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Re:Amazon Raises Annual Prime Price 20% to $119 by Johnny555 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @08:07PM (#16937258)
Our household saves more on delivery fees then annual subscription price

Are you sure? Amazon has free shipping for orders over $25, if you didn't have that "free" shipping, how many times would you pay for shipping versus consolidating multiple orders? Would you count on free 2-day shipping or order far enough ahead to get the free shipping.

I'm a long-time prime member when when my renewal comes up, I'm not sure I'm going to renew. Since I'm already a Netflix subscriber and the Amazon "free prime" catalog is worse than Netflix, prime video is not much of a draw for me

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Re:Amazon Raises Annual Prime Price 20% to $119 by bardworx on Thursday April 26, 2018 @08:20PM (#16937349)
Valid points. However, I do save on shipping based on just the ease of use.

Most items on amazon I can get next day for free. Sometimes it saved my bacon (forgetting a gift or some household item) and sometimes I just get what I want faster. That aspect is very appealing to me.

If they remove the next day shipping or start charging I will reconsider because it won’t make sense to wait for stuff that I can easily go to a store and buy.

So yeah, they have free shipping but not on next day delivery.

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