Amazon Subscribe and Save Cancelled (Regional WA)

de22 on 05/07/2024 - 13:08
Last edited 06/07/2024 - 14:35 by 1 other user

I got this email from Amazon this morning. I am in regional WA (~150km from Perth), I must say I always wondered how they made a dollar on some of the stuff like cartons of Coke, as the shipping would cost more than what they were charging me.

I guess the bean counters have finally woken up to it after a few years. It was good times while it lasted.

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Hello,

We're contacting you about your Subscribe and Save order(s).

We regret to inform you that items you are subscribed to are no longer available to be delivered to your area and your Subscribe and Save subscription(s) have been cancelled. To view impacted subscription(s), click here - https://www.amazon.com.au/CancelledSubscriptions. To see products available to your area, please update your address information in the navigation bar at the top of each page on Amazon.com.au.

PLEASE NOTE
Unless an impacted Subscribe and Save product you ordered has already dispatched, you will not receive it. You will also no longer receive recurring deliveries for impacted Subscribe and Save products. To see if your product has already dispatched please visit ‘Your Orders’ in Your Account or click here - https://www.amazon.com.au/OrderHistory for more options.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thank you for your understanding.

Subscribe and Save team
https://www.amazon.com.au

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  • MS Paint on 05/07/2024 - 13:24
    +3

    I recall a recent forum thread with the same thing happening to some dude in SW Queensland (or similar rural location).

  • coffeeinmyveins on 05/07/2024 - 13:33
    +1

    I must say I always wondered how they made a dollar on some of the stuff like cartons of coke

    economies of scale and owning the supply chain for delivery are my guesses.

    • MS Paint on 05/07/2024 - 13:43
      +1

      I had a carton of lemon lime and bitters bottles delivered for ~$11 a few days ago to regional Vic. The postage for me to send a 300g parcel to the next town over costs $11. Crikey!

    • de22 on 05/07/2024 - 13:45
      +2

      They might make money overall. But they certainly have been losing money on my patronage. Most of the stuff I buy is big bulky heavy stuff like cartons of coke that would cost craploads to ship, yet it's cheaper than buying from Colesworthdi most times.

      • outlander on 05/07/2024 - 20:07
        +1

        It's not about making money. It's about market share and the share price. They are fully prepared to lose a dollar on every order if it means gaining a strong foothold on the Australian market and showing growth in their ledger. They are betting that all the dollars they lose now, will be made back 100 fold in the future when they have destroyed all competition and jacked up prices

        There are limits though, and they seem to have found them with you.

  • Aureus on 05/07/2024 - 14:02
    +2

    Amazon has been doing this since forever. You probably just hit a threshold of unprofitability.

  • payless69 on 06/07/2024 - 10:22

    I must say Jeff's original wife was much more pleasant.
    If she would have crossed my path after Jeff dumped her I would have proposed. She could of course have declined and living in cold crappy Seattle would be a pain.
    But her dowry would have eased the pain. Bummer, someone else got lucky.
    Back to having cancelled what jv calls crappy One Pass I found the new reality of having to load the Power Pass again to shop at Bunnings.
    Never joined ebay plus, it is my money they can have it if they match my offer and so far I just fill the cart and sit on the fence.

    Seriously: When Jeff announced to enter Australia's office supply chain the fat arses at Wesfarmers panicked and put all OW store buildings on the market.
    Anybody here still wiping with Jeffpaper?

    • deme on 07/07/2024 - 20:17

      Could you translate this into normie speak please?

      • payless69 on 08/07/2024 - 02:34

        Oh Time to churn. Ask Gerry to open shop near you!

  • BartholemewH on 06/07/2024 - 20:06

    Same thing in regional NSW. This is bullshit

  • C0nn0r42 on 17/07/2024 - 14:06

    Had my S&S for cat food cancelled too. Turns out it was cheaper to buy a bunch on sale at Petbarn anyway. Hard to see the value in prime anymore if I can't actually buy anything aside from Amazon's own gear….

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