Thanks, Amazon

[Jolly]

Amazon owns Chewy, but I've found Chewy is sometimes a hair cheaper. Gotta order $49 at Chewy to get free shipping, though.

[George K]

@jolly said in Thanks, Amazon:

Chewy is sometimes a hair cheaper.

Yeah, but I don't get 5% back on the Amazon credit card with Chewy.

[Jolly]

Don't do credit cards.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jolly said in Thanks, Amazon:

Don't do credit cards.

I do, it's free money. Not in the credit line sense of course, but in the cash back.

[jon-nyc]

@jolly said in Thanks, Amazon:

Don't do credit cards.

I assume you use debit for online purchases? Ever have trouble with car rental? I’ve seen some that don’t take debit.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Thanks, Amazon:

@jolly said in Thanks, Amazon:

Don't do credit cards.

I assume you use debit for online purchases? Ever have trouble with car rental? I’ve seen some that don’t take debit.

Not yet, but I haven't rented a car (other than with a corporate card) in a few years. But for some other things, I've had some pretty stiff holds put on it.

[Doctor Phibes]

The problem with debit cards is if somebody ever hacks it, they take your actual money away rather just run up a fraudulent bill that is normally easily cancelled.

I used to use mine for online stuff, and then that happened.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in Thanks, Amazon:

The problem with debit cards...

Never had one, and I never will.

I really see no advantage. And, I see no safeguard.

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Thanks, Amazon:

I really see no advantage.

I think it's laziness, mainly. I don't have to pay the bill.

If it was just me buying stuff, I'd just use a credit card. With two of us, somebody needs to stop somebody from spending more than we earn. No names.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in Thanks, Amazon:

I think it's laziness, mainly. I don't have to pay the bill.

I pay all of my credit cards off - every billing cycle. I've never paid any interest or late charges.

But, Mrs. George is, well, neglectful and doesn't really pay attention.

I do, so it works out.

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Thanks, Amazon:

@doctor-phibes said in Thanks, Amazon:

I think it's laziness, mainly. I don't have to pay the bill.

I pay all of my credit cards off - every billing cycle. I've never paid any interest or late charges.

But, Mrs. George is, well, neglectful and doesn't really pay attention.

I do, so it works out.

Mrs. Phibes used to pay all the bills, but she had a nasty habit of waiting until the last possible minute, and we ended up paying last months bill with next month's paycheck, which used to give me ulcers.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in Thanks, Amazon:

Mrs. Phibes used to pay all the bills

Sounds familiar.

"How much can I pay on this credit card?"

"Yeah, pay it all..."

"Really?"

"Yeah, pay it FUCKING ALL."

[Copper]

I have had the conversation

Some things I will never understand

@george-k said in Thanks, Amazon:

"Yeah, pay it all..."
"Really?"

Yes, really
Always

waiting until the last possible minute

No, pay it now, today, the day it arrives, don't wait even one minute

[jon-nyc]

My credit card is on autopay for the full amount. I never have to think about it. Yet I get AMZN points (as good as cash) and the protections described by D’Oh.

[Mik]

Yeah, MFR knows that if a credit card bill is not paid on time in full I go all Attila the Hun.

Haven’t known my debit card pin for years. Never use it.

[Aqua Letifer]

I pay mine off in full just about every time I take a shit.

Sorry, but it's true.

[Jolly]

My debit has been hacked a couple of times. No big deal, money is back in a day, two at most. I just swap to another in the mean time.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Thanks, Amazon:

My credit card is on autopay for the full amount. I never have to think about it.

Same here.

[Klaus]

I ordered something in the Apple store today and got a peculiar Paypal transaction.

They've already sent the package. I wonder whether they'll forget about the remaining 1200 Euros. If they do -

Thanks, Apple!

[Larry]

@george-k said in Thanks, Amazon:

A while ago, I posted a story about how retailers are finding it cheaper to just refund, rather than ship a return.

This afternoon, I had a delivery of some cat food (you're welcome, @Boris). It was a package of 24 cans, and it was shipped with two other items in the box.

Three of the cans popped open.

I sent a message to Amazon about returning the shipment, and they said, "Nah, just keep it. We'll ship a replacement."

I got 21 free cans.

Dr. Jones was shopping at his local grocery store when he saw the wife of one of his patients doing her shopping. He noticed her cart was filled with dog food. He greets her.. "Hello Mrs. Smith, I didn't know you folks had a dog!" Mrs. Smith says "oh, we don't have a dog. Harold eats this. He loves it!" Dr. Jones is shocked, and says "Mrs. Smith, as your doctor is must warn you that it is dangerous for your husband to eat dog food! It could kill him! You must stop it right away!" Mrs. Smith says she will talk to her husband about it when she gets home.

A month or so later Dr Jones sees Mrs. Smith in the grocers again, but this time she has no dog food it her cart. He says "Mrs. Smith, I'm glad to see that your husband has stopped eating dog food!" Mrs. Smith says "oh, he didn't stop. In fact he ate it right up until the day he died." Dr. Jones says "I fold you it would kill him." Mrs. Smith says "nah, that wasn't what killed him. He was sitting in the middle of the road licking his balls and got hit by a car..."