Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $119
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Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $119
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Re: Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $119
#2Lure them with low prices and raise it when you've got the market cornered.
But in all seriousness, my wish is they have a two tiered system: One for shipping only (with a lower PP) and One with all the other stuff I don't use --I don't watch programmed shows/movies, and I don't want to subsidize that.
Re: Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $119
#3Lure them with low prices and raise it when you've got the market cornered. But in all seriousness, my wish is they have a two tiered system: One for shipping only (with a lower PP) and One with all the other stuff I don't use --I don't watch programmed shows/movies, and I don't want to subsidize that.
That's why I only use the 30 day free membership and then cancel it.
That's an unfair move
Re: Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $119
#4Prior to this, it was increased from $79 I believe.
Re: Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $119
#5Well, I guess I won’t be renewing after this year.
Walmart just recently started doing online ordering with next day pickup, and my wife loves it. We never shopped at Walmart before, but it’s so convenient now that we don’t have to go into the store that they’ve lured us back.
I find there’s fewer and fewer things I need from amazon, and video seems to have more and more upsell movies mixed in with the actual content you’re getting with the price of admission. Not to mention that I can’t filter “I want real books only” now that I bought a Kindle.
Once you’re not using Amazon anymore, it’s amazing how you can get great deals from whatever the number 2 website is that sells whatever you’re looking for. For example I was looking at buying some Pemmican bars today, they have “free” shipping on Amazon but are ~$2.60 apiece. The second site on Google has them for ~$2.00 apiece with free shipping on orders over $30. Starting to feel like less and less of a good deal.
Re: Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $119
#6Good, let the dumb suckers pay. It makes sense for a small amount of people.
The same broke dumb people crying about not having money and being poor are often that ones that have it.
Re: Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $119
#7Lure them with low prices and raise it when you've got the market cornered. But in all seriousness, my wish is they have a two tiered system: One for shipping only (with a lower PP) and One with all the other stuff I don't use --I don't watch programmed shows/movies, and I don't want to subsidize that.
Not going to happen. Product bundling is a much more profitable pricing strategy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_bundling
Re: Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $119
#8How much actual stuff (as opposed to downloads) does the average person buy from Amazon, or other online retailers?
I wonder if I'm unusual in making perhaps one online physical purchase per month (not just from Amazon), but then, I don't think I've known anyone with a Prime subscription. Saving a day or two in delivery time also seems of very marginal value.
Re: Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $119
#9Well, I guess I won’t be renewing after this year. Walmart just recently started doing online ordering with next day pickup, and my wife loves it. We never shopped at Walmart before, but it’s so convenient now that we don’t have to go into the store that they’ve lured us back. I find there’s fewer and fewer things I need from amazon, and video seems to have more and more upsell movies mixed in with the actual content…
We are also switching over to walmart.
Re: Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $119
#10Lure them with low prices and raise it when you've got the market cornered. But in all seriousness, my wish is they have a two tiered system: One for shipping only (with a lower PP) and One with all the other stuff I don't use --I don't watch programmed shows/movies, and I don't want to subsidize that.
Not going to happen. Product bundling is a much more profitable pricing strategy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_bundling
Sure, but at some point they will begin to shed subscribers.