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Author:  lipidquadcab [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:08 am ]
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Dear (lipidquadcab),

We are writing to provide you advance notice that the price of your Prime membership will be increasing. The annual rate will be $99 when your membership renews on October 29, 2014.

Even as fuel and transportation costs have increased, the price of Prime has remained the same for nine years. Since 2005, the number of items eligible for unlimited free Two-Day Shipping has grown from one million to over 20 million. We also added unlimited access to over 40,000 movies and TV episodes with Prime Instant Video and a selection of over 500,000 books to borrow from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library.

For more information about your Prime membership, visit our Prime membership page.

Sincerely,

The Amazon Prime Team

This had been talked about for a while...never like paying more for products/services I use but it's still a good deal, provided you buy enough stuff from them.
Author:  Bucky Chris [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:10 am ]
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I buy so much stuff, it still makes sense and I don't even use the video. Still a huge Amazon fan.



One thing I saw this AM, if you order a gift of Prime right now, you can send it to yourself and cash in on it when your current subscription expires (you'd have to cancel yours first). Seems like it would work, but I haven't done it yet.
Author:  IMU [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:33 am ]
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Bucky Chris wrote:
I buy so much stuff

#fasttrack
Author:  Jaw Breaker [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:35 am ]
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Any idea whether the selection of movies/TV shows that Amazon offers as part of the Prime package is better than that available on Netflix? I've been thinking of doing Prime, mostly for the shipping but also in part because I was hoping they have movies that Netflix's streaming service doesn't. My gut feeling, however, is that there is probably 99% overlap and the same studio licensing issues are affecting both equally.
Author:  veganfan21 [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:43 am ]
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Jaw Breaker wrote:
Any idea whether the selection of movies/TV shows that Amazon offers as part of the Prime package is better than that available on Netflix? I've been thinking of doing Prime, mostly for the shipping but also in part because I was hoping they have movies that Netflix's streaming service doesn't. My gut feeling, however, is that there is probably 99% overlap and the same studio licensing issues are affecting both equally.


I have Prime but not Netflix. Prime movies/tv is underwhelming, and as a stand alone service I would never sign up for it.
Author:  lipidquadcab [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:43 am ]
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Jaw Breaker wrote:
Any idea whether the selection of movies/TV shows that Amazon offers as part of the Prime package is better than that available on Netflix? I've been thinking of doing Prime, mostly for the shipping but also in part because I was hoping they have movies that Netflix's streaming service doesn't. My gut feeling, however, is that there is probably 99% overlap and the same studio licensing issues are affecting both equally.

A lot of overlap...not a lot on there movie wise worth watching...mostly the same for TV (but it has a few seasons of Good Eats, so there's that).
Author:  Bucky Chris [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:47 am ]
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Jaw Breaker wrote:
Any idea whether the selection of movies/TV shows that Amazon offers as part of the Prime package is better than that available on Netflix? I've been thinking of doing Prime, mostly for the shipping but also in part because I was hoping they have movies that Netflix's streaming service doesn't. My gut feeling, however, is that there is probably 99% overlap and the same studio licensing issues are affecting both equally.


http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theat ... ant-video/

TV info:

http://lifehacker.com/tv-streaming-head ... 1536006625
Author:  conns7901 [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:28 pm ]
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veganfan21 wrote:
Jaw Breaker wrote:
Any idea whether the selection of movies/TV shows that Amazon offers as part of the Prime package is better than that available on Netflix? I've been thinking of doing Prime, mostly for the shipping but also in part because I was hoping they have movies that Netflix's streaming service doesn't. My gut feeling, however, is that there is probably 99% overlap and the same studio licensing issues are affecting both equally.


I have Prime but not Netflix. Prime movies/tv is underwhelming, and as a stand alone service I would never sign up for it.


Yeah this is why we didn't renew. My wife wanted it for the TV stuff and free shipping, but didn't really like the video selection and we don't order stuff online enough to justify the cost.
Author:  Mini Ditka [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:32 pm ]
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Bucky Chris wrote:
Jaw Breaker wrote:
Any idea whether the selection of movies/TV shows that Amazon offers as part of the Prime package is better than that available on Netflix? I've been thinking of doing Prime, mostly for the shipping but also in part because I was hoping they have movies that Netflix's streaming service doesn't. My gut feeling, however, is that there is probably 99% overlap and the same studio licensing issues are affecting both equally.


http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theat ... ant-video/

TV info:

http://lifehacker.com/tv-streaming-head ... 1536006625


Yes, it appears that Netflix is the king of streaming.
Author:  Bagels [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:41 pm ]
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http://gma.yahoo.com/amazon-accused-che ... nance.html
Author:  bigfan [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:57 pm ]
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Wonder if my Columbia House Prime is going up too!
Author:  Hank Scorpio [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:10 pm ]
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Jaw Breaker wrote:
Any idea whether the selection of movies/TV shows that Amazon offers as part of the Prime package is better than that available on Netflix? I've been thinking of doing Prime, mostly for the shipping but also in part because I was hoping they have movies that Netflix's streaming service doesn't. My gut feeling, however, is that there is probably 99% overlap and the same studio licensing issues are affecting both equally.


