I pay around $59 a year in Australia. But I do not think we get the amount of perks the US does. It’s handy but I am trying to buy less from Amazon.
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Amazon Set to Increase Prime Membership Fee By 17% for US Customers
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I live in a rural area, so that sometimes happens to us as well with delays or not as promised ‘same day’ delivery. If you’re more in an urban setting, I think there’s less likely of shipment delays.
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Something else I noticed Amazon really doesn’t do much anymore of, is when you did have potential shipping delays that extended well beyond the promised date, they used a issue like a courtesy credit of like ~$10-$20, now it’s just an apologetic email without the credit.
If my finances ever reach the point that a $2/month increase is even noticed, then I’d have bigger problems to worry about.
The frog sitting in the cooking-pot... now feeling the heat rising once more. But it will continue to sit there... and sit there...
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Article should read Amazon executives get raises at the expense of their prime members lol.
I as well signed up originally for the "free 2 day shipping". In the beginning it was exactly that, things would get delivered in 2 days.. These past two years more than half of my orders were delayed or lost altogether. I kept it when the price went from $99 to $119, because I was using prime video.. Now everything I want to watch isn't included and I'd have to pay even more.
Usually when I order its over $25, so free shipping anyway. I just canceled my membership as there doesn't really seem to be a point (for me) to keep paying more.
Usually when I order its over $25, so free shipping anyway. I just canceled my membership as there doesn't really seem to be a point (for me) to keep paying more.
Like many of the big the big tech companies, deep down Amazon is just evil. Greed layered upon greed, by either Bezos or his henchmen or the stockholders. Plus it has awful business practices, noticing great products, then making its own at discounted prices to shut down little traders. I try to use it as little as possible – and I always steal the 30-day free trial and binge watch Bezos' TV. Ha.
You guys act as if you’ve never heard of inflation before. This is still a good price for all the services included. I would LOVE to see the ones complaining start a business while keep that same energy of never needing to increase prices lmao. Get real
Hey! antitrust clueless people Amazon us raising their platform fees! Better get on it and cut that back!….I mean these “antitrust heroes” need to just please go away you are harming the free market. Unbelievable!
This is a rare case where I find a service so valuable, I believe it is still severely underpriced.
Wow that price hike is way too steep! Can Amazon please offer a ”skinny prime” option? I just want free fast shipping and no other perks.
It’s still a good deal for me. $12/month for video streaming+ music + the discount at Whole Foods. Oh, and I guess they do free delivery of online purchases still?
Not surprising. Price of everything is going up.
Prime members order 4-6x more than non-members, so it's certainly in Amazon's favor to offer such.
While some will cancel, folks at Amazon who do price modeling know they'll lose X amount of subscribers but more than make up for it with the price increase. All large companies do the math before rolling out increases.
You can expect to see Netflix and many other services increase in price this year too.
Prime members order 4-6x more than non-members, so it's certainly in Amazon's favor to offer such.
While some will cancel, folks at Amazon who do price modeling know they'll lose X amount of subscribers but more than make up for it with the price increase. All large companies do the math before rolling out increases.
You can expect to see Netflix and many other services increase in price this year too.
Get the $119 price before it goes up.. buy gift membership for yourself and set the date on it during purchase for 1-day after your current one expires. set current one to NOT renew automatically. At least we can put it off for another year... sigh Amazon.
Based on recent patterns about 3 years but I suspect it will pass $150 and move to $155 or $160 next.
We watch a lot of stuff on Prime Video, I usually find a kindle book I like with the monthly Prime First Reads, and we use the shipping quite a lot for small orders since it saves a bunch of time vs schlepping around town looking for this and that.
So while I'd rather not see a $1.67/mo price increase, it's not a big enough deal for me to make a change at this time.
So while I'd rather not see a $1.67/mo price increase, it's not a big enough deal for me to make a change at this time.
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Netflix upped their price three weeks ago.
Exactly. $139 for one/two day shipping isn’t worth it especially if you don’t use all the services that come with it.
They’d probably lose money, but to be more consumer friendly they should split the services into individual products, like Apple One tier subscriptions does.
poor jeff bezos needs to fund the dismantling of a dutch bridge so his yacht can get through.
i'm happy to pay more in order to help jeff and his yacht get through safely!!
go **** yourself amazon.
i'm happy to pay more in order to help jeff and his yacht get through safely!!
go **** yourself amazon.
Perfect time to get rid of Amazon Prime membership for me. We've reviewed our subscription services, and how much in a given month we actually use the service, and realized that for the most part, we're giving money away to these providers.
Until you all vote with your wallets, it’s not going to change. I dropped Prime over three years ago and never looked back. Most of what they list is crap anyway, and I can often find better prices even including shipping.
That alone would be enough for me to cancel my prime "membership" if I had one.
It is insteresting to know where Amazon get's it's profits from because everytime the UK tax regulator goes after Amazon for them to pay the correct amount of tax Amazon always responds with 'we made no profit this year'.