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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #20 on: April 27, 2018, 12:28:19 PM »
Any information on student Prime pricing?

Only works for students that are actually Studying;)

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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #21 on: April 27, 2018, 12:28:59 PM »
Only works for students that are actually Studying;)

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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #22 on: April 27, 2018, 01:13:43 PM »
https://www.dansdeals.com/shopping-deals/amazon/amazon-prime-going-99-119-per-year-heres-can-lock-99-rate-future-years/
Is it really worth it to prepay for multiple years? Primarily for those with grandfathered sharing rules who won't accrue benefits until some unknown future date.
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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #23 on: April 27, 2018, 01:15:08 PM »
Is it really worth it to prepay for multiple years? Primarily for those with grandfathered sharing rules who won't accrue benefits until some unknown future date.
If you're grandfathered it's a different story, as I wrote.
But I don't see why not lock in a few years otherwise.
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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #24 on: April 27, 2018, 01:23:43 PM »
What do u mean by grandfathered in?

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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #25 on: April 27, 2018, 01:33:00 PM »
What do u mean by grandfathered in?
Old rates/perks etc.

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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #26 on: April 27, 2018, 03:17:11 PM »
Old rates/perks etc.
ty but if i'm a prime member few years already i can keep that rate?

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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #28 on: April 27, 2018, 04:43:47 PM »
If you're grandfathered it's a different story, as I wrote.
But I don't see why not lock in a few years otherwise.
Yeah, but don't go too crazy. You don't get a great return on anything more than 2-3 years. On the third year you'll have a 6% return and on the 4th it'll be less than 5%.

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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #29 on: April 27, 2018, 05:25:39 PM »
Yeah, but don't go too crazy. You don't get a great return on anything more than 2-3 years. On the third year you'll have a 6% return and on the 4th it'll be less than 5%.
a few years
Though in a few years it'll probably go to 149...
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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #30 on: April 27, 2018, 05:28:03 PM »
Though in a few years it'll probably go to 149...
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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #31 on: April 28, 2018, 07:23:50 PM »
Any information on student Prime pricing?
Doesn't seem you can lock in the price at $49 like regular prime members can do to lock in the price at $99.
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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #32 on: April 28, 2018, 10:23:20 PM »
Though in a few years it'll probably go to 149...

By then I hope walmart will have a competing program if they're going to want to stay in the game so it might be a bit more then a few years
If it's not free shipping it's not worth it.

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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #33 on: April 28, 2018, 11:54:01 PM »
By then I hope walmart will have a competing program if they're going to want to stay in the game so it might be a bit more then a few years
Hopefully someone Google or Walmart otherwise Amazon will just rip us off and will not stop go up and up soon you will see it's at $199 if nobody is competing.

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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #34 on: April 29, 2018, 01:17:25 PM »
I would be OK with this price increase if they would include free no-minimum Prime Fresh, free no-minimum Prime Pantry and no-minimum Prime Now. Other than that, there is NO way to justify this increase. Their crappy selection of movies and shows is not going to sell it.

Subscribe and Save used to be a lot better. Getting tired of fishing for five items every time when they used to give the 15% discount for just one item. What happened to the 20% on one box of Pampers? They had to screw with that too? I find that Target is beating Amazon’s prices on grocery items and toiletries hands down. With Redcard there are no minimums.

At the end of the day, it's just becoming not worth it. It's like Costco telling you that your membership doesn't cover gas, for gas you need to purchase an additional "Costco Gas Membership", and it doesn't cover pharmacy items, for that you need to buy a separate "Costco Pharmacy Membership".

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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #35 on: May 04, 2018, 12:58:09 PM »
I don't understand how I would get to keep membership at $99 if I purchase now a $100 GC at staples to use when my membership ends in August

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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #36 on: May 04, 2018, 01:03:25 PM »
I don't understand how I would get to keep membership at $99 if I purchase now a $100 GC at staples to use when my membership ends in August
use it to buy " the gift of Prime" now, and have it sent to your email address and open it when your prime expires

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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #37 on: May 05, 2018, 07:46:34 PM »
I don't understand how I would get to keep membership at $99 if I purchase now a $100 GC at staples to use when my membership ends in August
I Agree with you I wouldn't see how your locking in the Amazon  $99 fee if you buy from staples.
   But if you spend 5 minutes and read through dans beautifully, well written and spoon fed thread you can see exactly what he did to lock in prime savings for as many years as your heart desires or at least the next couple of years.
  I hope that post of dans helps, if you still don't understand feel free to post back here and ask away or in the comments of that post.

https://www.dansdeals.com/shopping-deals/amazon/take-3-steps-now-save-20-amazon-prime/
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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #38 on: May 09, 2018, 02:38:29 PM »
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

https://www.dansdeals.com/shopping-deals/amazon/amazon-prime-going-99-119-per-year-heres-can-lock-99-rate-future-years/#comment-1354859

Why is everyone so focused on the 2 days?

More importantly, why does no one realize that I can get pushpins for $2.22 shipped and in walmart i would need to spend at least $32.78 more to get it shipped for free?

If it's not free shipping it's not worth it.

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Re: Bad news: Amazon prime is going up to $119 starting 5/11
« Reply #39 on: May 09, 2018, 02:43:01 PM »
https://www.dansdeals.com/shopping-deals/amazon/amazon-prime-going-99-119-per-year-heres-can-lock-99-rate-future-years/#comment-1354859

Why is everyone so focused on the 2 days?

More importantly, why does no one realize that I can get pushpins for $2.22 shipped and in walmart i would need to spend at least $32.78 more to get it shipped for free?
Well said.
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