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This week I saw a $99 charge for prime which I don't remember ordering with some last minute Christmas gifts a month ago. They let me cancel Prime because I did not use it. And gave me the $99 back.
1 posted on 01/20/2016 1:51:59 PM PST by Citizen Zed
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Folks don't read the fine print anymore. The deal I saw was FREE (for the first month and $99 the first year if you don't cancel). I NEVER sign up for things that go up automatically after an initial period.
2 posted on 01/20/2016 1:59:49 PM PST by grania
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I had the same thing happen. Called customer service and they cancelled it.


3 posted on 01/20/2016 2:00:56 PM PST by Kenton
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Amazon just announced they are hiring 1200 new full time employees for their Kent, Washington facility.


5 posted on 01/20/2016 2:10:58 PM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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If you use Amazon enough, it will pay for itself with free shipping fees for most things. And you get the free streaming prime video library as well.


6 posted on 01/20/2016 2:23:28 PM PST by AFreeBird
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Happened to me, stopped buying from Amazon just because of it.


7 posted on 01/20/2016 2:26:27 PM PST by Daniel Ramsey
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Well I understand why you wouldn’t want to be charged for something you weren’t aware of signing up for.

But let me say this about Prime. Amazon probably rues the day I signed up for Prime. I have MS, shopping at stores is hard, so Amazon is my store, for most things.

I always comparison shop with Walmart (their shipping is free if order is over $50...but not 2 day delivery) and other stores, Amazon usually beats their price. Do I miss
shopping in a store, heck no. Even before the MS, shopping was not on my “fun” list of things.

No need for a shopping list...if I notice we need something, I just order it on Amazon, hopefully with Prime, and then forget it.

I, personally, don’t see how they can afford the Prime memberships (hopefully everyone doesn’t use it as often as I do.)

I work for an online retailer, and I know what shipping rates are for UPS/FedEx, etc. I’ll just say they lose a lot of money on me during the course of a year.

And as long as I’m touting Prime...their Prime Music is a great new addition. We already were using Prime Videos, but I searched Amazon for a CD I was going to download and was informed it was free with Prime Music...so I listened to it free.


10 posted on 01/20/2016 2:34:29 PM PST by Dawn53Fl
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This happened to me TWICE in the past month!!


12 posted on 01/20/2016 4:16:16 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Obama = ISIS Fanboy)
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FYI. If you have an email address that ends in*.edu you get Prime for $50.


13 posted on 01/20/2016 5:22:45 PM PST by Mean Daddy
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They just hit me for $107.17. It was NOT authorized. They’re THIEVES, flat and simple.


14 posted on 01/23/2016 11:27:29 AM PST by jimt (Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.)
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