Amazon Mom- You SUCK!

[Anonymous]

Join Amazon Prime. It's worth it.

[Anonymous]

That's the point of an INTRODUCTORY OFFER. You get it for a limited time. It's supposed to entice new customers to try their product and service and become enamored enough to stay with them after the introductory offer expires. Since hundreds of companies do this, why are you getting upset when the offer is over? If you only tried it for the price, then try to find a better price elsewhere. Sheesh. Yes, you are entitled. You feel entitled to a discounted price for longer than the offer was made for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's the point of an INTRODUCTORY OFFER. You get it for a limited time. It's supposed to entice new customers to try their product and service and become enamored enough to stay with them after the introductory offer expires. Since hundreds of companies do this, why are you getting upset when the offer is over? If you only tried it for the price, then try to find a better price elsewhere. Sheesh. Yes, you are entitled. You feel entitled to a discounted price for longer than the offer was made for.

the 30% off diapers and wipes was not an introductory offer. it was routine. and they are ending it. i'm willing to bet they were not so much LOSING money on this as much as they are wanting to make MORE money than they were. i smell corporate greed. and yes, they are entitled to persue corporate greed. and we are entitled to want and look for are be consumers of those who offer the best deal. so yes, she, and indeed, we all are entitled to be demanding consumers and want the best deal and if that means 30% off diapers and wipes, then so be it.
it is not morally superior to pay a higher price nor is it morally objectionable to demand a lower price and leave a business if they raise their price. it is the obligation of businesses to provide a competitive price and services to their consumers if they want to attract and retain their customers.. consumers do not have any obligations morally or otherwise to patronize any given business.

[Anonymous]

Sure customers can "demand" the best deal, but this 30% off was by far the best deal out there and Amazon propbably realized that -- it was too good a deal. So yes, they have to be competitive, but they've determined this wasn't and they probably won't loose enough customers for it to impact them. Yes, it's a bummer they've ended the deal (and I'm looking at another 2 years of a baby in diapers), but I hardly feel resentful or feel that Amazon sucks as a result. Their Prime deal is good and offers similar benefits. Amazon better watch out, these OWS-types will be all over them. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure where pp gets corporate "greed." Companies exist to make a profit, it's not greed.

FWIW, raw materials in diapers have shot up: http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/18/news/economy/rising_prices/index.htm

Amazon to much degree is passing on price. The 30 percent break was not sustainable for their profit model. You're not entitled to handouts because you're a mommy.

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned their acquisition of Diapers.com. Amazon Mom competed with Diapers.com and hey, now they bought the competition. Seems pretty straight forward to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure where pp gets corporate "greed." Companies exist to make a profit, it's not greed.

FWIW, raw materials in diapers have shot up: http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/18/news/economy/rising_prices/index.htm

Amazon to much degree is passing on price. The 30 percent break was not sustainable for their profit model. You're not entitled to handouts because you're a mommy.

+1

[Anonymous]

There's such a strong sense of entitlement in this post.

It's one thing to be disappointed that a great deal is over. It's another thing to rage as if something you're entitled to has been unfairly taken away. OP, you're not entitled to a 30% discount. It's not your birthright. It's not in the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights, or your collective bargaining agreement.

Shop elsewhere. Please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, if you amazon mom's haven't read your email yet, Amazon Mom is destroying what was once an amazing program for moms and mom's to be. Once you've hit your year on shipping, it will then require you to pay for Amazon Prime to get the Amazon Mom discount (15% on diapers, wipes).

They are also lowering their discount from 30% with Subscribe & Save to 20%. They give no reason for the chance, except, "suck it, customers".

End Rant.

How dare they not continue to offer free stuff to us forever! Where is my entitlement??!!!

[Anonymous]

I think what's annoying is that when I signed up for Amazon Mom and joined forces with Amazon, the deal I entered was getting those discounts for the period that Amazon Mom lasted (which was limited -- something like one year plus up to 3 months of extensions depending on purchases). I understood that after the period ended, I'd have to start paying extra for my discounts. Now, however, Amazon has changed the terms of the bargain with very little notice. That feels shitty to me, like a bait-and-switch.

Yes, I'm sure there was fine print in the Amazon sign-up forms that allows Amazon to change the bargain anytime for any reason. I have no "entitlement" to the discounts, and I am free to switch to a competitor at any time. But it still feels like a slimy move by Amazon.

[Anonymous]

937 again. It's sort of like if Google suddenly announced that starting next month, all Gmail and other Google accounts would require payment of a $10/month fee by all users, or else your data gets deleted. Sure Google has the right to make that switch, and no one here is "entitled" to free Gmail, but people would still be pissed at Google ... and rightfully so.

[Anonymous]

I agree with 9:40 and I was annoyed too. And, I don't actually consider $80 to be a small amount of money. I mean, local banks were looking to charge people $5 a month extra for services, which equated to $60 a year and everyone was outraged and petitions were signed. The fine print of your banking documents certainly entitles them to make their change as well. But we have the right to feel annoyed that the program is suddenly ending.

[Anonymous]

So where is it that you're going to get a better deal with as much convenience?

When I read the email, I wasn't surprised. Of course I would have loved continuing to get benefits forever and the bigger discount but I would have been shocked if it had continued as-is.

I'm more disgusted by the sense of entitlement y'all have! There is no free lunch--how is it you think you should get free shipping and a steep discount forever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course I would have loved continuing to get benefits forever and the bigger discount but I would have been shocked if it had continued as-is. I'm more disgusted by the sense of entitlement y'all have! There is no free lunch--how is it you think you should get free shipping and a steep discount forever?

You missed my point. No one ever thought the deal would last forever. We we signed up, the deal was one year of Amazon Mom + up to three months more if you buy enough stuff from Amazon. Now, however, Amazon is cutting the deal short.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's the point of an INTRODUCTORY OFFER. You get it for a limited time. It's supposed to entice new customers to try their product and service and become enamored enough to stay with them after the introductory offer expires. Since hundreds of companies do this, why are you getting upset when the offer is over? If you only tried it for the price, then try to find a better price elsewhere. Sheesh. Yes, you are entitled. You feel entitled to a discounted price for longer than the offer was made for.

the 30% off diapers and wipes was not an introductory offer. it was routine. and they are ending it. i'm willing to bet they were not so much LOSING money on this as much as they are wanting to make MORE money than they were. i smell corporate greed. and yes, they are entitled to persue corporate greed. and we are entitled to want and look for are be consumers of those who offer the best deal. so yes, she, and indeed, we all are entitled to be demanding consumers and want the best deal and if that means 30% off diapers and wipes, then so be it.
it is not morally superior to pay a higher price nor is it morally objectionable to demand a lower price and leave a business if they raise their price. it is the obligation of businesses to provide a competitive price and services to their consumers if they want to attract and retain their customers.. consumers do not have any obligations morally or otherwise to patronize any given business.

Are you for real???