I bought a membership to Amazon Prime and am looking to make the most of it. I saw that they have non-perishable food items on their site now, and was wondering how good their prices are compared to Wal-Mart or any grocery store?

The thing that sucks is that you can't just buy 1 bottle of soap, or 1 bag of chips. You have to buy them in bulk.

5 lbs of gummi bears for $15
60 packages of lifesavers for $20
12 bags of Skittles for $16
228 force flex trash bags for $51

7/20/2008 10:12:41 AM

i would think a 1-lb bag of gummy bears would be about 2.50 or so

7/20/2008 10:15:40 AM

7/20/2008 10:17:05 AM

Looks decent if shipping won't kill you.

Gummi Bears 6# $6 Adv: Sam's
Lifesavers 20pk $7.88 Adv: Amz
Skittles 24/4 oz. $18.87 Adv: Amz
Force Flex 70/33 gal $13.68 Adv: Sam's
Force Flex 120/13 gal $12.70 Adv: Sam's

7/20/2008 10:24:06 AM

^With amazon prime you get free one day shipping with the membership fee.

7/20/2008 10:27:59 AM

so it looks like sams is better. WTF amazon, i guess you pay a little extra so you don't have to leave your house

7/20/2008 10:36:46 AM

I buy all sorts of weird food and still come out better locally than with Amazon. Sometimes you can get a good deal on $25 worth of slim jims but you're gonna die after eating those 300 of them or whatever so there's not really any point.

7/20/2008 10:52:33 AM

a food i want to start eating is beef jerky

7/20/2008 11:36:25 AM

Quote :

"^With amazon prime you get free one day shipping with the membership fee."

nope

free two-day shipping
$2.99 one-day shipping

7/20/2008 12:21:11 PM

close enough

7/20/2008 12:27:57 PM

nope, it's $3.99 for 1-day.

I called them up and told them I didn't want my membership anymore and they gave me my money back.

7/20/2008 12:54:50 PM

probably the best decision you've made all day

7/20/2008 1:17:14 PM

I got a few months of Amazon Prime for free when I signed up for an Amazon Visa... also got $30 off my purchase

ended up getting a bunch of things I needed for my kitchen for pretty cheap

7/20/2008 1:35:14 PM

sweet

7/20/2008 1:35:40 PM

free prime trial

8/3/2008 7:52:46 AM