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Amazon Raises Annual Prime Price 20% to $119

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Re: Amazon Raises Annual Prime Price 20% to $119

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Post by ams6110 »

benburleson wrote: post #5
WheelsAtLarge wrote: post #2

I like the idea Prime but slowly and surely Amazon is pricing people out. At $119 I have to think that it might not be worth being part of it. Do I really order that much from Amazon that paying $119 ahead of any purchases is worth it? I don't think so.

Prime provides much more value than the order shipping benefit, which is part of their reason for the increase.

What value is that?

Re: Amazon Raises Annual Prime Price 20% to $119

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Post by floatingatoll »

Amazon’s KB article: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=...

> Starting May 11, 2018, new members will be charged $119/year for an annual Prime membership and $59/year for an annual Prime Student membership.

> Starting June 16, 2018, existing Prime members with an annual membership will renew at a rate of $119/year. Prime Student members with an annual membership will renew at a rate of $59/year.

> Monthly Prime members continue to pay $12.99 per month. Monthly Prime Student members continue to pay $6.49 per month.

Re: Amazon Raises Annual Prime Price 20% to $119

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Post by newobj »

WheelsAtLarge wrote: post #2

I like the idea Prime but slowly and surely Amazon is pricing people out. At $119 I have to think that it might not be worth being part of it. Do I really order that much from Amazon that paying $119 ahead of any purchases is worth it? I don't think so.

Yeah I wouldn't even think about it for 2 seconds

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Post by chrisseaton »

ams6110 wrote: post #11
benburleson wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Prime provides much more value than the order shipping benefit, which is part of their reason for the increase.

What value is that?

Prime Video for example, which is their streaming video service, including original content.

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Post by nickreese »

genericone wrote: post #10

From the comments so far, I just can't shake this feeling of being astroturfed to support the price increase... Is it just me?

I completely agree. The prime video library is junk and besides shipping our household gets very little value out of prime.

Re: Amazon Raises Annual Prime Price 20% to $119

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Post by ams6110 »

dberg wrote: post #6
WheelsAtLarge wrote: post #2

I like the idea Prime but slowly and surely Amazon is pricing people out. At $119 I have to think that it might not be worth being part of it. Do I really order that much from Amazon that paying $119 ahead of any purchases is worth it? I don't think so.

It’s also convenience. 2 days and not thinking about shipping. It’s more than just calculating the total of all you pay for shipping IMO

Many sellers offer free shipping without prime. Or offer the same item cheaper than prime with a slightly longer shipping delay.

Re: Amazon Raises Annual Prime Price 20% to $119

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Post by DaveInTucson »

benburleson wrote: post #5
WheelsAtLarge wrote: post #2

I like the idea Prime but slowly and surely Amazon is pricing people out. At $119 I have to think that it might not be worth being part of it. Do I really order that much from Amazon that paying $119 ahead of any purchases is worth it? I don't think so.

Prime provides much more value than the order shipping benefit, which is part of their reason for the increase.

I have it pretty much for the no limit two day shipping feature. It'd be great to have a "shipping only" version at a lower price.

Re: Amazon Raises Annual Prime Price 20% to $119

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Post by tbatchelli »

When thinking about the cost of Prime, you need to think also of the cost of defaulting to Amazon for many purchases and not doing any price comparison. I have found that now it's fairly common to find the same item significantly cheaper elsewhere, but I just go with Amazon because of the convenience. But this convenience has a higher cost than just Prime, imho
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