-----Original Message-----
From: Matt
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 3:09 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Amazon Raises Free Shipping Minimum to $49

I not a big target fan at all I don't shop at target at all! I do shop at wall mart but don't remember what the amount is for free shipping. Then I also shop amazon and have amazon prime. I also shop Home depot and Lowes and Walgreens. Sometimes CVS but usually not there except for my prescription drugs.


Matt.from.florida@...

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald Levy [mailto:bwaylimited@...]
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 2:44 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Amazon Raises Free Shipping Minimum to $49


Better yet, Target.com still has a minimum order size of only $25 to qualify for free shipping. So eat your heart out, Jeff!!! Maybe once you start losing customers in droves, you'll get the message.

Gerald



-----Original Message-----
From: Cristóbal
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 2:13 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Amazon Raises Free Shipping Minimum to $49

You could always give Jet.com a spin. Can't recall the free shipping threshold though.
We're Prime members, so this doesn't affect us, but I can see how it may impact those on a tighter budget. Previously, I would have suggested going in with someone else to off-set the Prime cost, but with Amazon making changes to their Prime terms last year, it's not that simple anymore.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald Levy [mailto:bwaylimited@...]
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 10:55 AM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Amazon Raises Free Shipping Minimum to $49


But with Amazon, you have no control over which shipping carrier they will choose for your order. It could be UPS or USPS or Fedex or one of those fly-by-night smaller outfits like Laser Ship or A1 International. And if they split up your order into two or more shipments, they may use different carriers for each one.

Gerald



-----Original Message-----
From: Matt
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 1:47 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Amazon Raises Free Shipping Minimum to $49

I take where I am at UPS or FedEx anytime over USPS!


Matt.from.florida@...


-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Canazzi [mailto:aa2vm@...]
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 9:55 AM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Amazon Raises Free Shipping Minimum to $49

privatize privatize privatize; It's always better isn't it?!


On 2/23/2016 8:58 AM, Gerald Levy wrote:

But here’s another dirty little secret about UPS, Fedex and USPS
shipping that you guys may not be aware of. If you live in an
apartment complex,these three delivery carriers will no longer
deliver large packages directly to your door,even if you have paid a
pretty penny out of your own pocket for delivery. Instead, their
drivers now usually leave packages with the super or building manager
in the basement or other central location. The problem with this new
policy is that if the super isn’t around to sign for delivery or place
the packages in a secure location, the driver will simply leave them
outside his door where anyone can walk by and steal them. I have
complained numerous times to UPS customer service about this practice,
but to no avail. Whenever I order stuff that is delivered by UPS or
Fedex or the USPS, the driver now always leaves the package with my
super. But if he is not around to sign for delivery, the driver just
leaves the package outside his door where anyone can walk by and take
it for themselves. Fortunately, I have not yet had one of my
deliveries stolen, but I am still very unhappy over this lackadaisical attitude on the part of these delivery carriers.

Gerald



From: Loy
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:42 AM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Amazon Raises Free Shipping Minimum to $49

I don't see how Amazon does the free shipping even at that price. I
guess the shippers give the big shippers a big discount. I sent a 13
pound package by UPS recently and it cost me $37, much more than the
cost of the contents of the package.
"1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one
another."
----- Original Message -----
From: Matt
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Amazon Raises Free Shipping Minimum to $49

Yes I seen that this morning on the news. I am a prime member so it
might not affect me so much.

But this would not be unusual as things is slowing down on buying
and so you would expect this. I don’t think they had or even thought
of the blind people when doing this . It is just good business sense.
If you not selling as much you cannot afford to cut the price of
shipping or the price of things just go up as people is now not going
to be buying as much. JST







Matt.from.florida@...



From: Gerald Levy [mailto:bwaylimited@...]
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:00 AM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] Amazon Raises Free Shipping Minimum to $49





Yikes! Imagine my horror when I visited Amazon.com this morning to
discover that they have raised their minimum order size to qualify for
free shipping from $35 to $49 for non-Prime members. This is a
whopping 40% increase, and makes it more difficult for those of us
blind consumers who live on limited incomes to now shop there. It’s
bad enough that Amazon keeps tinkering with its web site to the
detriment of screen reader users like us. But now, to add insult to
injury, they have now made it more difficult to get free shipping. A
pox on Jeff Bezos and all his ancestors!!! LOL!!



Gerald