Wow. Amazon Prime Day sales dropped 41% on the first day of the four-day event. Doesn’t exactly scream “strong economy,” no matter how many times Trump says it.
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Is it the economy, or people sick of Bezos, esp after having his extravagant wedding & pandering "shuttle" mission everywhere
jul 9, 2025, 8:03 pm • 1 0 • view
Or, and hear me out, the sales are shit.
jul 9, 2025, 6:50 pm • 0 0 • view
Didn’t he say just yesterday that he’s brought prices down?
jul 9, 2025, 8:12 pm • 0 0 • view
The economy is cratering. When the business debt bubble bursts, all hell will break loose.
jul 9, 2025, 6:52 pm • 4 0 • view
If you must order from prime, for whatever the reason, buy only 1 item per order. This will jack-up their cost of doing business!
jul 9, 2025, 6:50 pm • 15 3 • view
But the guilt from the carbon footprint for one item eats away at me and I can’t do it.
jul 9, 2025, 7:34 pm • 3 0 • view
Yea, I know! But they do use electric, too!
jul 9, 2025, 8:12 pm • 2 0 • view
Love this idea! I have a few items I can’t get anywhere else. I’ll do this from now on.
jul 9, 2025, 7:01 pm • 6 0 • view
They make it up with laughably bloated shipping charges. In any case, there's almost nothing you can't get elsewhere for the same or better price. Amazon is a joke.
jul 9, 2025, 7:45 pm • 1 0 • view
😂👏🏻
jul 9, 2025, 8:53 pm • 0 0 • view
We should all order something expensive … just to open & return!
jul 9, 2025, 6:47 pm • 2 0 • view
Fuck Amazon. I quit using them over a year ago and his smugness and his gross wife’s whore display at the inauguration confirmed I made the right decision.
jul 9, 2025, 6:52 pm • 7 0 • view
I was going to grab a cooling blanket and if I join Prime, it’s 59.99$ (45% off). Went directly to the company’s website and it’s 49.99$. IDK.
jul 9, 2025, 7:14 pm • 7 0 • view
I would like a search option that allows me to to turn off Amazon and WalMart. Been buying things I need from other sources but those don't show up on searches first, gotta scroll past all thd Amazon crap first.
jul 9, 2025, 8:07 pm • 2 0 • view
It is not the economy. It is people voting w/ their wallets.
jul 9, 2025, 8:04 pm • 2 0 • view
We're boycotting amazon..
jul 9, 2025, 9:40 pm • 1 0 • view
The people have woken up.
jul 9, 2025, 6:44 pm • 3 0 • view
This is excellent news. Boycotting the olycharchy is the way to go. Here is a list of the companies the olycharchy owns. I realize not many can or will boycott this entire list, but boycott as many as you can, especially Besos, Musk and Mark Z.
jul 9, 2025, 7:12 pm • 9 4 • view
afrin
jul 9, 2025, 8:08 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m pretty sure it’s also them selling Alligator Alcatraz merch
jul 9, 2025, 6:43 pm • 14 0 • view
Unfortunately so is Etsy
jul 9, 2025, 6:46 pm • 9 0 • view
I know and it’s disgusting
jul 9, 2025, 6:48 pm • 5 0 • view
Etsy wants to “keep commerce human” and also sell concentration camp tshirts. It’s their hypocrisy and censorship that makes them stand out.
jul 9, 2025, 7:10 pm • 3 0 • view
jul 9, 2025, 9:12 pm • 1 0 • view
I left FB in 2015, then in Dec24. left IG and Threads. As well as boycotting other stores, and so did thousands of others, so let's keep that drop percentage going. Hit the wallet of these greedy bastards.
jul 9, 2025, 7:13 pm • 6 0 • view
it also doesn't help that regardless of your views on Amazon, the "sales" suck. they advertise it like it's an everything must go sale only to put things up for 9% off or less.
jul 11, 2025, 4:23 am • 0 0 • view
Many people don’t want to further support that oligarch Bezos.
jul 9, 2025, 6:43 pm • 23 1 • view
I love this for them! #boycottamazon
jul 9, 2025, 6:44 pm • 6 0 • view
I deleted Amazon app entirely. Things can be sourced to the source.
jul 9, 2025, 6:47 pm • 10 0 • view
Why isn’t it boycotted by all dems?
jul 9, 2025, 7:50 pm • 5 0 • view
People have figured out it’s just a sham sales event. And are boycotting oligarchs who support a mass transfer of wealth under a tyrannical dictator.
