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Scrivener7

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2. About cancelling prime: you still get free shipping if you buy $35 worth of goods at a time.

Reply to CentralMass (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 04:21 PM

Oct 29

There are dozens of free video alternatives to Prime Video(Tubi, Pluto, Roku and others). I'm finding my library has Hoopla and Kanopy, which have EVERYTHING and for free.

I quit Amazon altogether at the beginning of the year. It was hard at first but I find that you can buy direct from most companies. (I still use Amazon to shop, and then go directly to the company to buy.) I find I do MUCH less impulse buying and it's saving me money. Can't seem to find my orthotics anywhere else, but they won't wear out for a while, so I have time to look.

Good luck if you choose to walk away from those assholes.

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