No such thing as “a free lunch”

I am not one of the people who think amazon is the root of all evil–or even more evil than most corporations. Therefore, I tend to be philosophical about its quirks.

Since I don’t have enough disposable income to make Prime worth the expense, I look to group my orders so that I hit that magical $25 minimum and thus qualify for “free shipping.”

For the most part, and unless pre-orders are involved, free shipping means regular parcel post–or, since I mostly order books or DVDs from them, media post. No big deal, to be honest.

And, again for the most part, even when pre-ordering something, what usually happens is that amazon ships the item the day of the release, or perhaps the day after the release. Add four to five days for delivery, and I’m a happy enough camper.

Not so much at the moment, I have to say.