Amazon Prime price increase

[lupi]

It's official, just got an email that at next renewal it would be $100.

 

[highland145]

I'm hooked. $20 extra for $2K (last year) worth of stuff, 2 day shipping.....And 1 day for $4 extra.

 

[Uppsala9496]

I'll keep it. Hopefully they maintain the price for 9 years much like they did when it was $79.

 

[Jimzz]

$20 more is not to bad, esp with them picking up more movies/shows. Wish I could pay in advance like Netflix.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Noeees.

Dumb fee increases.

 

[shortylickens]

Oh look, another thread on this subject.

 

[drquest]

Just got the email myself....

 

[lupi]

If they actually improve their stream side availability it may be ok, but I've never really used it as the selection was pretty ad when I looked and a lot of time when selecting a show that said free it would turn out you could watch the first episode then pay for the rest.

 

[boomhower]

Still worth it to me. Easily saves me $100 in gas not to mention general frustration of Walmart. Shopping anywhere else runs me $20 in gas and a good hour of driving.

 

[Brovane]

Just got the e-mail. A $20 increase after so many years is reasonable.

 

[xanis]

Still worth it. Luckily, I just renewed under the student program for $50. I was happy (and surprised) to see that my old .edu email was still active.

 

[Fritzo]

Don't they have free shipping over $25 anyway? Not sure it's worth it now.

 

[Uppsala9496]

I think they changed that to over $35.

 

[rudeguy]

Don't they have free shipping over $25 anyway? Not sure it's worth it now.

its free standard shipping. Last time I used it it took almost 2 weeks to get my stuff. If I order something with Prime before 6PM Eastern, I have it by 7PM 2 days later. Its well worth it for me.

Not to mention the fact that I order stuff for work, so I just expense the cost of Prime.

 

[Jimzz]

Don't they have free shipping over $25 anyway? Not sure it's worth it now.

Its $35 now and standard shipping means they take their time getting to your order and also ship as slow as possible.

 

[highland145]

Don't they have free shipping over $25 anyway? Not sure it's worth it now.

True but I want what I want and I want it now. Ex.: I'll be done with the book I'm reading today and I want the next in the series. So yesterday, $4 paperback + $4 next day delivery...I'd have paid $8 at Books a million and they probably wouldn't have it anyway.

F Paul Wilson if any doesn't care.

 

[ponyo]

I'm hooked. $20 extra for $2K (last year) worth of stuff, 2 day shipping.....And 1 day for $4 extra.

I guess it depends on how you spent that $2k. That's like one TV order. If I spent that little, I couldn't justify paying for Prime. That's like 10% extra added to the purchase price. And in 7-8% sales tax and that's 17-18% extra.

 

[Fritzo]

Its $35 now and standard shipping means they take their time getting to your order and also ship as slow as possible.

I'm lucky enough to live near a major UPS hub, so I seem to get my orders in 1-3 days no matter which method of shipping I use.

 

[Aharami]

was on the fence. But saw that my cost would still be $79. Signed up

 

[Wonderful Pork]

I just got renewed for $79 so I have a full year before the price increase. Now that they are charging sales tax in my state I'm not so sure Prime is worth it, when I could get it same day (by driving) for similar pricing (BB price matches AMZN for electronics, etc) and save $100/yr.

We hardly use the streaming features at all and don't have a kindle so those aren't value added for me...

 

[gorb]

still worth it!

 

[JM Aggie08]

I order from them weekly - it's a small price to pay for guaranteed, fast shipping.

 

[Aharami]

can prime membership be shared across multiple households or is that against the TOS?

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Wonder if I can cancel then renew for full year for $79?

 

[MrSquished]

just got the email as well. it's fair enough. can't complain about that price.

used prime for 4 years then cut it off last summer when i was broke and not ordering much. signed up a month back because i knew the increase was coming and Amazon Prime with Hulu is how i am cutting the cord.