It appears that Amazon wants a piece of Walmart's prepper pie...

[the86d]

However IF Amazon already has us by the $150/year Prime marbles...
AND if you are already paying the Prime membership, indulge, instead of paying Walmart's silly "we ship this, but not that" game, unless you want to pay an extra $7.xy for shipping... for no extra bonus like Prime Video.

Great Northern Beans, 15oz - $0.85/can
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VF5MRNT

Black Beans, 15 Ounce - $0.90/can
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VHCQBRG

Hormel Chili, No Beans, 15 Oz (8 Pack) - $14.32 ($1.79/can)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Y936Z83/

Mahatma Extra-Long-Grain Rice 10-Pound Rice Bag - $6.98
(compared to Walmart's 20lb bag of the same @ $11.74)
https://www.amazon.com/Mahatma-Extra...dp/B00MMTQAF6/

BUT as an added bonus, Mountain House Freeze dried camping/prepper food is SNAP EBT eligible... no joke:



I can't afford to put money into these things, but if living off the tax-payer's DOLE, they can burn it however they want?
Taxes are clearly too much!

MOST 3rd party vendors on Amazon selling larger bags of Mahatma Rice still think COVID is in full-effect, @ 26.95 for the 20lb bag... or anything close to that for the same price...

Prices coming back down, it seems, and Amazon knows what they are doing... hooking us up, since they increased Prime Membership by about 50%...

[harbormaster]

Have shopped both for years. Costco can compete too sometimes. Pays to shop.

[Rickrock1]

How do I get EBT to buy long shelf food.

Let’sGoBrandon!

[the86d]

Originally Posted by Rickrock1

How do I get EBT to buy long shelf food.

Let?sGoBrandon!

Not sure, I make too much (AKA barely middle-class AKA need to "pay more than my fair share"... )...
I would GUESS searching via google for "official DNC serve reptilian overlords", no quotes... it's the 3rd link, the first two are paid advertisers... ... ...

[user120312]

Originally Posted by Rickrock1

How do I get EBT to buy long shelf food.

Let?sGoBrandon!

If old and living only on SS it's a SNAP

I live for Amazon price errors and, as one driver recently told me, they get paid by the hour so driving way out in the boonies is no skin off their nose.

I track prices on Amazon because their 'wish list' system works great for that and compare to other outlets and the local store.

I've also purchased Costco brands through Amazon and sometimes they've been less expensive than at Costco itself, plus there isn't a Costco within 100 miles of where I live anyway.

[FatCity67]

Those prices on the canned goods are at or just slightly higher than what I pay at the grocery store. Not a bad deal at all though. Mountain house stuff I have no idea.

[user120312]

I'll use a bellweather item due to the craziness surrounding eggs of late, Augason Farms whole egg product. Last can I bought, a year ago, still using it, was 33.08 for the #10 can.

Today it's a bit over 96 bucks on Amazon's site and 115 bucks on Augason Farms' site. Price difference, not that much; however, Amazon is shipping to CA but Augason Farms currently isn't. Still crazy expensive. The scrambled egg product isn't much better price-wise, about 57 bucks. I use powdered eggs mostly in baking.

Walmart.com has both products. The whole egg is the same as Amazon but the scrambled is nearly twice the Amazon price. Both Walmart and Amazon accept EBT; however, once must be careful about product selection; sometimes the EBT product is more expensive because a third party is the cheapest choice but not eligible.

It was a bit of work but through the generosity of the state of Oregon I filled up a couple of outbuildings with 'prep'. Being poor ain't so bad. I can still operate the machine tools in the alternative economy. The skills don't go away.

[johncage]

it's all very frivolous. they don't take it seriously. in reality, the non preppers outnumber the preppers so much, that short of living inside a bunker in the middle of nowhere, i don't expect preppers to survive a non nuclear long term shtf scenario. they're just too big of a target for everyone. i think the people that really can make it in a long term scenario are survivalist bushcraft mlitary/ex military types. literally john rambo-ing in the forest miles away from any signs of civilization

[Garand Hunter]

Mr Cage has a very accurate point of view. Do Not dress like a prepper, walk around with a sidearm in plain view ANYWHERE, talk about always being READY SHTF etc. other than on sites like this one using your actual names NOT.

Psalm 1

[Norcalkid]

I don't get the Prime thing? I have never paid for prime and have never paid shipping from Amazon. They always give free shipping on $35 and up orders anyway. If I'm just under I can just add a coffee, toothpaste or whatever to bump it over and get free shipping.

[user120312]

If one lives off the Amazon grid so to speak, I noticed Prime turns a couple weeks into a couple days. That's the biggest difference I noticed in Oregon when going off Prime when money got tight post-Covid. IDK how it is where Amazon drivers deliver everything. For us, it's usually the harried USPS rural route driver.


For folks who are students or some sort of program like SNAP, Prime is about seven bucks a month. For adding to an already substantial inventory, not really cost-effective.

However, when needing a new well pressure switch not available locally and not in stock on the property, Prime got it there in two days instead of the 'free' shipping time and the shipping would've been more than the monthly cost for that month.

IMO, it depends on circumstances. I prefer to do business locally but with diesel near five bucks a gallon and town miles away I also look at travel costs and my time.

[ACfixer]

Costco has good sales from time to time, just got Augason's 30 day pails for $89 from them with free shipping and each came with a bonus 72 hour pouch.