jul 9, 2025, 6:51 pm • 3 0 • view
there is also 4 days instead of 2 to buy things.
jul 9, 2025, 7:03 pm • 1 0 • view
Interesting.
jul 9, 2025, 7:24 pm • 0 0 • view
It's possible to put a bet on the wrong horse
jul 9, 2025, 7:01 pm • 2 0 • view
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jul 9, 2025, 6:52 pm • 5 3 • view
I’m stocking up on that $1.99/gallon gas…can’t shop for cheap Chinese crap right now…
jul 9, 2025, 6:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Well yeah, there's nothing strong about the economy under Trump, but this is definitely more about negativity towards Amazon & Bezos.
jul 9, 2025, 7:09 pm • 6 0 • view
Also... People are sick of Amazon. Especially so since Bozos inflatable sex toy went to the edge of space in a dildo. Reinforced by his wedding in Venice.
jul 9, 2025, 8:02 pm • 2 1 • view
Boycotting
jul 9, 2025, 6:59 pm • 3 0 • view
Look at the product description for one of the concentration-camp hats! 🤣 It is tempting to order loads of that crap from Jeff's Store ... and then take advantage of the free-return policy. Just thinking out loud here.
jul 9, 2025, 7:38 pm • 2 0 • view
That, and I also think we need to give some credit to the Amazon boycott. I’ve been at it since election night…and I used to buy EVERYTHING on Amazon. Watched a lot of their movies too, and paid their subscription fee. Multiply that drop-off x thousands of users… 👏
jul 9, 2025, 6:45 pm • 26 0 • view
Here too
jul 9, 2025, 8:10 pm • 0 0 • view
Same here…. Feels good too
jul 9, 2025, 6:57 pm • 2 0 • view
Canadians are certainly boycotting Amazon.ca My family included. New habits formed and never going back.
jul 9, 2025, 7:11 pm • 13 0 • view
Yes 💯. I wonder how many other countries’ citizens are as well?
jul 9, 2025, 7:18 pm • 3 0 • view
That, and people are changing their buying patterns away from Jeffy. Sure worked with Leon.
jul 9, 2025, 10:19 pm • 3 0 • view
I’m not buying anything I don’t need, anymore. Nope. No renovations, nothing over a couple hundred dollars. Nada.
jul 9, 2025, 7:21 pm • 5 0 • view
I usually start Christmas shopping on Prime day and have no intention of doing so this year
jul 9, 2025, 7:55 pm • 2 0 • view
Finally people are realising it's all a scam? Very few genuine good deals to be had. Most reduced prices are available during many other periods.
jul 9, 2025, 6:49 pm • 2 0 • view
Boycott Amazon
jul 9, 2025, 6:54 pm • 2 0 • view
Jeff can pay for his next wedding some other way…🙌
jul 9, 2025, 7:38 pm • 1 0 • view
I love this for them. Amazon is trash. Everything about Amazon is trash especially the people.
jul 9, 2025, 8:22 pm • 3 0 • view
It’s a terrible place to work. Even the management class has horrible turnover
jul 9, 2025, 8:24 pm • 2 1 • view
🎯🎯🎯
jul 9, 2025, 8:25 pm • 1 0 • view
I put items on my wishlist & waited for Prime Day. One item went from $40 to $25. Then I went to Aliexpress & bought it for $6. Cut out the middle men. Cut out Bezos. Save money. So many amazon discounts are cheap Chinese products you can buy yourself. Just have to wait 2 weeks instead of 2 days
jul 9, 2025, 7:01 pm • 5 0 • view
have the tarriffs not made that impossible?
jul 9, 2025, 8:25 pm • 0 0 • view
Maybe the prices have gone up on some items... idk. not significantly. Still cheap compared to Amazon/Walmart for the same stuff.
jul 9, 2025, 8:30 pm • 1 0 • view
Damn! I definitely contributed. Previously, I had a list of things I’d wait to buy on prime day but that list never even gets made now
jul 9, 2025, 6:55 pm • 2 0 • view
There is also a lot of people boycotting Amazon. I only shopped because they lose money by putting stuff on sale and I had gift cards that had to be spent.
jul 9, 2025, 6:54 pm • 1 0 • view
The prices on Amazon in Scotland are double the prices on a lot of items. I do a compare and search. Jumped on the bus and bought the same item at almost half the price. Guessing Bezo is trying to sting every one else in the world because of Trumps tarrifs & not pass them on to Americans
jul 9, 2025, 6:48 pm • 3 0 • view
could be the economy, could be folks are pissed with bezos.
