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Sustainable Minimalists

Is It Time To Quit Amazon Prime?

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Kids & Family, Home & Garden

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Over 200 million Americans subscribe to Prime, and estimates suggest that Amazon delivers 3.4 million packages per day in the US alone. Quitters, unite! I'm quitting Amazon Prime, and perhaps it's time for you to consider quitting too.   Here's a preview:  [7:30] How on earth is Amazon able to selling items at such low prices? It ain't pretty ... [12:00] Amazon is only the cheapest option if you're willing to buy almost everything on Amazon, and I'm going to prove it  [20:00] What does Amazon's Climate Friendly Pledge *really* mean? [23:00] A laundry list of things we lose when we choose convenience    This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com.

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0:00.0

It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the

0:06.4

sunscreen of course, you name it, I'm fitting it in before Labor Day. Wherever you're off to this summer, know that you're taking your microbiome with you. And seeds

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0:27.0

know that I pay close attention to what I put in my body I do my d darndest, to avoid synthetic ingredients, and that's why I trust seed.

0:37.0

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off your first month.

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0:58.3

code 25 sustainable.

1:00.8

Well, hello my friends and welcome. sustainable.

1:05.0

Well, hello, my friends and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian, and you're listening to episode

1:09.0

434 of the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast. This is a show about intentional and

1:16.1

eco-friendly minimalist living. On today's show we are having a chat about why I am choosing to not renew my Amazon Prime membership next month,

1:28.9

February 9th to be exact as when it comes due. Now I have been a dutiful Amazon Prime customer since

1:36.1

2018. I've been paying my bill each year and then throughout the year hitting that

1:41.6

buy now button every time I had a shopping whim or

1:46.1

fancy and I know I'm not the only one because over 200 million people subscribe to Amazon Prime.

1:54.7

There's a good chance that you might be one of them as well.

1:58.5

For some of us listening,

2:00.1

Amazon may be your only option, and is a okay. Maybe money's tight and we simply must shop on price alone to stay afloat.

2:12.1

If that sounds like your experience at the moment, as always keep doing the best

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