Random thoughts thread

[nickclark08]

Why so? Gonna use those funds for a Connect reboot?

Thinking strongly about canceling Amazon Prime.

[Ronkh]

Why so? Gonna use those funds for a Connect reboot?

Amazon Prime discount offered to people on food stamps - CBS News

[House of Wax]

Meh, their business....they can do whatever. As long as the money isn`t taken out of somebody else`s pocket to pay for it, I don`t care. Still benefits me to be a member at full price

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[nickclark08]

Wow. Read the article, and changed my opinion 30 different times the more I think about it.

So many questions.

I`m gonna stick with "if you can`t afford it, don`t buy it." 5.99 a month isn`t a large sum of money, but you are paying for a service where the whole intention is for you to use that membership to spend MORE money ("free" 2 day shipping, etc.)

Plus, at 5.99 a month x 12 months, it`s a discount of a whopping $27 for the year. Not bashing people on food stamps, etc., but this is financially dumb.

Although, I really wonder how they will enforce this.... or how many people on food stamps will actually do this....

Like I said, so many questions.

/sorta rant

[Ronkh]

Meh, their business....they can do whatever. As long as the money isn`t taken out of somebody else`s pocket to pay for it, I don`t care. Still benefits me to be a member at full price

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IMHO - They are making the full price people subsidize the 1/2 price people.

Still haven`t decided though.

[trashmanssd]

Just a marketing scheme.

[Swanicyouth]

Amazon Prime discount offered to people on food stamps - CBS News

Just another way to reward poverty. America has been doing it for almost 80 years now - that`s why entitlements are through the roof and constantly exapanding. If your on "food stamps" you shouldn`t be worried about streaming movies or ordering anything off Amazon - you should be worried about getting off food stamps.

Maybe you could sell your TV / computer you`re looking at Amazon with to buy food? Polly not. That would constitute personally responsibility and old school American values of pride / self sufficiency.

[trashmanssd]

100% agree Swani. I just thought as a business its not a bad marketing strategy, they are easy targets.

[rlmccarty2000]

They will have to buy fewer lottery tickets and cigarettes if they spend their money with Amazon. Lol.

[Accumulator]

Eh, Accumulatorette gets her money`s worth, and then some, out of her Prime membership.

[Swanicyouth]

Random thought. Women are awesome.

[GearHead_1]

Random thought. Women are awesome.

I know that mine is. I definitely married over my head and she`s been kind enough to keep me for 3 decades. Truly a wonderful woman.

[Swanicyouth]

Random thought. I feel uncomfortable if I have any less than 3 big jars of pickles in my fridge.

[Accumulator]

Swanicyouth- Accumulatorette loves her pickles too...but we have to keep `em in big ZipLocks as once they`re opened you can sure smell `em.

Oh and I really liked your "Women are awesome" post! I`m kinda at the extreme end of that and I simply hate all the misogynistic [crap] that seems to be going around these days, might bug me more than it does my wife. Heh heh, some of my best friends have been/are...uhm, "difficult women", to put it politely (and avoid the auto-censor). [EDIT: No, Accumulatorett is not a "difficult woman", she`s the one who thinks some of my gal-pals are, uhm..."abrasive personalities" ]

[Swanicyouth]

Swanicyouth- Accumulatorette loves her pickles too...but we have to keep `em in big ZipLocks as once they`re opened you can sure smell `em.

Oh and I really liked your "Women are awesome" post! I`m kinda at the extreme end of that and I simply hate all the misogynistic [crap] that seems to be going around these days, might bug me more than it does my wife. Heh heh, some of my best friends have been/are...uhm, "difficult women", to put it politely (and avoid the auto-censor). [EDIT: No, Accumulatorett is not a "difficult woman", she`s the one who thinks some of my gal-pals are, uhm..."abrasive personalities" ]

Had a major score today. Famous Daves pickles. These are really good & super hard to find around here. If you see these - pick some up 4 your wife.