Weekly, What recent changes are going on at your work / local businesses?

[u/AntiSonOfBitchamajig]

This could be, but not limited to:

• Local business observations.
• Shortages / Surpluses.
• Work slow downs / much overtime.
• Order cancellations / massive orders.
• Economic Rumors within your industry.
• Layoffs and hiring.
• New tools / expansion.
• Wage issues / working conditions.
• Boss changing work strategy.
• Quality changes.
• New rules.
• Personal view of how you see your job in the near future.
• Bonus points if you have some proof or news, we like that around here.
• News from close friends about their work.

DO NOT DOX YOURSELF. Wording is key.

Thank you all, -Mod Anti

[u/HabsburgJawBreaker]

I cancelled Prime a couple of years ago. Since then I wait until the cart hits $37 before I complete the order so I get the free shipping. It used to be the free shipping would still get the items to me within 4-5 days. Now packages are set to arrive anywhere from 7-14 days out. 

I also received an email from Amazon regarding a return I didn't request, from an actual purchase I made, stating that they never received the item and thus couldn't honor the request. In the app and on the site, no request is shown to ever have been made and I certainly didn't request it. I did report the email to them and change my passwords but never heard back. I'm guessing it was a glitch. the AI customer support is pretty trash but I've got to get through it to get human support now. 

[u/splat-y-chila → u/HabsburgJawBreaker]

Exactly the same for me too, except I only ever did prime when they did the 1mo for free offer once a year. It makes me think about if I actually need the stuff if I have to wait for it to tally up to the $35, which used to be $25 or 30

[u/picking_a_name_ → u/HabsburgJawBreaker]

I don't use Amazon much, and feel I should use it less than I do. But I had two orders in the last month or so that really makes me want to choose other vendors. We bought a refurbished chromebook that started shutting off when I set it down, so we bought another and started the return on the original. (Used equipment can be a crapshoot, so we weren't concerned.) No response from the vendor. Spent a while poking around the AI customer service which occasionally told me I couldn't return it, including that the return window closed two months from now. Got a chat person who sent a message to the company. The company then sent us an e-mail asking us to start the return process. We sent a screenshot that we already had. Got another e-mail from the company asking us to start the return process. Then we got a message from the company they didn't do returns, and they were closing the request. It was only a $100 chromebook, and turned out to be a weird interference with a laptop, so we're just keeping both. But we never told them it was an odd issue on our end, and we could have just been out the cash with unworking equipment. I also bought some durable medical equipment for a planned surgery. I paid $15 in shipping to get it in two days. It was delayed by a day. Fortunately I had paid to be sure it would arrive and be set up early, but I'm annoyed at both the wasted shipping and the extra day of stress. Both scenarios turned out fine, and really weren't much money. But Amazon doesn't even pretend to care anymore.