jul 9, 2025, 7:25 pm • 3 0 • view
Good. I haven't shopped at Amazon for months. Fuck Bezos.
jul 9, 2025, 10:02 pm • 6 1 • view
The result of a US boycott maybe?
jul 10, 2025, 6:32 pm • 0 0 • view
Apparently taking a chainsaw to the social safety net and then basing your trade policy on something ChatGPT spat out is bad for consumer confidence. Who'da thunk?
jul 9, 2025, 7:09 pm • 2 0 • view
And many people are boycotting Amazon because Jeff Bezos is a fascist tool.
jul 9, 2025, 8:15 pm • 2 0 • view
Vote and spend your conscience. Keep your money. Don't support trump
jul 9, 2025, 10:40 pm • 1 0 • view
Not just the Economy. It’s also “fuck Amazon” from us Canadians & probably a lot or other countries too. We don’t do business with Bezos & we don’t do business with Americans. Cheers. 🇨🇦
jul 9, 2025, 7:09 pm • 64 4 • view
instant follow ✔️
jul 9, 2025, 8:20 pm • 2 0 • view
Ditto 💙
jul 9, 2025, 8:28 pm • 0 0 • view
Desde la toma de posesión de Trump no he vuelto a comprar nada en la plataforma. He borrado también los datos de mi tarjeta. Hice lo mismo con Facebook, IG y X; creo que es lo mínimo que estaba obligado a hacer. Escribo desde España.
jul 9, 2025, 8:42 pm • 6 0 • view
Well done. I also deleted Netflix & Paramount. I now subscribe to Crave which is Canadian. 💙 🇪🇸
jul 9, 2025, 8:57 pm • 5 0 • view
Same here 👊
jul 9, 2025, 9:19 pm • 2 0 • view
I cancelled Amazon when he went maga.
jul 10, 2025, 5:46 pm • 1 0 • view
BOYCOTT Amazon
jul 9, 2025, 6:53 pm • 3 0 • view
I am but it's really rough. Love instant gratification
jul 9, 2025, 7:01 pm • 0 0 • view
Walmart has free shipping for over 35$ purchases and their online selection is much better than their stores. And they’re quick too!
jul 9, 2025, 7:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Right, but nobody needs 30 dolls, remember?
jul 9, 2025, 6:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Nothing I need……
jul 9, 2025, 9:14 pm • 1 0 • view
#BoycottAmazon
jul 9, 2025, 9:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Prime day is a scam in itself. Boycotting amazon since January!
jul 9, 2025, 9:12 pm • 2 0 • view
And maybe folks didn’t want to pay for Bezos’ wedding. Hope Slime Day downward spiral continues
jul 9, 2025, 6:43 pm • 69 2 • view
Yep this 👆👆🔥
jul 9, 2025, 7:06 pm • 8 0 • view
Double whammy
jul 9, 2025, 7:16 pm • 1 0 • view
Haven't shopped at Amazon since January and never will again, unless there is something I absolutely need that I can't get anywhere else.
jul 10, 2025, 12:17 am • 0 0 • view
Maybe ppl are just done with Jeff Bozos.
jul 9, 2025, 11:23 pm • 0 0 • view
Source? Have these numbers been published somewhere?
jul 9, 2025, 7:11 pm • 0 0 • view
Regardless of the economic downturn, my aversion to a certain oligarch is the most important reason for me for not buying anything there.
jul 9, 2025, 7:02 pm • 6 0 • view
jul 9, 2025, 6:54 pm • 0 0 • view
I think it’s the boycotts I cancelled Prime and will not purchase anything from them
jul 9, 2025, 7:21 pm • 3 0 • view
Yay! It’s working!
jul 10, 2025, 5:37 am • 1 0 • view
Excellent!
jul 9, 2025, 8:41 pm • 1 0 • view
Tbf a lot of us hate bezos more than last year by a wide margin
jul 9, 2025, 7:37 pm • 4 0 • view
Economy a factor sure, but for additional context please see my pinned post. bsky.app/profile/dctr...
jul 9, 2025, 7:42 pm • 2 0 • view
www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...
jul 9, 2025, 7:00 pm • 1 0 • view
@littlebluecart.bsky.social
jul 9, 2025, 6:47 pm • 0 0 • view
And I’d estimate part of that drop is folks leaving Amazon. I did and so have many folks I know. I don’t want to give my biz to oligarchs or Trump sycophants.
jul 10, 2025, 5:42 am • 0 0 • view
Not a penny being spent in this house..dumped Amazon months ago and haven't missed it.