The only bonus to to Amazon is that you can cheaply order the movies/tv shows thru the video service. They dont have a great selection of free titles like Netflix does.
Author:  Douchebag [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:11 pm ]
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Hank Scorpio wrote:
Jaw Breaker wrote:
Any idea whether the selection of movies/TV shows that Amazon offers as part of the Prime package is better than that available on Netflix? I've been thinking of doing Prime, mostly for the shipping but also in part because I was hoping they have movies that Netflix's streaming service doesn't. My gut feeling, however, is that there is probably 99% overlap and the same studio licensing issues are affecting both equally.


The only bonus to to Amazon is that you can cheaply order the movies/tv shows thru the video service. They dont have a great selection of free titles like Netflix does.

Amazon is pretty expensive when doing the Video-On-Demand service. And the prices of new movies is outrageous.
Author:  spanky [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:14 pm ]
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What am I missing?
I think I bought a book on Amazon once.....10 years ago.
Author:  Bagels [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:19 pm ]
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Douchebag wrote:
Hank Scorpio wrote:
Jaw Breaker wrote:
Any idea whether the selection of movies/TV shows that Amazon offers as part of the Prime package is better than that available on Netflix? I've been thinking of doing Prime, mostly for the shipping but also in part because I was hoping they have movies that Netflix's streaming service doesn't. My gut feeling, however, is that there is probably 99% overlap and the same studio licensing issues are affecting both equally.


The only bonus to to Amazon is that you can cheaply order the movies/tv shows thru the video service. They dont have a great selection of free titles like Netflix does.

Amazon is pretty expensive when doing the Video-On-Demand service. And the prices of new movies is outrageous.


yeah, i was gonna say the same thing. i ordered a movie one time back in December not knowing, and it was like 7.99...insane
Author:  Hank Scorpio [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:20 pm ]
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Douchebag wrote:
Hank Scorpio wrote:
Jaw Breaker wrote:
Any idea whether the selection of movies/TV shows that Amazon offers as part of the Prime package is better than that available on Netflix? I've been thinking of doing Prime, mostly for the shipping but also in part because I was hoping they have movies that Netflix's streaming service doesn't. My gut feeling, however, is that there is probably 99% overlap and the same studio licensing issues are affecting both equally.


The only bonus to to Amazon is that you can cheaply order the movies/tv shows thru the video service. They dont have a great selection of free titles like Netflix does.

Amazon is pretty expensive when doing the Video-On-Demand service. And the prices of new movies is outrageous.


Maybe I'm wrong. I thought my wife got a season of a show for like $1 an episode... seemed reasonable to me but she could have been lying so I wouldnt get pissed off :lol: :lol: :lol:
Author:  Douchebag [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:21 pm ]
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Hank Scorpio wrote:
Douchebag wrote:
Hank Scorpio wrote:
Jaw Breaker wrote:
Any idea whether the selection of movies/TV shows that Amazon offers as part of the Prime package is better than that available on Netflix? I've been thinking of doing Prime, mostly for the shipping but also in part because I was hoping they have movies that Netflix's streaming service doesn't. My gut feeling, however, is that there is probably 99% overlap and the same studio licensing issues are affecting both equally.


The only bonus to to Amazon is that you can cheaply order the movies/tv shows thru the video service. They dont have a great selection of free titles like Netflix does.

Amazon is pretty expensive when doing the Video-On-Demand service. And the prices of new movies is outrageous.


Maybe I'm wrong. I thought my wife got a season of a show for like $1 an episode... seemed reasonable to me but she could have been lying so I wouldnt get pissed off :lol: :lol: :lol:

Most shows I see on there are $1.99/each, and they upcharge you an extra dollar or two if you want HD. Fuck that.
Author:  IkeSouth [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:13 pm ]
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$99 is still a steal for people like my mom who almost never buys anything from a brick and mortar store, let alone anywhere online besides amazon. she has got to the point where 'if you cant buy it from amazon, i dont need it'.
Author:  Mini Ditka [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:40 pm ]
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spanky wrote:
What am I missing?
I think I bought a book on Amazon once.....10 years ago.


Amazon is a very popular website that sells a lot more than just books.
Author:  IkeSouth [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:43 pm ]
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Mini Ditka wrote:
spanky wrote:
What am I missing?
I think I bought a book on Amazon once.....10 years ago.


Amazon is a very popular website that sells a lot more than just books.


lolz yeah hes missing millions of things actually :lol:
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