REMINDER: NO SHOPPING AT AMAZON MARCH 7 -14th.

[jrthin]

[blm]

1. March 7-14

[claudette]

2. Ok with me

I stopped shopping there long ago

[CTyankee]

3. Yup. I gave that up months ago. I found that I was in the habit of just casually ordering stuff and they had some good

deals and their delivery was oh so quick and easy. It all adds up. Now I have a further good reason to break myself of a bad habit...

[SheltieLover]

9. They no longer have good deals imo

Ridiculously expensive!

[CTyankee]

10. I'm just on a "money diet." I am no longer buying "stuff." Also, it was getting to be a habit....

[SheltieLover]

11. Same here & their delivery sucks!

2 days my ass!

[jrthin]

15. That seems to have been my pattern also. Glad I'm braking that habit.

[multigraincracker]

4. Found what I was looking for on Etsy yesterday.

Made it a point to try them.

[elocs]

5. Reminder: I will shop at Amazon if I need to. The choice is mine. n/t

[jrthin]

16. Bless your heart.

[birdographer]

6. Kinda short notice

First I heard of this, 4:00 ET on the 7th…. Interestingly about 20 minutes after ordering something on Amazon…

Will try to not buy any more this week. But this would have been more effective with more notice, more like two weeks ahead.

[tapper]

7. Can do

Do have a package coming in tomorrow, but I think I can go without ordering for next while. I had already decided to stop buying my ebooks there, since they’ve stopped letting one download the books. (Never saw the need for an additional book device when I already had iPhone & iPad.) I’d been buying from Amazon over Apple because the reader was a bit better.

[SheltieLover]

8. All in!

[Iggo]

12. And stop buying gas. And no driving. As of five minutes ago. Because I said so.

[pinkstarburst]

13. Boycotting the store does nothing when Amazon makes all its money from AWS

Amazon makes 75% of its profits from AWS (Amazon Web Services), which is basically the entire internet. DU runs on AWS. So does Reddit. If you use a cell phone, you are using AWS and giving Bezos money. If you use the internet, you are using AWS. Netflix, HBO, Disney, all the social media platforms. Tens of thousands of websites run on AWS. It is impossible to avoid using it.

Boycotting the Amazon store disproportionately harms small business owners. It does not make sense to participate in a boycott that doesn't really do anything while completely ignoring the way Amazon is making the vast majority of their money, especially when what you're boycotting WILL harm the little guy.

[StarryNite]

14. I'm in.

[c-rational]

17. K&R. Thanks for the reminder.