Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11

[ben89]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202213110

[sruly]

Good thing I locked in a dozen years at $79.

But I'm still not able to use it as I don't want to give up my sharing benefits.

[Bentzy]

Good thing I locked in a dozen years at $79.

But I'm still not able to use it as I don't want to give up my sharing benefits.

I was able to use a gift of prime i had locked in at $79 (on 10/8/17) and then got them to reinstate my grandfathered sharing benefits.

[Dan]

https://www.dansdeals.com/shopping-deals/amazon/amazon-prime-going-99-119-per-year-heres-can-lock-99-rate-future-years/

[etech0]

Good thing I locked in a dozen years at $79.

But I'm still not able to use it as I don't want to give up my sharing benefits.

Ditto, until the people I share with decide to stop, I'm just saving my $79 x I don't remember how many

[ben89]

https://www.dansdeals.com/shopping-deals/amazon/amazon-prime-going-99-119-per-year-heres-can-lock-99-rate-future-years/

i posted before you

[yuneeq]

https://www.dansdeals.com/shopping-deals/amazon/amazon-prime-going-99-119-per-year-heres-can-lock-99-rate-future-years/

I have a post somewhere in the forum guaranteeing you Prime will go up before June.
Ding ding ding.

[davidrotts63]

I have a post somewhere in the forum guaranteeing you Prime will go up before June.
Ding ding ding.

It should be where the monthly increase was announced

[etech0]

I have a post somewhere in the forum guaranteeing you Prime will go up before June.
Ding ding ding.

Because most of their customers are annual subscribers and raising the rates even one penny is a drastic move and has to be done correctly. My guess is around Prime day they'll raise the rates while throwing in some one time benefit to make up for the increase.
If I had to guess I'd say the majority of month to month subscribers are either poor people or those that have trouble doing math. Poor people don't have $99 to drop but they can find $10 to scrape away every month. Dumb people, well, are just dumb and probably don't realize that it costs more. Regardless, no one is actually "locked in" more than a year. I have a feeling that many of the month to month people just testing out Prime move to annual once they're on for a few months.

[aygart]

One thing they removed is music storage

[johnec4]

https://www.dansdeals.com/shopping-deals/amazon/amazon-prime-going-99-119-per-year-heres-can-lock-99-rate-future-years/

The people above this quoted post say they can't share. If I follow the directions in this post will I still be able to share my prime access with my wife?

[aygart]

The people above this quoted post say they can't share. If I follow the directions in this post will I still be able to share my prime access with my wife?

You will still be able to share within the household as long as you don't mind the cc info being shared.

[lifetimedeals]

Most people need prime for fast 2 day shipping is it really worth paying $119 plus tax to have it delivered little faster? I don't get it

[TimT]

Most people need prime for fast 2 day shipping is it really worth paying $119 plus tax to have it delivered little faster? I don't get it

Don’t forget the thrill of getting it same day or even an hour or 2.

[lifetimedeals]

Don’t forget the thrill of getting it same day or even an hour or 2.

I have prime but never got anything the same day, never needed anything same day

[aygart]

Most people need prime for fast 2 day shipping is it really worth paying $119 plus tax to have it delivered little faster? I don't get it

It can easily pay for itself with subscribe and save

[stooges44]

Most people need prime for fast 2 day shipping is it really worth paying $119 plus tax to have it delivered little faster? I don't get it

It's not the 2 days for me and it never was it's the no min free shipping. Until prime came along I'd have to:
1) wait until I had a big enough order to get free ship
2) browse around for a really, really long time looking for things that I "needed" to bring the order over the min.

But now I'm happily taking advantage of the no-rush credits

[aygart]

It's not the 2 days for me and it never was it's the no min free shipping. Until prime came along I'd have to:
1) wait until I had a big enough order to get free ship
2) browse around for a really, really long time looking for things that I "needed" to bring the order over the min.

But now I'm happily taking advantage of the no-rush credits

of course by the time you find the additional items which you didn't really need the deal is already gone costing you more than prime membership over time.

[davidrotts63]

Any information on student Prime pricing?

[Dan]

Any information on student Prime pricing?

DDMS