Monday, August 14, 2017

Is Amazon Fresh Worth It?


This past week, I finally gave in and tried Amazon Fresh. Recently, I have begun streamlining my trips to the store so I can spend more time on my income producing activities and with my family. I stopped going to Target and Walmart and now shop exclusively online from the largest online wellness store in North America. Better products, more affordable and more efficient.
I have been looking for an equally affordable way to get my groceries.
Since we were in Europe and would rather not stop at the store on the way home from the airport, I decided now was a good time to try Amazon Fresh. We are Prime members.
I signed up for a 1 month free trial. The regular monthly price is $14.99, this is in addition to your $99 Prime membership.
Then unless you spend at least $40 on your order, Amazon Fresh will charge you $9.99 for shipping.
So, of course, I set out to spend $40.



You can see the prices vary. Some are a "good deal" others are overprices compared to what I could spend at Trader Joes or Sprouts.
And I struggled to spend $40. The 5 pound box of spinach that I usually buy was unavailable so I had to buy spinach in .99 bunches. My preferred milk was actually $1.00 cheaper than at the brick and mortar store. The 18 pack of eggs was not available so I settled on a 2-12 packs.
I ended up throwing in a couple boxes of cereal to increase the total to $40. Set my delivery time for 6pm-9pm (that was the latest delivery available) and we wait.
When we arrived home from the airport, two Amazon Fresh coolers were sitting on our front porch.
Nice!


We unpacked them and everything was cold, but we our bananas were missing. Huge bummer since we were looking forward to enjoying our fresh juice in the morning and the bananas were a key ingredient.
I called Amazon Fresh and they immediately offered a $1.58 refund for the missing bananas which didn't really help the situation, but I suppose it was the least they could do.
Next time, I logged into my Amazon account, I noticed a $5.00 credit also so I guess that was their way of apologizing.
So the bottom line, the service served its purpose. I might use it again in the future, but for right now I'm going to cancel my free trial.

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