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I have zero problems with people on food stamps getting a discount. OP maybe you can trade lives with those people and decide which one you'd prefer to have: so poor that you need food stamps but you get a little Amazon Prime discount to ease the pain. OR....live a comfortable life such that you can afford a full priced Amazon Prime membership.
Hmmm which to choose.
Exactly. There are many here who apparently believe the working poor are living the good life. Which only goes to show they know of no working poor. I do, and trust me, no one here would trade their life for theirs. It's a slow, hard, exhausting, never-ending grind just to keep your head above water on a daily basis.
But oh, horror! They're being offered a little perk that people who aren't in need of aren't being offered. It's not FAIR!!
I'd rather see the discount applied on things food stamps would cover only (plus necessities such as toilet paper, medicine, vitamins, toothpaste, floss, cleaning supplies, etc).
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Here is the problem that I have with it...
Amazon Prime is billed at a cost of $10.99 per month and the Fresh Add-on is billed at a cost of $14.99 per month; a total cost of $25.98 per month. You can fill a virtual box of items from the Prime Pantry store and have them conveniently delivered to your doorstep for a flat delivery fee of $5.99 per box. Shipping for food is NOT FREE. Now just out of curiousity I looked up a 12 pack of Diet Dr. Pepper (my guilty pleasure). The price with "free" shipping is 19.95. Nineteen Ninety Five for a 12 pack!!!! Who in their right mind would pay that for a 12 pack of soda's. So giving prime for food isn't their main idea behind this. So you got your SNAP card in hand, you're going to still go down to the local market for your food, but.... now you can purchase all your other wants, needed or not, through Amazon thanks to the fact that someone else is paying full price. Nope.... no thanks.... Amazon. You can charge us all the same "prime" charge or you can forget it...
Come on.... nobody here wants people to starve but the constant trying to guilt me into feeling bad because I happen to think that 2 people should be charged the same thing for the same item. Amazon isn't calling it a discount. They are calling it a fee. So this isn't a senior discount, or a military discount...this is an annual fee plain and simple.
Come on.... nobody here wants people to starve but the constant trying to guilt me into feeling bad because I happen to think that 2 people should be charged the same thing for the same item. Amazon isn't calling it a discount. They are calling it a fee. So this isn't a senior discount, or a military discount...this is an annual fee plain and simple.
I agree with you 100%
I think people need to realize that Amazon is not a charity group, their primary and ONLY goal is profit.
Welfare business is a big business. People on government assistance are valuable customers to a lot of businesses. It is obvious that Amazon wants to attract more customers to benefit their company. Nothing more/less.
Some people will find a way to hate the elderly or disabled for 1. being so, 2. having SNAP, 3, wanting fresh foods, and 4. not being able to leave home easily in order to shop or living in a food desert.
I think Americans are the only people who are jealous of the poor. It's the weirdest thing.
Amazon Prime is billed at a cost of $10.99 per month and the Fresh Add-on is billed at a cost of $14.99 per month; a total cost of $25.98 per month. You can fill a virtual box of items from the Prime Pantry store and have them conveniently delivered to your doorstep for a flat delivery fee of $5.99 per box. Shipping for food is NOT FREE. Now just out of curiousity I looked up a 12 pack of Diet Dr. Pepper (my guilty pleasure). The price with "free" shipping is 19.95. Nineteen Ninety Five for a 12 pack!!!! Who in their right mind would pay that for a 12 pack of soda's. So giving prime for food isn't their main idea behind this. So you got your SNAP card in hand, you're going to still go down to the local market for your food, but.... now you can purchase all your other wants, needed or not, through Amazon thanks to the fact that someone else is paying full price. Nope.... no thanks.... Amazon. You can charge us all the same "prime" charge or you can forget it...
Come on.... nobody here wants people to starve but the constant trying to guilt me into feeling bad because I happen to think that 2 people should be charged the same thing for the same item. Amazon isn't calling it a discount. They are calling it a fee. So this isn't a senior discount, or a military discount...this is an annual fee plain and simple.
And? who cares? Who cares about the purpose of why they're doing it? As a company they can do what they want then. Oh wait a minute....I see so what you're reeeeally worried about is that Amazon is going to bait those unwitting poor people into buying things they don't need. Wow you were looking out for them the whole time!! So compassionate. Clearly I misjudged.
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OP I feel sorry for you that you view the world as a zero sum game. Like is it really hurting your life that much that people on food stamps would get a discount? Yeah, you should feel guilty bud. Feel free to cancel your subscription, you won't be missed.
EDIT: took out Lilyflower's comment because I mistook his/her intent.
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You do know that the majority of people on food stamps are working, right? No, you probably are completely unaware of the working poor. Watch this video and then tell us all about how good the working poor have it:
It's shameful that someone who is fortunate enough to be able to survive without assistance is berating a private company for deciding to provide a small service to help those who are less fortunate than yourself. Is this any skin off your nose? Nope, you just hate the thought of the poor getting something to make their lives just a fraction easier.
But don't fret, their lives are still not as easy as yours. That should make you happy at least.
Im not sure why you feel me not agree with Amazon giving a certain group discounts is berating them.
I just choose to stop my Prime. Its not shameful and does not affect you. And please stop pretending you know what my financial status is or how I feel about people in general.
But if Amazon truly wanted to make people who are struggling financially lives a little easier they would institute a sliding fee scale. They are for profit and this is just a marketing scheme to get more money from that particular base, just like the discounts to students.
And? who cares? Who cares about the purpose of why they're doing it? ?
Not sure what is the purpose of your post when the ONLY point I was making is that they are a private company. If you don't like their service, you don't have to sign up.
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I think Americans are the only people who are jealous of the poor. It's the weirdest thing.
We're not jealous of the poor. Neither are we unsympathetic to their needs. We are however, tapped out from paying for their needs often times at the expense of our own families needs...... Sure is funny, I never see very many pulling out a wad of coupons at the grocery like I do..........
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