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I just canceled right now, after realizing the Prime membership costs increased from $80 to $140 in 6 years.

This is the thing that got us to cancel. My wife logged in and realized the price had steadily increased every year. We really haven’t missed it for a second and if we have to order something on Amazon, it gets here at basically the same speed.

I cancelled a while ago. It is easier and faster to shop at a local store...and often times a lot cheaper, too.

For instance, some gardening gear was 3x more expensive than Home Depot. I guess they are counting on people not cross shopping.

I returned 3 of the last 4 orders. 2 were straight up counterfeits.

Not to mention, most of the items are the junk being sold under many random names.

I said before that Amazon has become an online flea market. Now, it is much worse than that.

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