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Amazon to offer discount Prime memberships for those on government assistance
The News & Observer ^ | 06-07-2017 | Teresa Welch

Posted on 06/07/2017 10:45:37 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood

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To: ctdonath2

What I don’t like is that I am paying full boat for Amazon Prime and yet they are offering a discount to low income folks with a EBT card. Hey offer all of us a discount. Give me a discount for at least paying in advance.

Now last year I tried Ancestry.com and they charged about $45 a month. I found their site not especially user friendly for me and pricey. I dropped after one month.

Now last month I was looking to try the genealogy thing again and found another site about as good as Ancestry called The Genealogy Bank, either $19.95 a month or $69.00 for year. Much better deal and one I may go on and take.


21 posted on 06/07/2017 11:15:39 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Flavious_Maximus
Make no mistake, Amazon is not doing this because they actually care about the so-called poor.


Isn't that the truth. Go ahead and purchase that new bug-zapper you don't need, we need your money.

22 posted on 06/07/2017 11:15:42 AM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Captain Peter Blood

How wonderful. Amazon takes from those who earn, and gives to those who don’t.

Add up the value of all the benefits that the “poor” have, and you’ll see that they are no longer “poor”.


23 posted on 06/07/2017 11:17:15 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Le Pen: "Islamism is a totalitarian ideology that has declared war on our nation, on civilization.")
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Mormons have great records. I found some there for my great grandmother I couldn’t find anywhere else. Have you tried them?

http://www.ancestorhunt.com/mormon_church_records.htm


24 posted on 06/07/2017 11:23:34 AM PDT by sheana
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To: I want the USA back

Just like the government. Those who pay their full and fair share subsidize those who don’t. This has nothing to do with Amazon being generous, and everything to do with them finding some loophole in the current corporate tax structure.


25 posted on 06/07/2017 11:25:18 AM PDT by AmericanRobot
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To: 2banana

You’re right - it’s a private company - - they can do what’s best for their shareholders or not. Potentially great idea if they can overcome theft by neighbors... maybe locked Amazon boxes?

That said, there will be nice unintended consequences for all of us... like a faster stream of home delivery groceries.


26 posted on 06/07/2017 11:26:56 AM PDT by GOPJ (Under your mercy we take refuge...from the danger deliver us... - Marian prayer)
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To: gunnyg

I was wondering why I was seeing postal trucks in the neighborhood on Sundays. It then dawned on me it was Amazon packages.


27 posted on 06/07/2017 11:26:59 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: circlecity

If someone can afford internet access, a phone, computer or smart TV to watch it on and Amazon prime then why are they receiving food stamps?


Good question, but I’ve recently heard AT&T ads for free high-speed internet access for EBT holders. The phone, of course is free. They do have to come up with a computer, and they all seem to have TVs. Food for their kids, well, that’s another matter. But there are now vans passing out free meals now that school is out.


28 posted on 06/07/2017 11:29:01 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: sheana
Most all of these genealogy websites have access to the Mormon records since they are the best. For some reason if anyone decides to convert and become Mormon they have to investigate your entire ancestry, so in the course of doing this they amassed the largest depository of genealogy records and they found a great way to make money off them. Thanks for the Link.
29 posted on 06/07/2017 11:30:05 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: dfwgator

I bet many make more on welfare than many of us do legitimately. With that said, I want a discount, too!!! Being sarcastic.


30 posted on 06/07/2017 11:34:33 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Peak AMZN. When your big idea to grow revenue is EBT customers...not good.


31 posted on 06/07/2017 11:37:24 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: RummyChick

“I was wondering why I was seeing postal trucks in the neighborhood on Sundays. It then dawned on me it was Amazon packages.”
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Yeh...work em on Sundays too now...and they’ll be even further in the $-hole @ the end of each year...and guess who bails ‘em out—never mind!


32 posted on 06/07/2017 11:39:23 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: hsmomx3

This is the most STUPID thing Amazon could do, since when do government assisted people have credit cards to make purchases Amazon does this and publicized it to make themselves LOOK LIKE they really CARE about folks in need!!!! I HATE LIBERALS they are a bunch of hypocrites!!!! It’s ALWAYS about MAKING PEOPLE think they REALLY CARE!!!!


33 posted on 06/07/2017 11:39:35 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: ameribbean expat

Bottom line is they need revenue and this is one way of trying to get it.


34 posted on 06/07/2017 11:40:18 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“If they can afford this account they wouldn’t need government assistance.”

Exactly what I was thinking. The company is just looking to pat itself on the back though.


35 posted on 06/07/2017 11:42:55 AM PDT by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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To: circlecity

Other businesses cater to EBT recipients too. Internet service is available cheap or free. Older yet capable computers are cheap. Small HDTVs are about $100, lasts for years. Streaming Amazon Video capable player about $30. From there, a person can enjoy cheap/free communication, vast media libraries, and 48-hour delivery of most product needs at competitive prices.

The great thing about all this is how it’s undermining the Leftist demands for more redistribution and more bureaucracy.


36 posted on 06/07/2017 11:52:09 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: dfwgator

If not, then I say, “more power to them”. It’s their dime.


Not sure who “them” and “their dime” is—the suscribers paying full freight will be subsidizing this—as per post #13.

Sort of how the taxpayers subsidize the foodstamps.

Feel like canceling and probably will.


37 posted on 06/07/2017 11:54:47 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

But disabled and pensioned veterans won’t get a discount?


I wondered about this too!


38 posted on 06/07/2017 11:55:39 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: Freedom56v2
Not sure who “them” and “their dime” is

Amazon and their shareholders. Either this will make them a lot of money are cut into their profits. Not my concern.

39 posted on 06/07/2017 11:56:40 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Captain Peter Blood
...$5.99 a month. Half the normal annual $99 fee that has to be paid upfront in advance.

My math is a bit rusty, but the reduced annual fee of $71.88 represents about a 27% discount, not 50%. I'm not an Amazon apologist, but as long as they don't pass along any cost to everyone else, that's fine.

40 posted on 06/07/2017 11:59:53 AM PDT by Obadiah (Global warming caused Hillary to lose the election.)
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