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Open question: what are other options to Amazon? I don't live in an area that has easy access to big box stores, so I order lots of what I use online. Who provides a good service? I'm not a fan of Walmart either, and I'll happily use Newegg for tech and Chain Reaction for bike parts, but for the generic ephemera of everyday life I'm at a total loss. Suggestions?
Nope. • Prime Video is losing selection to "channels" that require extra payment on its own platform. • Prime shipping is no longer certain to be two days. • Those which are assured to arrive within two days don't always do so, but I never get a credit for that delay against my prime membership for a failure to meet their SLA even though I'm supposedly covered with some sort of guarantee. • Prime shipping is no longe…
If you are not using this card, you are leaving money on the table. This benefit is easily worth an increase of 20 bucks a year. You will still come out ahead.
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Maybe for some. I never watch anything on it.
Ok? Not every service has to be worth it for everyone does it? I don't spend much money on skateboards to be honest but I don't see the need to ask sarcastic questions about their business model just because it doesn't apply to me.
Nope. • Prime Video is losing selection to "channels" that require extra payment on its own platform. • Prime shipping is no longer certain to be two days. • Those which are assured to arrive within two days don't always do so, but I never get a credit for that delay against my prime membership for a failure to meet their SLA even though I'm supposedly covered with some sort of guarantee. • Prime shipping is no longe…
You are forgetting one of the biggest benefits: The Amazon Prime VISA card with 5% cash back on all Amazon and Whole Foods purchases. If you are not using this card, you are leaving money on the table. This benefit is easily worth an increase of 20 bucks a year. You will still come out ahead.
Still worth it for me, especially with the Amazon Prime Rewards credit card. Amazon is still usually the best price online, and 5% for Amazon purchases is hard to beat.
Hard to say if I'll stay but it feels like a lot of companies are doing this. Netflix has done it as well... I feel companies are running out of ideas to scale their business and so they just say, "Wait a fucking second... our product is awesome! It's worth more!" I kind of wonder how long this will last.
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Maybe for some. I never watch anything on it.
Ok? Not every service has to be worth it for everyone does it? I don't spend much money on skateboards to be honest but I don't see the need to ask sarcastic questions about their business model just because it doesn't apply to me.
It makes sense if you compare to other contemporary subscription services. Spotify is ~$120 per year Netflix is ~$110-$130 per year Amazon Prime comes with a plethora of auxillary benefits like Amazon Video and Music, Prime day deals, magazine subscriptions, and many more that I'm probably leaving out. Considering all this, $119 per year doesn't seem like all that much. It's still less than ten bucks a month.
What is Prime offering again? Prime Music is a poor, unlimited trial. It was a great benefit.
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