jul 9, 2025, 7:03 pm • 6 0 • view
I normally do a lot of my back to school shopping for my classroom during prime days. Can’t afford it this year though. Shocking. 😡
jul 9, 2025, 6:59 pm • 3 0 • view
Maybe supporting fascism isn’t great for business?
jul 9, 2025, 6:51 pm • 4 0 • view
Ebay instead. The prime day sales are a scam.
jul 10, 2025, 6:05 am • 0 0 • view
Haven’t shopped Amazon since the election—no plans to any time soon
jul 9, 2025, 8:18 pm • 19 5 • view
Yup, and Starbucks & Home Depot - for July, at least!
jul 9, 2025, 8:40 pm • 10 2 • view
Amazon sells "Alligator Alcatraz" merch. Nuff said.
jul 9, 2025, 7:21 pm • 24 7 • view
Social & financial leeches. Bottom feeders, with less than dubious employee pay/treatment.
jul 9, 2025, 10:13 pm • 0 0 • view
Jeff would sell wifey if he thought he’d make some $$ on it!
jul 9, 2025, 9:00 pm • 6 1 • view
She would let him sell her, so how do we know he hasn't?
jul 9, 2025, 9:29 pm • 2 0 • view
I guess we don’t!
jul 9, 2025, 9:40 pm • 1 0 • view
well there is 4 days to buy this year. I think it was previously only 2? i could be wrong. I bought stuff today on prime.
jul 9, 2025, 7:04 pm • 0 0 • view
a lot of us basically boycott Amazon and buy as little as possible there
jul 9, 2025, 7:05 pm • 7 0 • view
Hopefully people are choosing other avenues & supporting local businesses. That’s the only way to shut down these cretins.
jul 9, 2025, 6:46 pm • 26 3 • view
Shopping local as much as I can, finding other alternatives online and going without when I can. Jeff is getting a LOT less coin from me these days.
jul 9, 2025, 7:03 pm • 14 1 • view
I have to buy a phone mount for the vehicle. Looking at Amazon. California now has a strict law that no driver can touch (hold?) the phone while driving You can hold a greasy hamburger and stuff your face, fumble around to light a cigarette, put your hands on a passenger But dont touch the phone
jul 9, 2025, 6:57 pm • 2 0 • view
Bezos needs to put in the "Trump Tariff" part on the invoice
jul 9, 2025, 6:50 pm • 2 0 • view
Not enough! Do better
jul 9, 2025, 7:24 pm • 2 0 • view
I’m sure wide-ranging disgust of the Bezos wedding spectacle played a part too. 🤵🏼👰🏻♀️🤢🤮💰💰💰
jul 9, 2025, 8:45 pm • 2 0 • view
Not to mention, it’s going to take an extra few days/weeks to get those International deliveries!
jul 9, 2025, 6:44 pm • 3 0 • view
I’m doing my part by avoiding Amazon. $50M for a wedding screams: ENOUGH.
jul 9, 2025, 7:27 pm • 12 2 • view
Walmart has feee shipping when you spend 35$- I’ve been getting so many of my previously bought at Amazon items now thru Walmart.
jul 9, 2025, 7:35 pm • 2 1 • view
I also use Costco online.
jul 9, 2025, 7:37 pm • 7 1 • view
👍👍👍👍👍💙🇺🇸
jul 9, 2025, 7:28 pm • 1 0 • view
Fuck 👏 Bezos 👏 and boycott 👏 amazon!
jul 9, 2025, 7:18 pm • 11 0 • view
Last year I wasted over 2k per month on Amazon. My membership expired in April and I’ve found alternate businesses. I miss Etsy for unique finds but Alligator Alcatraz merch is repulsive. So not buying there either.
jul 9, 2025, 7:24 pm • 10 0 • view
It has nothing to do with the economy and everything to do with people being fed up with oligarchs, especially ones who attend a fascist's inauguration.
jul 9, 2025, 7:01 pm • 5 0 • view
especially one who rents Venice for his wedding
jul 9, 2025, 7:06 pm • 2 0 • view
ESPECIALLY that one.
jul 9, 2025, 7:07 pm • 3 0 • view
I think it’s us boycotting that asshole. The economy isn’t the only factor here. Costco is doing great!
jul 9, 2025, 7:25 pm • 40 4 • view
Looks like bezos hate to me
jul 9, 2025, 7:32 pm • 3 0 • view
F Amazon
jul 9, 2025, 6:47 pm • 4 0 • view
Reminder: We are boycotting this month’s Amazon Prime, Target, and Home Depot sales for rollng back their DEI programs.
