I can’t remember if I got an email or saw it in an article but I saw that Amazon Prime pricing is jumping from $119 to $139.
I liked the days when it was $99 or when we had student pricing…LOL. But I admit, we use it SO much - including a couple of my kids - the shopping plus the streaming - I’ll still pay it. Works out to $11.60 monthly. Saves me a lot of time at stores.
Yay or nay?
(not a thread for those who “never have had Prime and am totally against it”)
I’m not happy about it but we will continue to be prime members.
Completely agree. Amazon is just so convenient and sometimes things can even be delivered same day, will definitely continue despite increase.
They do it because they can. I use it so much that it could get to $200 and I’d still pay.
Particularly during the pandemic, when certain items have become harder to find on store shelves and/or I don’t want to visit more places than I have to on a wild goose chase, Amazon Prime has been very helpful. I will continue to pay it, grumbling.
Is the next shoe to fall the raising of the month-to-month cost? We subscribe to Prime around the holidays and find it very convenient, but at $12 per month find it high. We readily take offers for “first month free” or “$1 for 2 weeks” but cannot justify keeping it all year.
I think between the family members that use ours, we average close to 2 deliveries per week. 7-8 deliveries a month works out to $2 ish per delivery - and often the delivery is for more than one item.
We rarely do food deliveries to the house so avoid those delivery fees/tips so I’m don’t mind the Amazon fee. Plus the streaming channel.
I’m almost embarrassed by how much we rely on Amazon for items. Seriously, we order every day. It’s rare that we don’t have an Amazon daily delivery. We also order from Sam’s Club.
During the pandemic it was especially beneficial and efficient and safe, but even now we rely on it to purchase out of stock items in our local stores.
So $140 isn’t horrible to be honest, and it even includes the streaming which is pretty nice, too.
@123Mom123 - we are right there with you since both of our girls use our prime. I think there is at least one order per day from one of our 3 households. I also liked the days when we used D1’s account when she was a student, but we will continue to pay $139 a year for prime.
SHHHH! Don’t say that out loud!!!
I checked when I heard this and in 2021 I placed 120 orders with Amazon - so it is definitely worth it to avoid shipping (I share the account with my daughter and we also watch Amazon prime - don’t subscribe to any other movie service)
Smart to have used your D’s prime when she was a student. Right now my mom uses our account so I think I will keep it as is. But it is amazing how you begin to rely on Amazon for finding and shipping so many things….fridge filters, pool toys and cleaning tools, books, puzzles, gifts, GF foods, office supplies, etc.
I still think it’s a bargain, particularly for households like ours that also watch a lot of the streaming content. Also, because my AmEx rewards points link to our Amazon account, we just have to click “apply AmEx rewards” to get our Amazon purchases for “free.”
That said, I’ve become increasingly frustrated by some of Amazon’s business practices, and I’m not just talking about them taking over the planet a la Dave Eggers’ latest novel “The Every.” Some examples of ongoing issues: (1) price gouging by third party sellers; it’s gotten to the point that I routinely do a quick search of other sites before ordering from Amazon; (2) highly chaotic marketplace for books that are not under copyright protection; it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find reputable editions of older books, and even searching by ISBN number is no guarantee.
I could go on. Still, the benefits of Prime outweigh the issues, for now.
Overall still cheaper than the $3.95 or more I’ve had to pay for shipping on other sites. In addition their return policy is second to none. I’m not a fan of their other business policies and I think their CEO is a bozo, but I am an Amazon shopper. I’ll kick a little sand paying the raise.
I agree their return policy is good in general, and I particularly like the option of returning items to Whole Foods, where I go regularly anyway.
However, one of their return policies really irks me. I ordered a Christmas gift for my daughter that was a third party seller item, “fulfilled by Amazon.” The Amazon warehouse worker picked the wrong item, so I wanted to exchange that item for the one I actually ordered. Nope, can’t do that. I had to return the wrong item for a refund, then re-order the correct item. Problem was that in the meantime the third party seller had increased the price. Amazon said I was stuck paying the higher price, even though the exchange was only necessitated by Amazon’s error.
To finish the story, I did pay the higher price, but then saw the item for significantly less in a brick-and-mortar store. I ended up returning the correct item as well because I was so annoyed by the price gouging.
Guess I should be glad I had to renew in January!
I must admit at this point I am hooked on Amazon and would have a hard time giving up Prime.
Between free shipping, next day shipping, availability of everyday items at comparable prices to brick and mortar, plus the great streaming shows, I am willing to pay more. I pay more for my paper newspaper subscription, which has jumped in the last two years. Luckily I just renewed Prime at the current price so don’t have to worry for a year.
Also I will always support Amazon because they gave son a lovely job.
I’ll grudgingly pay the increased amount but it annoys me no end. This morning I read that the Dutch will be partially dismantling a historic bridge in Rotterdam in order to allow Jeff B’s gigantic yacht to pass beneath it. He is paying the costs for that but it does seem to me that he has a lot of nerve charging ordinary people significantly more money while fighting hard against improving work conditions and pay for the people working in his warehouses. How much more money does someone like him need?
I try very hard NOT to order from Amazon. Was doing exceedingly well then Omicron hit and we needed some things. Still, given a choice I’d rather pay more and buy local than give Amazon a dime. I secretly wish they’d go out of business and an organization that could get things quickly from local stores would pop up. Money going back into the local community is important to me. Money for drivers doesn’t count v. family owned businesses that used to provide whatever you needed. I’m angry that I didn’t think of the effects of buying so much from Amazon sooner.
Once Covid is done, I’m completely done with Amazon.
This describes my reaction. H doesn’t care. He uses Prime for videos, music and free books a lot. I order from Amazon, but first price check other retailers.
We have not had 2 day Prime delivery in ages, even before the pandemic. Currently, the estimated delivery times of my orders are running 7 to 14 days. Target has been much faster.