Rant on Amazon

I normally like Amazon, but I got a bit agitated today when I tried to purchase an Ethernet cable. I got a lovely surprise when I found an item that I've purchased in the past is now classified as an "Add-on" item meaning that I have to have buy $25 of items before they will ship it. To add insult to injury this restriction even applies to Prime members, a big reason that I purchased a Prime subscription was to avoid the $25 minimum order

(for free shipping).

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msteinhilber

Use monoprice for any cable orders.

Amazon is irritating me lately though because I'm a Prime member and it seems my last 4 or 5 orders that were all Prime eligible items ended up taking a couple of days before the order even shipped. Probably won't be renewing my Prime status when it comes due.

Krunchi

"Use monoprice for any cable orders."

I did not know of that site thanks a bunch great link +rep for that.

emerald_octane

Love monoprice. They power everything at my home (including tv mount) and server closets.

gunbunnysoulja

+1 to monoprice. Been using them for many years.

NotHackingYou

Another +1 for mono price.

MAC_Addy

Yep, and +1 for monoprice; they're fantastic with cables (all sizes) and shipping. Plus, they have some pretty snazzy colors, too!

qcomer

Dont forget about deepsurplus.com

Excellent1

Yeah, I've used both monoprice and deepsurplus. And while it can happen to anyone, I am still leery of monoprice since they were hacked. Quite a few people had their cc info stolen and, like most companies, they didn't inform their users until after people started getting bogus charges on their credit cards. Anyway, I've used them since then and it's all been fine, but I still think about it.

Krunchi

Excellent1 wrote: »

Yeah, I've used both monoprice and deepsurplus. And while it can happen to anyone, I am still leery of monoprice since they were hacked. Quite a few people had their cc info stolen and, like most companies, they didn't inform their users until after people started getting bogus charges on their credit cards. Anyway, I've used them since then and it's all been fine, but I still think about it.

They take PayPal so you don't have to worry about that issue.

nursegermann

YES IT SEEMS TO ME ALL MY ORDERS THAT WERE ELIGIBLE TOOK EXTRA TIME. SO WHEN THE TIME COME IN DEC i WILL NOT BE RENEWING.

Bokeh

What cables did you try to order? I just ordered two cables for $3.24 each from Amazon and didnt get dinged on the additional cost. Got free shipping too. Granted Monoprice was a few cents cheaper, we have just had some bad luck with products from there, and terrible time getting refunds.

tpatt100

Well I have to give some props to Amazon. I bought my wife a new iPhone and sold her old one to Amazon for credit. I listed it as "used" but when they got it they upgraded it to "Almost New" and credited me an extra $40.

netsysllc

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YesOffense

I know exactly how you feel. I have prime too and wanted to do the same thing with some prime eligible things like thermal paste and cables but ended up having to go through another seller with free (slower) shipping. Not cool Amazon. Still love prime for everything else.