Non-political? (is that allowed?) - Goodbye Prime, I'm a Walmart shopper now!

I signed up for Prime way pretty much the first day it was offered, I have four Alexa devices, I read Kindles, I subscribe to Amazon Music, and I'd much rather identify with Amazon than Walmart, but here we are. And here is my math. Both Prime + with In Home cost about $140 a year. And when I've checked, they offer comparable products at comparble prices at comparable delivery times.

But with Walmart+ you get free home delivery of groceries. And because In Home uses actual Walmart employees in Walmart trucks instead of off-duty Lyft drivers, there's a message next to the submit button that tells you "No Tips!" Ordering groceries once a week, that will save me a minimum of $250 per year, and probably more. And no more guilt about only tipping $5, because I live in a community with a security gate and eight speed bumps to contend with.

And the deliveries are done with refrigerated trucks, so it's safe to order ice cream. If you aren't going to be home, if you give Walmart the combination to your door they will let themselves in and put your groceries away and then send you a video from their bodycam.I don't take advantage of that, but it's an option.

So next month, for the first time in about 19 years, I won't have Prime. It's going to feel weird.

   Does Walmart have free video content like Prime Video? With Prime you get free delivery on a majority of items. I prefer to pick out my own groceries - I have a Walmart 1 mile from my home. You will regret this choice - you will be back. 

No free videos, but that's not an issue for me since they always seem to charge a fee for anything I ever watch. You do get free Paramount+ though. I've been getting groceries delivered since 2020, and I'm guessing that saves me about 75 hours a year. Plus I buy fewer impulse items.

It's an interesting change, I don't do deliveries often so my online subscriptions are minimal (ring, prime for online delivery, apple for devices).  I like your saved hours per year which I haven't calculated, but I probably do 20 minutes every Sunday (early) at Whole Foods.

Let us know what you think in a couple of months.  It's something to consider for saved time and less impulse purchases, though I have few as we make a menu every Sunday morning at breakfast for the next week.

I'm keeping Walmart no matter what; I've been with them for almost four years. The issue is, how will I be without Prime? As far as I can tell, the only large downside is that I won't get free quick shipping on items under $35. But like I said, I'm thinking I can get that from Walmart. We'll see.

I am like David in that I perfer to pick my own groceries especially when it comes to fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy, bread and so on. 

 I find the value is in picking the item with the expiration date furtherest out or less ripe so to speak.  Otherwise, I end up throwing away a bunch of stuff because it goes bad before I can eat it.  So I don't order groceries online.

I live in a rural area so there aren't a lot options. Closest big box is 30 minutes away and is a Walmart. Next nearest non-Walmart big box is an hour away.

I go to Walmart when I have to but I get as much stuff as I can at the local mom and pop grocery stores in my area. 

Overall, I find the in person Walmart shopping experience to be horrid. Dirty bathrooms with non-working urinals that people use anyway, employees clogging every aisle with those big carts for pick-up, frequently out of stock items, self-checkouts that break halfway through scanning your items, returned items repackaged and sold as new and on and on.

FYI, I haven't been inside a Walmart, except to return something, in years, and that was a bad experience. Now the delivery driver can take care of returns for me.

Up here in clean and green Portland, we have a retail/grocery chain called Fred Meyer that for decades, was successful in keeping WalMart out of Oregon. Ultimately, some Wally Marts muscled their way in, but they're still not nearly as prevalent here as they are elsewhere. Like Wally, Fred is both a department store and a grocery store. The quality of both food and retail items is better at Wally; Fred is cheaper. and they both have home delivery and pickup options. Whar's great is that in markets where they directly compete, like they do here, they battle fiercely and both offer deals to get you to sign up and breaks/coupons once you're in the system. So I shop at both.

Ahhh, competition...we leftist commies up here love it...

I delivered packages for Amazon as a side hustle for 5 years.      Good money and completely on my own schedule.    

Dont forget you also get the streaming service with Prime and they have some good stuff on there - including NFL football now.    But there are too many subscriptions now.     I added mine up at one point and it was hundreds of dollars a month......streaming services, Sirius XM, Massage Envy, Costco, Amazon, Home security system, chiropractor, gym membership, safe deposit box, anti virus software, ...and then all the monthly utlities on top of that.       Crazy