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MADem

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29. What's "it?" There's no shipping associated with the price I pay.

Tue Oct 22, 2013, 02:24 PM

Oct 2013

I have Amazon Prime and I use it for streaming video, the free digital books, and the free shipping that comes with it.

The food I buy for my dog and parrot costs the same--if not more--at Petco/Petsmart. Further, I would have to get in my car, drive, shop, hope they had it in stock (they often do not), load it myself into my car, hump it into my house, etc.

Further, my dog is an orphan-rescue, old, and she likes what she likes--I'm not going to start trying out artsy fartsy foods with her when she's doing very well in her existing routine.

With Amazon, I hear a thump on the porch and voila--I got dog food. And anything else I need.
No driving, no humping cans, no time out of my day that could be better spent helping some old lady get to the doctor.

So again--NO SALE. I like Amazon and I use it. I get stuff from them that businesses near me just don't want to carry because there's an insufficient market for them.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Miranda4peace Oct 2013 OP

I assume you are done with all booksellers everywhere. former9thward Oct 2013 #1

+1 hobbit709 Oct 2013 #3

Rarely will you find books that have been linked to tortured and murdered children Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #9

Amazon also sells Mein Kampf-how many died as a result of that book? hobbit709 Oct 2013 #27

Mein Kampf???? Have you read it? Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #41

I've read it, and thousands of other books. hobbit709 Oct 2013 #53

Actually they do. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #69

so what makes your ideological fanaticism better than anyone else's? hobbit709 Oct 2013 #76

You lost me. So now advocating against child abuse and murder Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #79

"What does it all mean, Mr. Natural?" hobbit709 Oct 2013 #81

Very true matt819 Oct 2013 #85

and Amazon also sells bibles as well nt msongs Oct 2013 #2

so you boycott the bookstore because you don't like a book? Sorry but I'll pass on that. TeamPooka Oct 2013 #4

Those books were boycotted because of subjective religious morality Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #18

Your subject line says you are bocotting Amazon.com not the book. Your words not mine. TeamPooka Oct 2013 #149

NO. MADem Oct 2013 #5

It's more expensive to have it shipped. I have already price checked the localy organic animal depo Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #12

What's "it?" There's no shipping associated with the price I pay. MADem Oct 2013 #29

Amazon prime? LMAO Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #36

You have absolutely NO IDEA what you are talking about. closeupready Oct 2013 #73

Yea. Amazon prime is all marked up junk. You can get the same thing much cheaper Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #77

Duh, there is no separate Amazon Prime inventory or pricing, except closeupready Oct 2013 #86

No kidding. zappaman Oct 2013 #90

LOL, I know - did Bellevue close for the day, closeupready Oct 2013 #100

The poster is very precocious, I must say. MADem Oct 2013 #126

Most of the people who sign up for Prime don't do it for the shipping. xmas74 Oct 2013 #82

It really isn't if you use it to purchase products. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #91

But many in the cord-cutter group don't mind waiting for the shows to finally make it xmas74 Oct 2013 #114

Prime doens't offer much over that of Netflix and Hulu plus Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #123

Actually pipi_k Oct 2013 #87

I forgot about the two day shipping--something else I appreciate. MADem Oct 2013 #125

Oh, really? oldhippie Oct 2013 #88

Love Amazon Prime. zappaman Oct 2013 #92

Bwah! BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #112

You can LOL all you want; it works for me. The stuff I buy is the same stuff I bought without MADem Oct 2013 #120

Post removed Post removed Oct 2013 #127

You'll find posters who troll here on DU too--that sign up just to stir shit. MADem Oct 2013 #143

Sorry, no. HappyMe Oct 2013 #6

This book resulted in dead children. Obviously whether you boycott is your choice. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #13

I have no reason to buy that book. HappyMe Oct 2013 #21

Amazon was told, there was a petition years ago Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #34

Very few things come out of online petitions tabbycat31 Oct 2013 #95

Ok lol Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #131

You should boycott religion instead. THAT'S the culprit here. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #71

