How many Amazon orders have you placed so far this year?

[Blanky]

Last I checked I was trending toward about 70 for the year.

 

[Blanky]

Two. Generally every place is cheaper than Amazon....and I even have around $400 sitting in GC's there...

You need to see a medical professional!

Some things amazon sucks with like game console prices, but generally I don't bother even price shopping elsewhere. I also get so many small items that I wouldn't hit their free shippin without prime.

Amazon is the best thing to happen to shopping ever.

 

[TwiceOver]

75. They make it way too easy.

 

[Harrod]

34

 

[notposting]

I will have to come back and update my post in awhile. It's already outdated.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

88

What do I win?

 

[jlee]

Recently...

Monitor: Newegg, by stacking 3 promo codes.

Bit driver set (tired of my separate disjoint ones): again, Newegg, surprisingly (didn't buy it there, due to a minimal price difference, but it was cheaper).

HDDs: Newegg, again, with a promo code stacked on seasonal sale.

SSDs: Newegg had everybody beat with the 730 sales.

Aside from some good monitor sales, Amazon is usually not the cheapest for PC parts, IME. Often times, I can find the sellers have an eBay storefront, or their own site, with cheaper options, too.

Amazon is competitive, and I don't bother buying elsewhere to save just a few dollars, but for what I buy and when I buy it, they are not the cheapest as often as they are. If Prime or free shipping eligibility were universal, they likely would be cheaper most of the time, but I find I rarely end up with a whole cart of eligible items.

I don't generally buy PC hardware from Amazon (Zotac GTX 970 was $298 from SabrePC on Cyber Monday). Almost everything else, though..yup. My last Amazon purchases - hardware to build a ~14ft gate, a kitchen appliance, ATOT SS gifts, headphones, music, lithium batteries, pool equipment, charcoal filters, etc.

I bought leaf springs for my truck earlier this year. ~$50 cheaper than a 4 wheel parts place, plus free shipping (for two ~40lb leaf springs).

 

[Svnla]

754 orders so far in 2014 but most were digital orders.

Amazon is ok, not great price wise but ok when they have sales. I ordered a Kersaw knife (made in US and not china) for $35 when the regular price would be about $45.

I wish they could get Dell refurbish laptops because I want another Dell but Dell.com always have them beat pricewise.

I do like the "save later" feature of Amazon a lot.

 

[BoomerD]

Amazon would have matched Dell or BB with an email to customer service. I know because they've done it for me at both places. Of course I understand its a PITA to email then wait for Amazon customer service to reply when you can just click at BB/Dell & be done. (Amazingly I believe BB will also match Amazon now)



The BB gift card is another matter completely and I certainly wouldn't want to sit on one any longer then required.

That's not been my experience with Amazon...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=201133150

About Price Matching

Amazon.com consistently works toward maintaining competitive prices on everything we carry and will match the price of other retailers for some items.

Amazon.com will price match eligible purchases of televisions and cell phones with select other retailers, including those who sell their items on our website. For all other items, Amazon.com doesn't offer price matching.

 

[Imported]

66.

 

[Cerb]

88

What do I win?

A time warp.

 

[Uppsala9496]

I find myself making single item orders now because of the $1 kindle book credit.

 

[Leyawiin]

50

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Zero, I even have a $20 gift code I got from an anonymous giver on these forums.

 

[DrPizza]

15 orders in the past 2 weeks. I've only had prime for a few months; it's worth every penny. Double that for the past few months.

I'm not near any major stores, so price matching is a waste of gas. 2 day delivery ftw. I've even turned down stuff that's slightly cheaper after shipping, to get the guaranteed 2 day shipping. It's worth the extra couple bucks to know it's shipped from Amazon vs discovering the vendor is in China and shipping is going to take 5 weeks.

 

[Belegost]

24 physical orders and 100 kindle books.

 

[ultimatebob]

14 physical, 2 digital.

I'll bet that Amazon will pull one of their "Free Android Apps on Christmas" extravaganzas, though, so I'll get a few more digital orders then.

My wife had 46 orders so far this year. Holy crap!

 

[WackyDan]

I'm sitting at 120 with 121 about to happen today. Amazon has been cheaper for much of what I order and I generally get it with no shipping costs and faster than anywhere else.

I can't tell you how many times I found something cheaper somewhere other than Amazon but with the shipping it was about the same.

 

[Childs]

87, and I'll place at least one more before Xmas. Convenience is a huge factor. As long as the price is in range with other places I'd rather just buy from Amazon.

 

[Xonim]

27 in 2014 ... compared to an average of 30 in the previous 3 years.

Will be less in 2015 because sales tax now. Target price matches Amazon anyway.

 

[MongGrel]

24, but not all single items, I'd lump em up now and then for the shipping I guess.

 

[Brian Stirling]

About 30 with Amazon and another 30 elsewhere. About half were for business.

I have over $16K in business expenses so far this year and my expense report total is over $100K.

I just cashed in my VISA points for $1300 cash...


Brian

 

[Brovane]

For me the best thing about Amazon is finding products that it might take several stores to find it at.

Needed a pill container case for my wife that could attach to her key chain, took about 5 minutes on a Amazon and a four pack was ordered.

My daughter needed a swim parka. The swim stores around here wanted over $100, if I could even find her size and color she wanted at the store. Amazon was $75. My other daughter needed prescription swim googles, found them on Amazon for less than 1/2 the price that I would have paid in a regular store.

The plastic knob for our washer broke a couple of weeks ago. I found the knob on Amazon and ordered it and was on it's way. No having to go out to stores and hunt for it. Even if a store could get it for me, it would probably have been a special order. Instead I didn't even need to put my shoes on. Didn't even tell the wife I had ordered it. A couple of days later with prime shipping I snapped it on and the next time my wife went to do the washer she was shocked that it was fixed. For me the convenience of not having to get in the car and drive to a store is well worth it.

Even found a new peephole for my front door.

The other thing I love is the ability to review my order history. I can easily go back and review what I ordered even years later. Which is great when my wife asks for more of X that I ordered off Amazon. Do a quick search and I can get the order placed.

 

[FeuerFrei]

62​

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

163