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Prime provides much more value than the order shipping benefit, which is part of their reason for the increase.
by benburleson 8y ago
Prime provides much more value than the order shipping benefit, which is part of their reason for the increase.
- ams6110 8y agoWhat value is that?
- chrisseaton 8y agoPrime Video for example, which is their streaming video service, including original content.
- ams6110 8y agoMaybe for some. I never watch anything on it.
- chrisseaton 8y agoOk? Not every service has to be worth it for everyone does it? I don't spend much money on skateboards to be honest but I don't see the need to ask sarcastic questions about their business model just because it doesn't apply to me.
- ams6110 8y agoNo it doesn't. I should have asked, "besides Prime video" but I assumed that was well known enough. I was wondering if there was some lesser known benefits that might be interesting, because otherwise, with this price increase, I'll probably cancel.
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- matmann2001 8y agoYou're probably not paying for a non-skateboard-related service that comes with free skateboards.
- chrisseaton 8y agoIf you don't like it, don't subscribe to it. I don't see why people need to be snarky.
- praneshp 8y agoThere are a 100m prime subscribers globally. I've found that if I were unhappy, unsubscribing will continue to leave me irrelevant, but snarky comments can enrage fans of the service/neutral observers.
- desk_rabbit 8y agoOk, let's imagine for a second that I offer a service. I will deliver any item you want to your door in two days, and I will also supply you with as much manure as you want. Most people would like the first benefit more than the second. If you're a farmer, maybe you want the manure, but to most people that "benefit" doesn't apply. Is my average customer sarcastic in claiming that all my service offers is two day shipping? No. That's just the only part of the service they would ever care about. I would bet that most prime customers are interested specifically in the shipping, so to them the fringe benefits are irrelevant.
- chrisseaton 8y agoOk so you could say 'I don't see the value in Prime Video myself', rather than asking 'what value', which makes people think you are genuinely asking a question.
- desk_rabbit 8y agoI'm not the person who made the original comment, just someone who found your response silly.
- chrisseaton 8y agoI'm using the generic 'you' as an indefinite pronoun.
- desk_rabbit 8y agoFair enough. Then I would say that when "I" said, "Maybe for some. I never watch anything on it," "I" had already acknowledged that not everyone saw things the same way as "me." Again - I bet you that most people care about the shipping and nothing else. That is an important fact when considering the value prime offers.
- wolco 8y agoThat service alone isn't worth 9.99
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- wrs 8y agohttps://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201910360 https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=...
- DaveInTucson 8y agoI have it pretty much for the no limit two day shipping feature. It'd be great to have a "shipping only" version at a lower price.
- diffeomorphism 8y agoThen they should offer "prime light" without these "benefits". Amazon is trying to leverage their dominant market position to enter video streaming, music streaming, ... etc.. And have customers pay higher rates on top of that. At some point that becomes abuse of monopoly.