> Amazon is rarely the cheapest way to have a package delivered to your home in less than two days. You can often find people much cheaper if you don’t mind waiting a week or two.

But "waiting a week or two" seems directly at odds with delivered in less than 2 days. End users don't really care about shipping speed per service (unless it's a perishable or temperature-sensitive item). They care about how long it will take to arrive from the time the order is placed.

Sorry if my message was confusing.

There are options that offer fast shipping at slightly reduced prices, and options that offer slow shipping at significantly reduced prices.

Walmart.com, eBay, temu, and aliexpress are the most common sources I use, but I also do a lot of business with smaller retailers and brand websites.

What’s the alternative? Everyone else has you pay for shipping, and it’s slower.

To my mind that's just what my privacy costs and I'm willing to pay it. Others might not feel the same way, and they're welcome to pawn their data for free fast shipping.

Everyone has you pay for shipping. Amazon just lies about it, and has contracts that prevent people from selling their wares anywhere else cheaper.

Amazon spreads the cost across everyone (who is prime). The biggest users pay the least for shipping.

One week is longer than two days.