I let my Prime membership expire in September because I won't pay $99 for a renewal...I wonder if I'll qualify for this deal? (Or is it for absolute first-time customers only?)
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Nope. I'm paying for convenience just as I pay a premium for Apple products because they are usually better built and more intuitive to use. I buy a lot of stuff from Amazon, yes, but never if I can get it net-net less somewhere else at the same speed. Plus the free video and music streaming is a nice bonus too.
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In the past I have bought these, waited for my sub to expire, and then activated the "gift" a few days later. Of course maybe Amazon caught on to that practice, maybe they don't care, who knows.
Maybe worthless to you, but I like it. I get free TWO day delivery including on Sunday. I've used the same day delivery twice. I am in complete control of what I purchase. I find it a heck of a good product for me.
I loved the TG crew, warts and all. Can't wait to see the new show. The most surprising thing in this thread thus far is the number of people who don't already have Prime. Anecdotally, it would probably be much much easier for me find someone who has Prime than it would be for me to find someone who can take advantage of this offer. Above all else, Prime is about shipping advantages. The video, music, photo stuff is just ancillary bonuses imo.
If he continues, we can expect him running for Prime Minister soon 'cause it already worked for a recently elected president.
Here come the complaints about the discount not being available to current members looking to renew.
The average Prime member spends 4x more with Amazon. Amazon now has more Prime members (over 63 million) than non-Prime members. You can see how getting people to sign up means big money for them.
The average Prime member spends 4x more with Amazon. Amazon now has more Prime members (over 63 million) than non-Prime members. You can see how getting people to sign up means big money for them.
As a Prime member for YEARS, I would expect a discounted price when my membership renews.
"pretty much worthless" to you. You are *paying* for services, including but not limited to, free 2-day shipping and the Amazon Prime video library. Now, you can argue that it is not "free" 2-day shipping since you are paying a fee to have obtain that benefit, and I can buy that argument. However, for those of us that shop on Amazon often, for me at least 3 orders per week, Prime membership is about the best $99 I can spend per year.
While I have been a Prime subscriber for many years and will continue my membership for years to come, I find the fact that they are not offering the $20 discount for renewals a bit offensive. I just checked and I have placed 113 orders to date in 2016, on top of 135 in 2015. The $99 Prime cost is super-minimal to me. But at the same time, I would have appreciated that 1 day sale so that I could opt to early renew for 2017 (I believe my renewal is in February).
He wasn't fired. They didn't renew the contracts. He still does work for the BBC.
How would you watch it for free? Do you intend to steal it? Since when was theft acceptable?
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Apple TV owners?
I have Prime but to be frank I could live without it. Prime video is pretty weak compared to Netflix, and whilst the quicker shipping is nice I'm rarely in much of a rush to get things.
I will watch The Grand Tour though, on my PS4 or Xbox One. If this show is a big hit it's going to make the childish feud between Apple and Amazon look even more pathetic than it already does. I mean come on guys, work it out. Prime Video is on every platform out there, except the Apple TV. So much for Cook being a good business guy, he's dropped the ball on this one in a big way.
I wish Amazon Prime was not worthless in Canada 2 day shipping is all you get here, plus unlimited photo storage
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This guy obviously needs a safe space. Please someone! QUICK! Get him a teddy bear to hold!!! Welcome to the mindset of corporations bud. If something sells, they don't care if it's baby Jesus being set on fire by a isis attacker wearing a all hail Satan shirt.
Why take the risk? The show has had more than enough publicity. You can never be sure with critics - there's a danger that they might actually like it, which would be poison for a show featuring that bunch.
That's a distinction without a difference: before the incident there was every expectation that Mr Toad's contract would be renewed. The BBC didn't can the show, they hired new presenters (with questionable success). It was obvious to all but the deliberately contrarian that the incident was a major factor decision not to renew his contract. That's "contract not renewed" spelled F-I-R-E-D.
As to the preceding incidents and clashes with the BBC, its hard to know who was in on the gig - the team's non-PC double entendres were the show's unique selling point and it was making big money for the BBC. I think the real problem is that the joke was beginning to wear out, and they were cutting it nearer and nearer the knuckle to keep it alive. Clarkson assaulting a colleague just when his contract was up was probably a lucky break for the BBC (pity they went on to waste so much money on Evans).
As for Amazon Prime - if you make good use of the free delivery, the media offerings are a great bonus - but they're too limited to be worth it in their own right - certainly not a replacement for Netflix/Spotify etc. The other problem is that Prime Video is about the most limited streaming option in terms of device support (Do they have an Apple TV app yet?)
Last year they did something similar and a bunch of Amazon customers (including myself) let them have it and they honored the deal for us too. I plan to do the same this year and based on past customer service experience in the past, I expect they'll do it again.
Based on the earlier article of Apple cutting the Apple TV fees in half, I think this will change very soon!
Jeremy Clarkson is a prejudiced a**. He is also clever, funny, and at least in some subjects, very knowledgeable. His contract was not renewed, and he was suspended for the remaining time on his contract, after punching a BBC producer after a 'producers challenge' day of filming that evidently was very stressful for all 3 of the on air personalities.
And for a non-sequiter to end this-his parents were responsible for making the first Paddington Bear, which people with kids may know about. http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/10/story-paddington-bear-jeremy-clarkson
And for a non-sequiter to end this-his parents were responsible for making the first Paddington Bear, which people with kids may know about. http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/10/story-paddington-bear-jeremy-clarkson
I think the point is that Amazon appears happy to signup someone whose aired racist 'jokes'.
Some people might order from Amazon their Mac products and use Prime to get it shipped quickly. I remember when the top PCs on Amazon sold were Macs. Now with Tim Cook, Apple isn't even in the top 10 with laptops anymore.
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Laptop-Computers/zgbs/electronics/565108
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