jul 9, 2025, 8:26 pm • 2 0 • view
I’m not shopping. I’m still boycotting Amazon. I suspect many others are as well.
jul 9, 2025, 7:26 pm • 9 0 • view
Shop local! 🖕Amazon. Bozo Bezos dosnt need any more money. Especially since he does very little philanthropy.
jul 9, 2025, 8:36 pm • 2 0 • view
And boycotting 👏🏻😆
jul 9, 2025, 8:53 pm • 1 0 • view
They can shovel all their stock in their ass. Even at 90%, fck them.
jul 9, 2025, 9:18 pm • 2 0 • view
I dont support Bezos more than I have to
jul 10, 2025, 1:06 am • 0 0 • view
Could also be that no one likes Bezos!
jul 9, 2025, 7:34 pm • 5 0 • view
also, the fact that most of these 'deals are way higher because of fartnozzles tariffs. #resist
jul 9, 2025, 6:56 pm • 3 0 • view
Gooooooddd….
jul 9, 2025, 6:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Personally, I’m also avoiding giving Amazon my money
jul 9, 2025, 6:46 pm • 33 0 • view
Me too!
jul 9, 2025, 7:33 pm • 2 0 • view
I bought a composting bin to help me grow my own food when these lunatics ruin the rest of the economy.
jul 9, 2025, 7:04 pm • 9 0 • view
Wise decision. You can grow quite a lot of food in a front yard or even in buckets and pots on a patio.
jul 9, 2025, 7:09 pm • 9 0 • view
Keep at it! I’m doing the same! I got a funky feeling last year… I’ve not bought produce in a store in months.. if I can pull off growing my own food, ANYONE can.. I have a pretty tiny yard etc
jul 9, 2025, 7:15 pm • 5 0 • view
Great job! I hope to eventually do this.
jul 9, 2025, 7:16 pm • 2 0 • view
Oh wow!!!! Looks fantastic!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
jul 9, 2025, 7:59 pm • 1 0 • view
It’s amazing how much better vine ripe tomatoes are compared to the mealy watery junk in most chain supermarkets.
jul 9, 2025, 8:21 pm • 4 0 • view
Totally! I’ll never go back
jul 9, 2025, 8:23 pm • 0 0 • view
I never liked tomatoes until I had them in Italy. That's when I discovered what they're supposed to taste like. I planted eight varieties in my first-time garden in this current house expecting some of them to fizzle out. I was wrong. I now have hundreds ripening as we speak.
jul 9, 2025, 8:26 pm • 2 0 • view
👏👏👏👏👏my strawberries came back for a second year and have been AMPLE
jul 9, 2025, 8:31 pm • 2 0 • view
Wow!!!!!! that is so exciting! Have you learned how to can and preserve? I don’t know that I trust myself with that process, so I’ve been gifting all of my neighbors, my tomatoes. I want to learn eventually.
jul 9, 2025, 8:30 pm • 2 0 • view
I have already canned so...many...pickles! I was out of town last week and left a relative in charge of harvesting, because of course everything ripened when I left. I returned to monster cukes still on the vine because "I don't like cucumbers." 🙄
jul 9, 2025, 8:40 pm • 2 0 • view
8 varieties?! That’s awesome. Great job.
jul 9, 2025, 9:14 pm • 1 0 • view
Good news! A lot of us have stopped using Amazon!
jul 9, 2025, 7:44 pm • 6 0 • view
jul 9, 2025, 11:35 pm • 0 0 • view
Boycott ALL Bezos companies: Amazon Whole Foods Audible The Washington Post IMDb Zappos Twitch MGM More here: www.thomasnet.com/insights/jef...
jul 9, 2025, 6:57 pm • 14 5 • view
I wasn’t planning on buying anything on Prime anyway, but I would make a conscious choice not to during this period. My business is in the shitter right now so I don’t need supplies anyway. Fuck Bezos and fuck Trump.
jul 9, 2025, 7:08 pm • 4 0 • view
In Canada we have slowed down using it...
jul 11, 2025, 12:50 am • 0 0 • view
Deleted my Amazon account and flushed Prime and Prime video. He’s ain’t getting a damn penny outta me!
jul 9, 2025, 9:17 pm • 1 0 • view
Dont just not buy. Don’t even click open their website to browse.
jul 9, 2025, 8:47 pm • 11 3 • view
Shop local. Screw Bezos.
jul 9, 2025, 6:49 pm • 5 0 • view