Amazon Subscribe & Save percentages not adding up
Amazon Subscribe & Save percentages not adding up
I only needed one more item to "unlock extra savings up to 15%", so I added an extra item to see what the savings would be. I didn't think the savings matched what was advertised, so I removed an item to see what the difference was (making sure to screenshot before/after this time). Turns out the price of 3 out of 4 items is the same after an extra 5% discount.
That's not right at all! Ask customer service what they think and post their response.
The most frustrating thing about S&S for me is that the prices fluctuate wildly from delivery to delivery. I have to waste so much time combing through my subscriptions every time a new one is about to ship, just to make sure I'm not paying extra that week.
Eventually, I ended up having to cancel it all after a few times when I couldn't double-check and ended up paying more for a few items.
I found it better to simply set up a price alert, and buy non-urgent things when they are at a low price, stocking some extra if necessary.
49I find it cheaper and more effective to subscribe and use the initial coupon (usually 25% off), then immediately cancel the subscription after they ship it. Most likely there will be another coupon next time I need the product
The only thing I had as a really reocurring subscription was my cat's kibble but then I noticed that on some deliveries the price was considerably higher so I switched to buying it at the store market
14I have had great luck with chewy.com for cat stuff
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I tried doing subscribe and save when they first introduced it, but it doesn't lock in a price, and if it's out of stock one month when it's time to ship, it just cancels the whole thing even if it's back in stock a week later. And the discount isn't even that great. Frankly the whole program is shit imo and I'm amazed it's still so shitty however many years later.
8I followed up with customer support. They said go ahead with the order and they will refund me the amount after. They gave me a $5 credit for my trouble. They said they would escalate this issue to the development team.
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Did you actually trusted Amazon bro 💀
41amazon, more like scamazon
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It’s a total scam. They just raise the price after one month.
17I roll with no tracking/cookies/accounts. I check out as a guest. Prices change depending on location and purchase history. The best pricing is when the site has never seen you before. This also works for things like ISP new customer promotions and stuff.
13I do the same. Using VPN, proxy, Firefox container, tracker blocking, the whole 9 yards. I haven't seen price change based on location/purchase history. I've been looking for signs of this for a while. Prices do fluctuate quite a bit though. The site might have auto-selected a different "ships from" option for you, depending on how you're logged in.
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This isn't the first or even second case I've heard about this this week.
3That looks like the per unit price, not the savings from subscribing.
Edit: I'm an idiot, I see what you mean.
When you add another item they double your discounts capped at %15
3They add to your 'discount' without changing the final price
5Yeah that's weird
If it were pre discount that last product wouldn't change, and post discount these changes don't make any sense.
Is there an additional shipping cost that's bumping up the prices the exact amount as the discounts?
2...or ingenious
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I always immediately cancel my subscriptions after I get the order in. For example, I get protein powder for usually much much cheaper than anywhere else and as soon as the order is processed, cancel.
2Be careful of the re-occurring purchases.
0See what you did there is, you thought a bunch of money-grabbing billionaires would give you a good deal
STOP USING AMAZON YOU FUCKING DONKEYS
-5STOP USING AMAZON YOU FUCKING DONKEYS
Then what do I use as an alternative?
Walmart? Ooo so much better lmfao
"Shop local"? Are you gonna subsidize my bank account for the 2x-4x premium it would cost me to "shop local"
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