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Amazon Is Offering a Discount on Prime For People On Government Assistance (theverge.com)
Amazon announced on Tuesday that it is offering a discount on Prime membership for US customers participating in a number of government assistance programs. From a report: Anyone with a valid Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card, which disburses funds for programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps), is eligible for Prime's discounted monthly price of $5.99. Prime's normal price is a $99 a year, or a monthly fee of $10.99. From a report:
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The linked article doesn't mention that Amazon is going after EBT dollars that typically gets spent at Walmart.
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-lowers-prime-cost-for-shoppers-on-food-stamps-2017-6
Transport can be really difficult, to the point that doing 'more expensive' things like online ordering can work out cheaper.
Well, this is just a corollary of Amazon's all-things-to-all-people strategy. If anybody buys anything, Amazon wants it to be through them.
Even people on welfare have to buy stuff. And most people who are on welfare are off welfare in under three years and back in the workforce. So in a sense this is like the prime membership they gave my college student daughter, who is poor as a church mouse and has to live like a monk. But when she graduates she'll have a lot more money to spend, and she'll have been trained to find Amazon the most convenient way to buy things.
Even I find myself buying things through Amazon for convenience. I should buy electronics shit through Digikey but sometimes if I'm ordering something else on prime I'll throw in something I need for my current project.
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A lot of EBT recipients live in "food deserts" where there's no easy access to a supermarket. So an Amazon Prime membership could allow grocery items to be bought and delivered rather than relying upon convenience stores for food. So it could save time and money for grocery items. Sure, it's not the same as getting fresh vegetables but food options at gas stations are pretty horrible. http://americannutritionassoci...
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