"Important: Regardless of whether you try the $10.99/month full Prime access or the $8.99/month Prime Video access, make sure to keep track of when that month renews so that you’re not paying for months you don’t want or need."
Good news for lower income folks like me. Its worth just to save on shipping alone and to take advantage of the deals for Prime members. As Jeff Bezos wrote, "Amazon Prime is so good, you'd be irresponsible not to join."
Either way, it’s a great deal. I prefer to pay the $99 up front as I don’t like to deal with monthly payments when I can help it.
Make sure you take advantage of all the the Amazon Prime features like streaming music, TV shows and movies on demand, and unlimited storage for photos.
It’s a great deal. We order items that are hard to find in the desert all the time so we save on shipping. The kids use the video service all the time as well. We cut cable a little after the first Faux debate so we are getting our money’s worth.
It pays for itself in about 3-4 months with the amoint of shopping i do on Amazon.
For me, I get my moneys worth and break even at Christmas with the free 2 day shipping. That makes the rest of the years Prime membership free. Shipping, music, movies and cloud storage, etc... Well worth the $99.
I have to admit that I make up for the shipping in the first couple of months. I’ve started watching programs on their prime as well.
I think it’s as good a deal as Netflix. Plus the shipping.
I guess I’m ignorant. What’s with this Amazon membership? I have bought some things from Amazon but never joined a club or signed up for anything or paid any fees to Amazon. Are you supposed to be a member to shop there? I’m clearly misunderstanding how it works.
First, since I live in a rural area with satellite internet as my only viable option, the Prime downloads are worthless because my data is restricted.
Second, because, since I live in a rural area, I don't get 2-day shipping anymore. Once they stopped using Priority Mail for PO Box addresses and started using Fedex-Smartpost, it routinely takes 10-15 days to arrive. Since my Mother lives nearby, but in a zipcode for a larger town, she DOES get things in 2 days, so I resort to sending them to her place if I need them faster, and driving 10 miles to her place to pick them up.
Anymore I'm wondering whether it's really worth it. If your are in a zipcode that FedEx-Smartpost gets there in 2 days, then it might be.
If you have *any* kind of a student status [taking a course]....prime is $50./year
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-to-get-amazon-prime-for-half-the-price-2014-03-13
I signed up last year when they ran a one-day special year membership for $69.99.
I do more streaming than ordering. I already had Netflix. AP streaming makes a nice complement — plenty to watch between the 2 services.
I also use Instantwatch to see what new movies and TV shows have beeen added. http://instantwatcher.com/
I like that they have a lot of British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand TV programs/movies. I signed up for the BBC America cable tier a couple of years ago and about all I got was an occasional new series and daily binge repeats of StarTrek:TNG. I dropped the tier and BBCA several months ago. PBS has more British programs than BBC America did.
no.
so far I have managed to get every Amazon item we want with zero shipping, just by collecting them together to satisfy Amazon’s minimum purchase requirement (or by buying them elsewhere, which we are doing more and more now that Amazon has raised its minimum purchase for free shipping).
Why even use Amazon at all? Figure out what you want, go to Amazon to check the price and read the reviews and then go to Ebay to buy it cheaper and without tax or shipping.
As I post I forgot there are a few states they have to charge taxes.
I love Amazon Prime. I buy everything I can there. Clothes, TVs, computers, shoes, appliances, household products and etc. One thing nobody has mentioned is you don’t pay sales tax. Where I live if you average $100 a month, the tax savings pays for the membership. Clothes or shoes don’t fit, print out the prepaid label and send back free. I take care of some friends on mine and have the stuff delivered to their address. My grandkids live out of state. I would have their mom get them on Amazon and make a Christmas wish list (mom would email me with the link to each item). I would then pick out what I wanted to get them and have it shipped to their mom who would wrap them. For a small fee they will wrap and include a card with your message. I don’t know if they still do but ordering a large flat screen they had White Glove Delivery. Two guys unboxed it and took the box. Don’t forget the share with family members (very loose on the family thing) or friends. Add 4 of them and charge them, $20 and you all get a deal. They get the 2 day ship and tax free. Now 2 of them can even get the full Prime Deal.
You will save 99 bucks in gas just not having to drive to stores to pick up small items like vitamins, socks, batteries
Not to mention less chance of getting hit by an illegal in the Walmart parking lot.
Hell, I bought a sectional couch for half what I would have paid at a chain furniture store, put it together in about an hour and it looks great.
More time to spend with the family instead of driving to the store a few times a week, the only thing we buy at a store anymore are groceries.
Unlimited selection on clothes, no longer limited to the inventory of your local outlet, same thing with tools and auto parts.
You get free streaming and can download content to a device like a Kindle or Ipad so you can watch on a plane trip.
Amazon Prime is an amazing value.
They even offered me a subscription to the Washington Post for a year for one dollar.
I told them to go to hell on that one.
O.K...I admit I am technologically challenged to put it mildly. I am thinking about “cutting the cord” but the different choices make my head spin so I just don’t do anything.
My question...If I subscribe to Amazon Prime...that includes their streaming service as well as free shipping? I am also assuming that one has to have Wi-Fi for the streaming service to work?
If you use the video and music part, maybe it is worth the money. Most things with the free two-day shipping have added something into the price of the item to cover shipping, so it is not really free.
I buy a large amount of nutritional supplements, and make use of their subscribe and save deals. About the lowest prices available, and no shipping charges. And with 5 subscriptions in one month, 15% discount.