need on one or other of these.

RetirementPlan said:

I hover around Kennys, and O'Mahony's. It is very rare that I can't find what I need on one or other of these.

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And add world of books to that list. About 2m secondhand / clearance books and free delivery.

Great for finding some gems. https://www.wob.com/en-ie/about-us

Guess who owns The Book Depository?

Have to say I find the library a great place for all my book, DVD's and CD's and best of all it's free
I'm not saying I don't buy the above items but for the last 10 years the library has allowed me to cut these purchases by at least 90%
If they don't have what I'm looking for they will 9 out of 10 times either source it for me through the Irish or English library system
and I believe that if they can't source an item for you they have the option to buy it and put it into the system
Pre Covid I was able to go to the library outside normal hours with "My open Library" which was a nice bonus

RedOnion said:

No, there's an option there on the left in blue text to decline 1 day delivery. It's almost hidden, but it's there.

It is so easy to sign up to Prime by accident.
Not nearly as easy to unsubscribe!

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That happened to me so I don't use Amazon now

I've come across these "Prime only" items from time to time.

It can be frustrating but it does state "Prime only" so it is not misleading advertising.