there is so much free content online
I like other vendors better.
The Amazon video interface is cumbersome to use
If you are a weekly buyer of goods on Amazon....then yes, it’s a good deal.
If you only use it’s service six to ten times a year? No. It’s a waste.
In the last year, I started comparing prices, and generally...I can beat Amazon’s prices on about half the goods that I’m interested in buying. Maybe it’s a competitive trend, or just that I never made an effort to compare before.
Short answer, YES. I save thousands of dollars in shipping costs each year, plus family watches movies.
119???!! When did that happen??!?
Movies are not the best except the ones that you have to rent even WITH Prime.
Messing up deliveries left and right past 4 months. Dont know what’s going on.
Fast and free shipping isn’t too hard to find anymore.
Amazon fresh is a FORTUNE.
Less then 10 dollars a month is a bargain. Of course, people can go take a class at the local community course (even a 1-credit fun course) and pay 49 dollars a year. That’s what I pay. Only need a school e-mail.
And free listening from Alexa...
No, I stopped it. Very little is free two day shipping and I can wait if need be.
Since I consider Bezos evil incarnate, I am helping the world by not contributing to his company.
I do use Amazon as a Sears Catalog, I look there for the products and buy them elsewhere, usually less expensively.
For example, I always compare prices between Amazon and Alibris for books, even with shipping, Alibris comes out ahead. And I don’t mind paying for shipping. as long as my total price is same or less.
I did not find their catalog of films compelling, lot of c and d rated films and I can just buy a film I want to see that is in their catalog if I want to, I don’t need prime.
Netflix has a better catalog of films and their DVD selection is great!
I make multiple small purchases at Amazon. Plus, I just binged season 4 of Bosch and am looking forward to the next season of Man in the High Castle. So to me it’s still worth it.
I just renewed my Prime in March, but I’m not next year. I do enjoy the movies and TV shows, but $20 more is ridiculous. Low income gets a reduction and we are essentially paying for them.
No. I was Amazon Prime for a few years but dropped it this year. I was definitely not getting value for it.
I recommend cancelling your Amazon Prime account.
JoMa
We really like Prime, but there are many shows and movies that we’d like to watch that STILL require a fee. If they are going to raise the annual fee, then some of that content should be free to members. Our renewal is coming up soon. We might have to rethink that.
I tried the 30-day free trial of prime. I have no use for it, so I cancelled.
Buck Fezos.
I am going to rethink this, as well. Primary gripe is that too many two day deliveries are taking more than two days, somethings significantly more. Also, the free video offerings are not the best and we rarely use them or any other service other than the free delivery.
Just addressed this in our Budget. Sending a message to Amazon as to why EBT/Madicare is just $5.99 per month and our price increased. Depending on the answer we will see if we continue. Does save on shipping over an entire year, but not if we are to belong to a “special caste” of Customers.https://www.amazon.com/l/16256994011?
I consider it a bargain at that price based on how much we use it (some months $1000+ just in household stuff) and prime now is great when children sick or workload is heavy
Probably shouldn’t put it in print but I’d probably pay 60 a month or more for he conveniences but we are in one of those periods where time is way more valuable than money to us
Yeah, the free shipping has definitely lost it’s luster. Usually it’s “three day shipping”.
And I never find a movie I want to watch that is Prime. The good ones are all pay.
Each individual needs to decide for themselves.
Personally Amazon has become my goto place to shop (and not just on line). It is not often I “need” same day service but when I do Amazon delivers.
Recently I checked and discovered I bought a little over $8,000 worth of items from them over ten years.
Perhaps the one thing I like the best is there no hassle return policy. One email with complaint and a replacement is immediately sent out. Better than any brick and mortar store I have ever tried to return something to.
Nothing but greed.