Amazon has a program (aka Amazon Prime) where you can pay $79 a year to get free second day air shipping for any Amazon product, no matter the size of the order. A pack of razor blades, toilet paper, books, cd, you name it, just click and it arrives two days later. I use it and save tons because whenever I see something I want at a store, cd and book stores in particular, I wait until I get home, and either I reconsider my purchase or buy it for $2 cheaper than the store price (and I buy a crapload from Amazon). Apparently, some people sign up for the free trial and when the trial runs out get charged the yearly fee. Angry that they have to pay the fee, they google “Amazon Prime” to complain and funny enough Techdirt.com comes up first on Google Search Results because Techdirt wrote about the Prime program two years ago. Techdirt (link) has apparently gotten hate mail because these unhappy patrons believe that the first result must be Amazon affiliated. Just shows you it may be better to not be mentioned on Google, much like Better than a Wooden Nickel.
Next time read the fine print:
By clicking the button below, you are purchasing the item noted above (at its regular price) as well as signing up for a Free one month trial of Amazon Prime. As the trial ends, if you want to join Amazon Prime, do nothing. At that point we will enroll you in an auto-renewing, annual membership and charge a $79 annual fee. If you prefer not to upgrade to full membership, you can easily let us know at any time before your introductory membership ends, by changing your preferences in Your Account.
Better than a Wooden Nickel has no fine print, or anything fine at all.
