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> Apparently, dropping Prime with the shopping really does not impact the speed of delivery or cost.

I don't know about this. I don't have prime and rarely use amazon. I ordered something recently that qualified for free shipping. I honestly felt like Amazon intentionally held my package for 3-4 days before shipping it. I think i got it in 5 business days.

I will say, not having Prime has probably saved me hundreds of dollars as I only use it for things I really need. My above anecdote was of course just that, an anecdote. Prime is core to their business though, so don't expect quick shipping.

>>wand3r+(OP)
They absolutely do hold non-Prime packages. But as the GP noted, I dropped Prime last year and have not seen any impact on free delivery times. They were holding back packages for me, even as a Prime member, causing 95% or more delivery times to jump from the two day estimate to the reality of over a week.

They gave up trying to provide 2-day shipping to our rural address over two years earlier during the pandemic, and they never restored that supposedly core feature of Prime. Given that behavior, I now see them for what they are: typical rent-seeking crooks.