Posted on 06/07/2017 10:45:37 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
By expanding the customer base they can lower overall costs and increase offerings. Just might take a little while.
The monthly Prime fee is $10.99 / $132 a year ... so it’s a 45% discount.
By expanding the customer base they can lower overall costs and increase offerings. Just might take a little while.
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Will they ever earn their first dollar? Will they remain in business long enough to drive their brick and mortar competitors out of business?
No, not just the shareholders....
It will be the subscribers who pay...and if Amazon raises prices on prime products to cover the deep discounts being offered to welfare recipients, then subscribers will bolt and I certainly hope that they do.
Although I understand discounts for military and elderly, I have never especially liked it when a business caters to any particular segment of consumers...perhaps it is because I feel I am always the one doing the subsidizing...neither I nor my family ever qualify to be in any favored groups.
Frankly I think discounts to welfare moms will just encourage more government assistance seekers (we laready have 1/5 on foodstamps)...and IMHO that makes these discounts outrageous—welfare recipients with high-end electronics such as obama smart phones to order over priced treats which can arrive in 1 or 2 days—I felt the same way when all the area restaurants became foodstamp friendly. Why are foodstamp recipients frequenting fast food restaurants where food is more expensive?
I think food stamps should cover bare necessities and be available for people who are truly destitute—not folks able to afford streaming on Amazon and ordering of overpriced goodies and toys. We have come a long way from government cheese.
What next? Reduced airfare on Southwest?
Do it! I cancelled everything affiliated with Amazon at the beginning of this year: Prime, Amazon's VISA, and my registered account. Never looked back, either.
This latest 'special privilege' madness makes me really happy I got out when I did.
Whose next, Walmart to offer welfare recipients added discounts?
This to me is similar to raising taxes on the poor via a sugar tax. It just drains the EBT system which we all pay for. It will eventually increase benefits to users and coffers to municipalities.
Besides the freeloaders on welfare, are they offering any discount to our servicemen and women?
You mean I’m paying $10.99 a month for Amazon Prime? I thought it was $99 for a year. Geez. I think I’m going to have to stop it or go on food stamps.
There’s all kinds of paths to discounted Prime memberships, so what.
No, I just checked the Amazon website and it's $10.99 if you're paying per month. If being charged annually, it's still $99.00.
Amazon is doing a great job on both.
And smart enough to reinvest every dollar of profit back into undermining all competitors.
Monthly fee averages to higher than annual payment. Not unusual.
The EBT discount is just $27 off annual fee. Not sure why some here are freaking out so badly for helping the poor a little, and making a buck in the process.
Amazon’s taxes are already paying a portion of my disability check, so I won’t complain.
As are the rest of the American taxpayers out there.
Thank you, Taxpayers!
(seriously)
This is offensive. I’m in break-even territory financially, but have to watch every penny I spend. Why are they giving a break to people who already aren’t paying their own way?
Most of those on EBT will not be paying the annual fee I imagine. So at $10.99 a month, if you choose that option rather than paying the annual $99, then for those paying $5.99 it is $60.89 less, about half.
Oh well it’s Amazon’s business.
How do they make money off it? I’ve used it to trace my family and never paid a dime. They offer free accounts.
I have no problem with charity in the form of discounted prices. We are called to help the poor, and “gleaning fields” may have new forms in our modern age.
There are a number of these genealogy services out there, and yes some of them are free, but you have to look for those.
Someone like Ancestry and a couple of others advertise all the time so a lot of folks sign up.
I am going to try your link. The Mormon Church is not trying to make money per se off their library but I imagine they are getting some.
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