Honestly I don't think this is unexpected given the situation of the world and inflation. Shipping as well as all other aspects of the world are increasing by 10% if not more. While people look at it as a 17% increase in price when you look at the actual numbers ($119 to $139/yr) we are talking about $1.67 a month which ends up being is 0.0004% of the salary of someone who makes $50k/yr.
Amazon Set to Increase Prime Membership Fee By 17% for US Customers
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Although your point may have been valid, the chart you posted is a bit misleading as it shows the inflation rates for December of each year rather than the average inflation rate for the full years. For example, while the inflation rate in December 2021 was 7%, average inflation for 2021 was 4.7%. It went from 1.4% in January to 7% in December.
turbineseaplane
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coachingguy
macrumors 6502a
Living in a rural area in NC Minnesota, the Prime membership keeps going up, and my realized benefits down… I haven’t received a package in 2 days in more than 5 years… With Hulu, Netflix and HBO Max… we have watched much less Amazon Prime TV… Strongly considering dropping Prime with this increase…
Coachingguy
Coachingguy
Maybe at some point they will further break out the different services so people can just get what they will use. I do use their video service and really love their unlimited photo storage service. Just get the app and it will upload all your photos in the background. Like Apple's photostream without the limits.I really was kind of shocked when I went to the Prime page and saw all the "perks". Still don't use most of them though.
jsalda
macrumors 6502
I wonder if we will start to see a shift in consumers views towards these mega tech companies. I know very few people that were saddened by Meta's stock plunge, most of the audience on late night talk shows applauded. People are starting to tire of the giant tech companies and their CEO's/executives profiting from the invasion of privacy. Hopefully, people will stop relying on these services so much or other, more ethical companies will start to rise. Probably all wishful thinking, but one can only hope.
It is but it also follows about four years of no increases.
turbineseaplane
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Why weren't the already record breaking tax revenues enough to keep the bridge intact?
Fair
Here's the source.
The trajectory from the end of 2020 through 2021 is up, up, up. So my response to what to expect is more of this and thus more price hikes.
M.PaulCezanne
macrumors 6502a
I fully understand this decision. Neither Amazon nor Jeff Bezos have nearly enough money and with prices falling everywhere people have a lot more money to spend. Moreover, I’d expect Prime subs to fall while people are stuck at home during a global pandemic.
#leastshockingheadlines
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Almost jumped ship at $119 and definitely will now.
Quite often when ordering I would price compare between my logged in Prime account against a guest non-Prime price and notice that very often the Prime price is a few $ higher. So obviously they are hiking some Prime prices to make up for that “free 2-day” delivery.
And quite often I would see an item that says next day if ordered in the next x hours. I would select it, and when I get to the payment screen, that next day changes to 2-3.
And, lastly, the stupid “Amazon Day” delivery being forced on us is annoying.
I’m out.
Quite often when ordering I would price compare between my logged in Prime account against a guest non-Prime price and notice that very often the Prime price is a few $ higher. So obviously they are hiking some Prime prices to make up for that “free 2-day” delivery.
And quite often I would see an item that says next day if ordered in the next x hours. I would select it, and when I get to the payment screen, that next day changes to 2-3.
And, lastly, the stupid “Amazon Day” delivery being forced on us is annoying.
I’m out.
FelixDerKater
macrumors 68040
Adding in the equivalent of a regional sports fee on cable...
IDK about you all, but I am getting subscription to death if you really think about it.
Walmart+
Amazon Prime
DoorDash Pass
Costco
Sams Club
Instacart Express
Shipt
Grubhub
They all suck you in with trials, get you used to it. You could easily spend $1000+ a year on this stuff. On my yearly budget review it was a rude awakening. It would take some careful planning to maximize the benefit vs. cost of one of these, let alone a combination. In the end I think they make more off of me than I save by using most of these.
Walmart+
Amazon Prime
DoorDash Pass
Costco
Sams Club
Instacart Express
Shipt
Grubhub
They all suck you in with trials, get you used to it. You could easily spend $1000+ a year on this stuff. On my yearly budget review it was a rude awakening. It would take some careful planning to maximize the benefit vs. cost of one of these, let alone a combination. In the end I think they make more off of me than I save by using most of these.
turbineseaplane
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We subscribe to almost nothing beyond what I consider essentials (cell, net, utilities, email, 1password, etc)
It’s easier to do than many would think…we do things differently for sure and don’t consume all the same things…
But I just refuse to firehouse away money into endless subs
Re: 1password. Not sure how much longer that will be. I see Cabel just tweeted this…
gregohb
macrumors regular
There really needs to be an alternative. Amazon is not even that cheap many times.
turbineseaplane
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With the logic I hear around here sometimes -- the suggestion would be "Start your OWN store!"
Abazigal
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That's a lot of subscriptions but more importantly, are you deriving value from them?
gregohb
macrumors regular
anytime a company has a monopoly, there will be abuse.With the logic I hear around here sometimes -- the suggestion would be "Start your OWN store!"