Remember the purges? atheists killed millions. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #83

Sorry, wrong answer. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #106

With your logic religion can't be blamed either, Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #110

"How to train up a child" is a religious belief-based ideology. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #157

There are better reasons to boycott Amazon.com justiceischeap Oct 2013 #7

Soo... not their shitty labor practices, or their undercutting of small local business everywhere Cal Carpenter Oct 2013 #8

The realization that often hits the mind in childhood LanternWaste Oct 2013 #22

All great reason to boycott Amazon Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #32

You read the book? n/t pipi_k Oct 2013 #96

That would mean I need to buy it, that isn't happening Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #98

If you haven't read it, how can you make any claims? HappyMe Oct 2013 #109

Those excerpts are from the book. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #111

It is horrible stuff. HappyMe Oct 2013 #122

Maybe, Maybe not Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #124

Amazon profits from a lot of books I don't like. HappyMe Oct 2013 #130

It's not about not liking the book! Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #133

What precedent would that be? HappyMe Oct 2013 #138

You will never hear me defending the bible Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #144

Then sue the author. HappyMe Oct 2013 #146

I just want the book removed from Amazon. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #152

Why only Amazon? HappyMe Oct 2013 #166

I predict a huge thread, inadvertently supporting Amazon leftstreet Oct 2013 #38

Exactly what happened. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #43

On shitty labor practices, that's a better reason to closeupready Oct 2013 #60

and what do the librarians say? MisterP Oct 2013 #103

Sorry I don't do book burnings Egnever Oct 2013 #10

I was told the very same thing by an acquaintance who was deleting pdf books from his digital librar LanternWaste Oct 2013 #25

I don't get it Egnever Oct 2013 #33

Apparently the poster thinks people shouldn't control what they have on their dig library Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #46

Nope. bravenak Oct 2013 #11

This is why boycotts are now meaningless. Archae Oct 2013 #14

Chocolate and toilet paper? HappyMe Oct 2013 #24

Suuposedly because chocolate is made with slave labor, and TP is from the Kochs. Archae Oct 2013 #35

Okay then! HappyMe Oct 2013 #42

So we should never boycott anything? Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #48

Competition? HappyMe Oct 2013 #56

Amazon is like my best friend Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #15

Well if my best friend got three children killed Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #28

Wait, Mr Amazon wrote this book? nt ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2013 #68

Mr Amazon sells this book which advocates child abuse. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #94

So the retailer is totally responsible for the book? Wow you are bad at making a case TeamPooka Oct 2013 #159

A book DID NOT make anybody do anything nobodyspecial Oct 2013 #89

I'm not getting into the underlying psychology, of which is debateable. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #97

Straw Man alert! TeamPooka Oct 2013 #154

No thanks Crabby Appleton Oct 2013 #16

The nice thing about Amazon is that they publish all those reviews. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #17

Out of 2,173 reviews, 1,158 gave it one star, while 905 gave it 5 stars. FarCenter Oct 2013 #19

They are also loaded. There are sweatshops in Korea with children uprating on Amazon Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #26

Oh come on. HappyMe Oct 2013 #30

Did you miss the news??? Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #50

I guess I did. HappyMe Oct 2013 #70

Wayyyyyyy before all that, click farms have been known about for years Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #75

Wtf are you talking about? HappyMe Oct 2013 #80

Duzy pintobean Oct 2013 #66

AND all the positive reviews ended up with tblue37 Oct 2013 #55

Anyone that rated it a 5 star shedevil69taz Oct 2013 #63

I agree that this book is monstrous. mysuzuki2 Oct 2013 #20

Wait what. The raiting system has been proven to be fixed by sellers and corps alike. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #23

It's alright pipi_k Oct 2013 #51

So you've given up on changing anything, gotchya. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #64

If there pipi_k Oct 2013 #128

You have a LOT of nerve saying shit like "Why exactly are you on DU?" to a long term DUer that all MADem Oct 2013 #142

