Amazon has come a long way from being just an online book store to being a full fledged services provider. Sometimes I'll just visit the site not really wanting to buy anything but just to browse the stuff they have for sale. Between Prime Pantry and Prime I've eliminated a lot of trips to stores, pre-ordering games and getting them on release day, and now Echo and the little re-order buttons, it's really eliminating a need to ever go to a store because Amazon's prices are equal to or less than retail stores, even when you take the prime subscription into account.
Amazon has come a long way from being just an online book store to being a full fledged services provider. Sometimes I'll just visit the site not really wanting to buy anything but just to browse the stuff they have for sale. Between Prime Pantry and Prime I've eliminated a lot of trips to stores, pre-ordering games and getting them on release day, and now Echo and the little re-order buttons, it's really eliminating a need to ever go to a store because Amazon's prices are equal to or less than retail stores, even when you take the prime subscription into account.
Not only that, it's insanely easy to get an Amazon gift card if you're in any rewards program at all.