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Yeah the text is confusing too when you have the free trial, it makes it sound like your benefits stop immediately, making you want to wait till the last minute

Yeah the text is confusing too when you have the free trial, it makes it sound like your benefits stop immediately, making you want to wait till the last minute to cancel, when you can cancel straight away and keep for thirty days. As a non prime member they make it hard to buy things too, with extra screens trying to offer you another trial for a week for 99p and always defaulting to offering that and paid delivery. For me, Prime is way too expensive, i don't want there crappy video streaming service.

carlmr 5y ago
I wish they had prime delivery without the video for the old price. I really don't care about that.
- r00fus 5y ago
  I kind of wish the inverse - they have some really good shows on Prime video, but I don't buy much anymore on Amazon (local stores have really stepped up the same-day delivery game).
- Frost1x 5y ago
  Don't worry a competitor will quickly swoop into the market and offer such an alternative, forcing Amazon to decouple these services, improve their video streaming or reduce bundled costs. They are in no way in a monoplistic type situation with such high barriers to entry that competition doesnt regulate them. /sarcasm
  - r00fus 5y ago
    Reading that resulted in a rollercoaster of emotions. Yeah, government action will be needed for above to happen, but Bezos already seems to have bought them off...
  - silisili 5y ago
    Walmart will deliver to your door today, for free, or send things two day shipping. No video service that I'm aware of, cost is 98/yr. Target, Home Depot, and Costco are currently upping their delivery game as well. Amazon is huge, no doubting that, but has nothing close to a monopoly for online shopping. Competitors have really amped up in the last year or two.
- ridgered4 5y ago
  Odd. Since you get free delivery on Amazon for all orders over $25 without Prime, the delivery is the less interesting part of the bundle for me.
  - carlmr 5y ago
    This is why I don't have it anymore, now I just wait longer until i have the 29€ (Germany) total. But sometimes I want to order something for less and I just put it in the cart or get it elsewhere.
hervature 5y ago
I think I agree that Prime by itself is not worth it. But if you get the credit card, the extra cash back on $4,500 worth of purchases on Amazon makes it pay for itself. This is being extremely generous by pretending you can get 2% with another card. Personally, even comparing with local stores and buying the cheaper option, it pays for itself. Then there is cyber Monday where I basically get all the Christmas gifts which add up real quick. Plus, I really like not having to minimum spend to get free delivery.
- Retric 5y ago
  I doubt many people can buy 400$/month of stuff from Amazon without regularly getting screwed over by fake or expired products.
  - torstenvl 5y ago
    I easily buy that much on Amazon on average. I spend $100/mo on Amazon just on sugar free Red Bull. Yes, I may have a problem.
    - throwanem 5y ago
      "May?"
      - deleted 5y ago
        [deleted]
    - blibble 5y ago
      that's not Red Bull that you're drinking..!
  - gs17 5y ago
    If Whole Foods counts (no idea what the specifics of the card are), it's not too hard at all. It's very easy to spend over a hundred a week there if you're feeding more than one person.
mynameisvlad 5y ago
It doesn’t make it “sound like”, at least in Canada. I sometimes get the trial to ship something to my parents. It literally tells you that your trial will immediately end…. Only for it to not. It’s like they considered it at one point then decided not to but forgot to remove the wording.
- deanCommie 5y ago
  > I sometimes get the trial to ship something to my parents. So you're abusing a trial to get something for free that actually costs the company money. But then you complain that the company tries hard to keep you from cancelling the trial? How does that make any sense? You are well within your ethical rights to take advantage of a trial offer. And the company is well within their ethical rights to try to convince you to stay. Three clicks online to cancel is hardly a burden.
  - mynameisvlad 5y ago
    If they offer me a trial, I am going to take it. If I'm not going to use said trial, I will cancel it. It is not "abuse" to use the offer as stated. If they keep offering it, then that's on them. And regardless of my use, they are not "well within their ethical rights" to outright lie to their customers in an attempt to convince them to stay.

carlmr 5y ago

I wish they had prime delivery without the video for the old price. I really don't care about that.

r00fus 5y ago
I kind of wish the inverse - they have some really good shows on Prime video, but I don't buy much anymore on Amazon (local stores have really stepped up the same-day delivery game).
Frost1x 5y ago
Don't worry a competitor will quickly swoop into the market and offer such an alternative, forcing Amazon to decouple these services, improve their video streaming or reduce bundled costs. They are in no way in a monoplistic type situation with such high barriers to entry that competition doesnt regulate them. /sarcasm
- r00fus 5y ago
  Reading that resulted in a rollercoaster of emotions. Yeah, government action will be needed for above to happen, but Bezos already seems to have bought them off...
- silisili 5y ago
  Walmart will deliver to your door today, for free, or send things two day shipping. No video service that I'm aware of, cost is 98/yr. Target, Home Depot, and Costco are currently upping their delivery game as well. Amazon is huge, no doubting that, but has nothing close to a monopoly for online shopping. Competitors have really amped up in the last year or two.
ridgered4 5y ago
Odd. Since you get free delivery on Amazon for all orders over $25 without Prime, the delivery is the less interesting part of the bundle for me.
- carlmr 5y ago
  This is why I don't have it anymore, now I just wait longer until i have the 29€ (Germany) total. But sometimes I want to order something for less and I just put it in the cart or get it elsewhere.

hervature 5y ago

I think I agree that Prime by itself is not worth it. But if you get the credit card, the extra cash back on $4,500 worth of purchases on Amazon makes it pay for itself. This is being extremely generous by pretending you can get 2% with another card. Personally, even comparing with local stores and buying the cheaper option, it pays for itself. Then there is cyber Monday where I basically get all the Christmas gifts which add up real quick. Plus, I really like not having to minimum spend to get free delivery.

Retric 5y ago
I doubt many people can buy 400$/month of stuff from Amazon without regularly getting screwed over by fake or expired products.
- torstenvl 5y ago
  I easily buy that much on Amazon on average. I spend $100/mo on Amazon just on sugar free Red Bull. Yes, I may have a problem.
  - throwanem 5y ago
    "May?"
    - deleted 5y ago
      [deleted]
  - blibble 5y ago
    that's not Red Bull that you're drinking..!
- gs17 5y ago
  If Whole Foods counts (no idea what the specifics of the card are), it's not too hard at all. It's very easy to spend over a hundred a week there if you're feeding more than one person.

mynameisvlad 5y ago

It doesn’t make it “sound like”, at least in Canada. I sometimes get the trial to ship something to my parents. It literally tells you that your trial will immediately end…. Only for it to not. It’s like they considered it at one point then decided not to but forgot to remove the wording.

deanCommie 5y ago
> I sometimes get the trial to ship something to my parents. So you're abusing a trial to get something for free that actually costs the company money. But then you complain that the company tries hard to keep you from cancelling the trial? How does that make any sense? You are well within your ethical rights to take advantage of a trial offer. And the company is well within their ethical rights to try to convince you to stay. Three clicks online to cancel is hardly a burden.
- mynameisvlad 5y ago
  If they offer me a trial, I am going to take it. If I'm not going to use said trial, I will cancel it. It is not "abuse" to use the offer as stated. If they keep offering it, then that's on them. And regardless of my use, they are not "well within their ethical rights" to outright lie to their customers in an attempt to convince them to stay.