Fair question to ask someone who has admitted Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #150

"LMAO"--you are entirely transparent, and the community sees you for what you are. MADem Oct 2013 #161

Do you honestly think sadists need a "how to" manual? Atman Oct 2013 #39

I doubt that they do. mysuzuki2 Oct 2013 #84

Some horrible stuff, but it's not Amazon's "fault." Atman Oct 2013 #31

I bet this book has killed more children snooper2 Oct 2013 #37

I bet this book has killed even more... Atman Oct 2013 #52

sadly, you win- snooper2 Oct 2013 #61

There is pipi_k Oct 2013 #104

It's certainly killed some wallets nt ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2013 #72

Nope. pipi_k Oct 2013 #40

I dislike Amazon for lots of other reasons. I'm not boycotting them for selling a book. Atman Oct 2013 #49

And my local thrift store. xmas74 Oct 2013 #99

Aughhhhh!!!! pipi_k Oct 2013 #107

I guess I just need to say "Screw you, Sheltered Workshops!" xmas74 Oct 2013 #118

Can those people be charged with torture and murder? BlueToTheBone Oct 2013 #44

Do they know they are selling it? Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #57

It is not up to a major retailer to screen the products they sell. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #45

I disagree, if that's your only objection. closeupready Oct 2013 #47

Might as well add Facebook to the boycott list BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #54

I don't use facebook. You might as well just write a bio, full of personal info Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #58

I don't use it either BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #93

Amazon isn't the only place that sells this gollygee Oct 2013 #59

People who beat their kids are going to do it, book or not. bunnies Oct 2013 #62

Yep, they've pipi_k Oct 2013 #78

Exactly. Spare the rod, spoil the child and all that. bunnies Oct 2013 #102

You might as well boycott your local library nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #65

I do not understand the tie between your subject line and the post. IdaBriggs Oct 2013 #67

The book is also available at my local chain bookstore xmas74 Oct 2013 #74

This message was self-deleted by its author Jim__ Oct 2013 #101

Powells Books and The Tattered Cover have it too. Jim__ Oct 2013 #105

Well, apparently you have to shop at Amazon kcr Oct 2013 #108

Not gonna happen quinnox Oct 2013 #113

From the reviews, it's pretty obvious that child abusers like the book. Turbineguy Oct 2013 #115

non-sequitur? stklurker Oct 2013 #116

How is Amazon censoring the book by not selling it? kcr Oct 2013 #121

? stklurker Oct 2013 #135

Yes kcr Oct 2013 #139

No, that's why you should write a review about the deaths this book has caused. pnwmom Oct 2013 #117

You can ask them to pull the book. PeteSelman Oct 2013 #119

The same thing is being repeated over and over. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #140

There isn't much to be done about it. PeteSelman Oct 2013 #160

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #129

So you think they should censor/ban certain books, but whose standard ecstatic Oct 2013 #132

Well the constitution says speech condoning abuse, murder or physical harm is Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #136

You're focused on the wrong thing ecstatic Oct 2013 #148

No it doesn't. Stop making shit up. MADem Oct 2013 #153

There's an upside to it's Amazon listing get the red out Oct 2013 #134

I'd rather the constitution be followed Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #137

I agree, this book is evil get the red out Oct 2013 #141

I disagree. It's not Amazon's job to ban books LittleBlue Oct 2013 #145

Yes the Walmart of the internet Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #158

Amazon is based in my city LittleBlue Oct 2013 #163

#winning Lex Oct 2013 #147

I hereby pronounce this thread a fail jberryhill Oct 2013 #151

Post makes little sense. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #155

Sure, here's what we did to him jberryhill Oct 2013 #162

yep, and I suspect this is not just a fail, but a trolling attempt fail quinnox Oct 2013 #156

Go up one jberryhill Oct 2013 #164

This is like the breast feeding while drinking wine and smoking a cigarette at Olive Garden threads. MADem Oct 2013 #165