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Yesterday, I've cancelled the Amazon Prime subscription, and I feel really good about it (even though the subscription is really low in Poland, I just didn't want to have it).

I've replaced it with few other things:

  • allegro smart subscription (to save on deliveries from Polish local online marketplace allegro.pl)
  • an occasional subscription just for one month when I want to watch some specific show (or even find and purchase DVDs for things I like to rewatch often)
  • smaller online/offline relatil shops whenever applicable

For anything else I've never been using Amazon services, so it is kind of no-brainer for me ยฏ_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

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[โ€“] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I never had it. And when I tried to order some filters for our fridge ( yeah fucking filters for a fridge they want you to repalce for 30โ‚ฌ every half year and I found cheaper ones on amazon). And I just could not login as apparently my account is locked and I need to contact support? Well fuck that I say stay locked, see if I care.

[โ€“] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Look up the name of the filters if possible, you would likely be able to find it online elsewhere.

[โ€“] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To be honest I could not be bothered. It's not my fridge anyway. Just sent the links to my dad and he bought them.

I did look for the filters and only found them on amazon. That's why I was there in the first place. Luckily they had shipping to my country because they often don't.

[โ€“] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why would a fridge even require filters?

If you can drink the tap water and it's for the ice then you probably don't need the filters.

[โ€“] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It's an activated carbon fresh air filter. Fuck if I know why it NEEDS it. It does help keep the fridge smelling clean though. The fridge does not have any special features.