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Amazon prime price increasing to 12.99$

Carfo

Carfo

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Oct 27, 2017
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still worth it, imo. i would pay way more for the shipping for all the stuff I order

Late edit: just remembered I pay the yearly one so it was $100 and this doesn't affect yearly payments
 
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yumms

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Oct 27, 2017
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Why would anyone pay monthly for Amazon Prime?
 
Elandyll

Elandyll

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Oct 25, 2017
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Still worth it to me, between the 2 day free shipping and all the baked in services.

Edit: being only for the monthly rate, it doesn't even concern me actually.
 
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Greigor the FellHand

Greigor the FellHand

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Oct 26, 2017
12,125
Happy I canceled, nothing but shipping errors and piss poor customer service I've gotten the last 2 years.

I ordered a keypad for my computer from amazon, was in stock, didnt ship for 6 weeks. had stuff dumped outside my job at 8 pm found it the next morning soaking wet in the slush.
 
rjinaz

rjinaz

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Oct 25, 2017
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USA Today says it's just monthly. And they still don't get access to the streaming service. Don't do monthly people.
 
Hollywood Duo

Hollywood Duo

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Oct 25, 2017
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It'll be interesting to see how high they try to take these fees over the next decade or so. People are not going to want to walk away from that quick shipping.
 
Linkura

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Oct 25, 2017
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As long as the annual rate stays the same. If it goes up, would very much think of canceling.
 
CrankyJay

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Oct 25, 2017
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If you buy at least 15-20 items per year from Amazon and use Prime 2-day shipping, you're coming out ahead...that's without their 20% discount on game pre-orders, Amazon Music, or Amazon Prime video.
 
thatother

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Dec 12, 2017
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Prime pays for itself fairly fast. I order from Amazon at least once a week, usually more. I've rarely had shipping errors and when i do, their Customer Service has always been amazing for me.

I'd probably pay a lot more than 99 bucks and still feel it's a pretty good deal to be honest. This isnt even taking into account Prime Video which isn't half bad as a Netflix supplemental.
 
rbanke

rbanke

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Oct 27, 2017
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Florida
When they raised it to $99 a year they mentioned they were originally considering $119 so I'd guess they'll raise annual prices sooner than later. I'm still in the camp of buying prime only for the shipping. I don't use any of the other services outside of prime streaming which I only watch the Grand Tour. If I could reduce the yearly and only have the free shipping I would. If they raise prices but continue to sell by value adds then I'll bail. These days Amazon's prices are actually worse than my local Target quite often and I don't find myself ordering nearly as much as I used to. I really wish they'd have a free shipping only plan for less.
 
TheShampion

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Oct 27, 2017
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Arg, I may cancel. My wallet is getting tighter, and I need to cut stuff out, and not ordering so much crap from Amazon would help out a bunch. Only thing really keeping me on is that damn exclusive anime. I should just binge Made in Abyss and Land of the Lustrous and be done with it.
 

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rjinaz said:
USA Today says it's just monthly. And they still don't get access to the streaming service. Don't do monthly people.
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Wait. In the US if you pay monthly you don't also get access to their streaming service?!

In the UK I pay £7.99 per month for prime, complete with full access to the streaming service!
 
Mivey

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Oct 25, 2017
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yumms said:
Yes, that stays the same.
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Dead Prince said:
for now.
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Arkanius

Arkanius

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Oct 25, 2017
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For European users, between Amazon Prime and Netflix, which subscription would you keep?
 
Lord Brady

Lord Brady

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Oct 26, 2017
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I leech off someone else's account for the free shipping. They dont have enough quality video content for me to pay for the service. Fuckers canceled Good Girls Revolt.
 
NealMcCauley

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Oct 27, 2017
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Kevin360 said:
I thought you needed to affirm you were taking classes?

I have two valid .edu addresses from undergrad and graduate schools, but stopped taking classes, and was no longer able to get the student price.
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As far as I can tell Amazon doesn't do the thorough third party checking like Spotify or other sites. The email I used was an old one before my uni switched to a new domain so maybe that helped.
 
sangreal

sangreal

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Oct 25, 2017
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Doesn't affect me since I pay annually but this is a joke considering how badly the service has degraded with AMZL
 

mmazurkiewicz

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Oct 30, 2017
213
Just let my annual expire last week. Done with Amazon.

Don't need two day shipping and their video service is ass besides two or three shows.
 
GuitarGuruu

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Oct 26, 2017
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I only ever had Prime Student through college, didn't even know that it had a monthly option. Seems kind of spendy for what you get unless you buy a LOT.
 
liquidtmd

liquidtmd

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Oct 28, 2017
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Does anyone else continually use new email addresses to get 30 day free trials? I know a guy whose done this for the last six months and been fine.

Asking for a friend *cough*
 

Mystic Vivi

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Oct 28, 2017
199
Grrrr Netflix also went up. All these subscriptions have increased so much over the last decade. In some cases I'm paying over double for the same features I had 10 years ago! "It's only a dollar"
 
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