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serpantino said:
I really hate amazon's scummy tactics of trying to make non-prime users feel like they're not worth amazon's time. Prime exclusives & prime sales are a key part of this.

Prime itself is garbage: Their Netflix competitor is vastly inferior in offerings and streaming quality. Their couriers are a joke, often unable to understand English, deliver to the right address (only courier I've had that issue with) and regularly lie about where they left items etc. As for their prime exclusive prices, they usually aren't even the best out there if you can search around.
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Don’t get me started on the couriers. Worst I’ve had (a couple times now) is them coming to the door, not bothering to knock, dumping the boxes on the door step and shoving a card through the door that they were left in a “safe place”. Don’t know about you guys but anything left on a doorstep is not safe, especially not in plain view with easy access from the street. Another good one, this one happened to my friend rather than me but it shows a lot about the couriers. He ordered a pretty expensive bottle. He was out. It got left in the wheelie bin which had been put out for collection. Probably couldn’t get less safe on that one.
 
Phobos said:
Don’t know about you guys but anything left on a doorstep is not safe, especially not in plain view with easy access from the street. Another good one, this one happened to my friend rather than me but it shows a lot about the couriers. He ordered a pretty expensive bottle. He was out. It got left in the wheelie bin which had been put out for collection. Probably couldn’t get less safe on that one.
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I've had all that happen quite often. Also had it left with random people that live nowhere near me, left other people's with me that I've then had to search out (nowadays if that happens I don't bother.) Nowadays if I HAVE to order something from amazon then I'll send it to another family member's address they usually get right.
 
I usually have no problems with Amazon couriers around my area but I have seen how naff they can be for others.
 
I've not had a problem with the couriers but that's mainly because I make sure I'm there before ordering. I watch very few shows from prime video though, and yes their offers are abysmal, the only thing they have over anyone is next day delivery
 
Their CS is also usually good, at least they have been in my case. With these sort of companies some will have little issue whilst others a ton and it's rather frustrating to see.
 
Them fox cubs are practically adults now... Bloody hell they grew quick. Haven't seen the mother in a while I guess they put her in the equivalent of a fox nursing home. Poor thing, I don't think they realised how much she did for them. But seriously fair play to her she did well couldn't be easy when your husband leaves you with 6 cubs, hope he's rotting somewhere the SOB!
 
Baggie_Saiyan said:
Them fox cubs are practically adults now... Bloody hell they grew quick. Haven't seen the mother in a while I guess they put her in the equivalent of a fox nursing home. Poor thing, I don't think they realised how much she did for them. But seriously fair play to her she did well couldn't be easy when your husband leaves you with 6 cubs, hope he's rotting somewhere the SOB!
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Do you think he would have raised them with a heavy law though, or do you refuse to think even that highly of him?
 
Phobos said:
“Borrow” someone else’s prime? :p
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HWR said:
You can always get a free trial for prime and just cancel once you've bought the fan. Prime is a good investment if you buy enough from Amazon.
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I'm not sure if I want to reward such behaviour. ;P

In the end I got a different tower fan model elsewhere. o_O
serpantino said:
I really hate amazon's scummy tactics of trying to make non-prime users feel like they're not worth amazon's time. Prime exclusives & prime sales are a key part of this.

Prime itself is garbage: Their Netflix competitor is vastly inferior in offerings and streaming quality. Their couriers are a joke, often unable to understand English, deliver to the right address (only courier I've had that issue with) and regularly lie about where they left items etc. As for their prime exclusive prices, they usually aren't even the best out there if you can search around.
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The nagging for Prime when I checked out an order and having to watch where my cursor went just so I didn't get it by accident got to me at one point. o_O
HWR said:
I usually have no problems with Amazon couriers around my area but I have seen how naff they can be for others.
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Captaaainuniverse said:
I've not had a problem with the couriers but that's mainly because I make sure I'm there before ordering. I watch very few shows from prime video though, and yes their offers are abysmal, the only thing they have over anyone is next day delivery
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I've honestly never had an issue with couriers. :)

/umiko
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
I think @Neil.T might appreciate if the jokes...simmered down a bit now guys. I get that I've been largely responsible for much of it as well, but, it can get tiresome when you're the constant butt of jokes, even if it's only intended as harmless fun.

Just something to bear in mind!
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Fair enough. I think Neil has been the butt of our jokes long enough. :)

/umiko
 
Umiko said:
It appears we haven't blamed @Neil.T for something over the last few days.

@Phobos, we must blame @Neil.T for making us forget to blame him for something he shouldn't have been blamed for.

/umiko
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I can get behind this.
~AyaMachi~ said:
I think @Neil.T might appreciate if the jokes...simmered down a bit now guys. I get that I've been largely responsible for much of it as well, but, it can get tiresome when you're the constant butt of jokes, even if it's only intended as harmless fun.

Just something to bear in mind!
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Or not. In that case @Umiko welcome to the butt of our jokes and constant tagging!
 
With my head in the clouds I keep thinking of my main 4 ideas to make anime/manga type stuff, I'm trying to think of a song that would be like the OP of one, @Girls wIth Guns might like it, as it's kind of about girls and guns, in fact some of the lines might be s raunchy comparison to guns, but as soon as I thought I'd want to put the word trigger in it my brain was like "hey! I know one word that's a perfect rhyme for trigger! Nnnnnnnnnnno!"
I need a rhyming beckcionary...
Edit: I thought of another word 2 minutes after posting. Bigger. Sweet thrown sandles why couldn't I think of that an hour ago?
 
If I may interject quickly, I would be careful with your jokes in future – some of the behaviour towards @Neil.T sometimes felt over the line to me, and honestly, the only reason I didn't mention it before now was because I assumed it was an inside joke you were all fine with.

Just be aware that you're in a public forum – what might seem harmless fun to you might come across as bullying to others, and that's obviously not an atmosphere we want to promote here. Jokes and jesting are absolutely fine, of course, and I very much encourage that – just make sure you're not coming across as mean.

Cheers,

Teapot (Honorary Representative of the Ministry of Fun)
 
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