Amazon Prime customers could see $20 to $40 price hike, retailer says - @TechCrunch

[dixiegrrrrl]

How are they going to manage what is essentially a 2 tiered membership fee?

Anyone here willing to get or keep Prime after the price hike??

[Kelvin Mace]

1. If they do, they will see a LOT of cancellations

that will just be too much.

[hatrack]

2. That reminds me, has Amazon ever made a dime of profit?

Oh, no, that's right, because it's such a cutting-edge business model . . .

[unblock]

3. their business is quite profitable

that's why they reinvest back into the business instead of passing them through to investors.

[William769]

4. I paid the yearly membership two weeks ago.

Will they give me another bill or wait till next year. I think I'll contact them.

[Xithras]

5. Prime only has value to me because I order a lot of small stuff from Amazon.

I worked out one year that I was spending about $60 a year on Amazon standard shipping, and I'd passed on more than one Amazon purchase because the price no longer made sense once the shipping costs were factored in. Paying an extra $19 a year for shipping to update to 2-Day made sense, especially as I didn't have to worry about shipping costs on those marginal items anymore.

I really doubt that the math would work out as well if it were $40 more expensive.

And I NEVER use the video stuff. Hulu Plus has all of the TV programming that I need (and it works across more devices), and I have no interest in watching old movies.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Most of what I get from Amazon is used books.

for 1 cent Plus 3.99 mailing.
So essentially used books, always in good condition, for 4.00

used books, esp. hardcovers, are a tremendous savings. But the shipping is not eligible on Prime.

[gollygee]

6. Hmm I'm not sure it's worth what I'm paying now

I probably won't keep it

[Nye Bevan]

7. I would keep it even if it doubled in price.

For me it's an absolute no-brainer.

[Mira]

13. ...

[pipi_k]

8. Just read

on another site that Amazon hasn't raised the rate since 2005.

It also said that shipping and fuel costs are going up, so I guess I can't blame them for not wanting to lose money, especially for families like mine that order lots and lots of stuff from them.

If the price does go up, I imagine it will probably be the lower number, which is still a good deal for me, being all rural and everything. Just going to the city twice would cost that much in gas.

[exboyfil]

9. My student account comes up in March

$39 which I consider a very good value. Torchwood and several others that are not on Netflix. Two day free shipping is also a bonus. If it doubles I would probably drop (unless my daughters complain too much about not being able to watch Torchwood again).

[FreeJoe]

11. 200 orders per year

That's what I averaged between 2012 and 2013. I think Prime makes sense for me even if it is a little more expensive.

[2pooped2pop]

12. u can share your prime acct with friends and families

I think up to four others total. If everyone pays a quarter of the cost, you can save a lot.

[hlthe2b]

15. They don't have to live at the same residence? REALLY? that's news to me and I've had it for some

time...

[2pooped2pop]

16. nope

it does say living in same household. Though you could probably work around it since you can have it shipped anywhere. Kind of stupid to share it with members living with you since you would have probably just ordered it in your name anyway.

sorry bout that.

[hlthe2b]

14. It has been a good deal up to now, but increasingly, I find I'm ordering things Amazon ships through

3rd party vendors and thus aren't eligible for PRIME... I would really have to review my past purchases and how many times THAT has happened before deciding. I surely couldn't justify $40 additional, though.

[Abq_Sarah]

17. I would gladly pay it

I order a lot of stuff from Amazon that I can't get locally and my Prime membership has saved me a lot of money in shipping costs. I'm also a heavy user of their Prime video service since I don't have cable or satellite and an extra 20-40 bucks per year wouldn't be a deal breaker for me.