Amazon Prime increasing rates (1 Viewer)

[GrandAdmiral]

Netflix is increasing rates. Amazon decides "What the hell? So should we." It's only been a year or so since the last one.

Amazon is raising the price of annual Prime memberships to $139

Amazon is raising the price of its annual Prime subscriptions from $119 to $139 per year, the company announced along with its earnings report Thursday

www.cnn.com

 

[Saint by the Bay]

I think it has been a few years since Amazon Prime raised prices hasn't it? I feel like I've paid $119 for at least 3 years. Honestly, I still think Prime is a steal at $139, but only if you shop on Amazon a lot. If it's just for Prime Video it's not worth it.

Edit: Yep, from the article:

The company last raised prices for Prime in 2018

I don't think raising prices every 4 years is a big deal, especially when it's more than just a streaming service.

 

[SWJJ]

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[Saint by the Bay]

Let's be honest, I'd pay $139 a year just to watch The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel over and over.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I think it has been a few years since Amazon Prime raised prices hasn't it? I feel like I've paid $119 for at least 3 years. Honestly, I still think Prime is a steal at $139, but only if you shop on Amazon a lot. If it's just for Prime Video it's not worth it.

Edit: Yep, from the article:



I don't think raising prices every 4 years is a big deal, especially when it's more than just a streaming service.

Unlike Netflix. Geez.

 

[Saint by the Bay]

Unlike Netflix. Geez.

Netflix isn't worth what I pay for it honestly. I barely watch it, but I feel like if I don't have it I'm missing out. That's how they get you.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Netflix isn't worth what I pay for it honestly. I barely watch it, but I feel like if I don't have it I'm missing out. That's how they get you.

Not even to watch Alisha Wainwright (Dion's mom) over and over?

 

[CoolBrees]

I mean, Prime comes with free books, movies and video games and free shipping on everything and it comes the next day.

 

[jboss]

It simply had to be done. They only beat their EPS by over 600 percent. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

 

[Zztop]

so people have this strange idea that you are forced to pay for a year. But you don't technically have to. What a lot of people do is subscribe when a new season of -whatever- comes out, watch it, then cancel. You can do this for basically any streaming service.

 

[buzd]

so people have this strange idea that you are forced to pay for a year. But you don't technically have to. What a lot of people do is subscribe when a new season of -whatever- comes out, watch it, then cancel. You can do this for basically any streaming service.

That's an awful lot of maintenance.

 

[0rion]

I think it has been a few years since Amazon Prime raised prices hasn't it? I feel like I've paid $119 for at least 3 years. Honestly, I still think Prime is a steal at $139, but only if you shop on Amazon a lot. If it's just for Prime Video it's not worth it.

Edit: Yep, from the article:



I don't think raising prices every 4 years is a big deal, especially when it's more than just a streaming service.

I do think a $20 bump is excessive.

 

[RKNSaint]

I am going to take a pause on Netflix and see if the family even notices. Will keep Prime.

 

[Zack Lee]

so people have this strange idea that you are forced to pay for a year. But you don't technically have to. What a lot of people do is subscribe when a new season of -whatever- comes out, watch it, then cancel. You can do this for basically any streaming service.

Content on Prime is just lagniappe. They have me because most of my products come to my door. I didn’t balk at the hike a couple of years ago and probably won’t at this time. Its less than $2 a month to keep getting my shipments with no delivery fee. Yea I’ll do that. But if they continue to do it routinely, then I’ll likely think about dropping it and just making all my orders meet the 35 minimum or whatever it is now for free shipping. What ultimately works in our favor, I think, is the brick and mortar retailers trying to get into that yearly delivery club pricing game. Competition is always helpful.