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Re:Why Amazon is eating the world by Touche on Monday May 15, 2017 @01:24PM (#14343337)
You're not paying money to shop; you're paying money for shipping and unlimited access to their video library (and a bunch of other stuff, I'm sure). I'm not sure what the average shipping cost is, but if it were $5 then you should get Prime if you are going to buy more than 16 things from them.
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Re:Why Amazon is eating the world by creepydata on Monday May 15, 2017 @04:40PM (#14344921)
The video portion was only added in 2011 and I really, really don't see the appeal of prepaying for shipping. Especially $80/year worth.

I either upgrade to 2 day if I need it earlier and if I don't I'll use the saver shipping and get it in a week.

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Re:Why Amazon is eating the world by Touche on Monday May 15, 2017 @07:46PM (#14346221)
The appeal is that the shipping cost is much cheaper the more you buy.

Do you not understand the appeal of any membership service? Costco is the same idea, for example. Or gym memberships, etc.

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