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(Last Day) Amazon Prime Membership Increases to $139, Lock in Expired

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Update: Today is the last day. Price will go up tomorrow

Amazon will Increase their Prime Membership to $139, starting 2/18. You can buy Prime Gift Membership 12 Months for $119 now and renew your membership once it expires.

Note, please make sure you cancel auto-renew first and renew it with gift after it expires.

Thanks to community members Doatslo & Zodiac for sharing this.

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PSA: Amazon will raise prices on prime membership by $20

what is the SD move here? purchase gift memberships?

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Last Edited by bluekiwi February 18, 2022 at 05:56 AM
This deal is no longer available as the price has now gone up

Please beware this is YMMV for existing prime members
amazon reserves the right to ban or eliminate you from prime membership
they will also cancel your order gift membership


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If you have a grandfathered account (multiple people), you cannot use this to renew without losing grandfathered account status

(Not sure if a question belongs in the wiki, but for someone who had several folks grandfathered in, how can we check to see that they still are? There used to be an Amazon page that showed their names, but I can no longer find it.)

You can purchase multiples but they must be purchased one at a time

There is sales tax applied to this purchase


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- What is the circumstance for getting the account lock mentioned above?

Q: What is the link for checking your Prime membership expiration?
A: https://www.amazon.com/gp/primecentral


- What are each of the links and step-by-step instructions for:
1) Buying multiple gift memberships (as mentioned above)
2) Canceling Prime Membership auto-renewal
Quote from Cmurphy16 :
Just end membership. It will state that you will continue benefits until the end date and won't renew.
Quote from practicalme :
Ending membership allows you to keep to end of term (there are no partial refunds) and will not renew.
3) Restarting Prime Membership
Is anything lost by letting Prime expire, such as watch lists/favorites/viewing history?

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Rumor has it Amazon will be increasing their prime membership to $139.

The price of Amazon Prime Membership will increase from $119/year to $139/year. The change will occur sometime in the next month or so (possibly on March 1, 2022). Prime Student price is also increasing from $59/year to $69/year.

Suggestion

You can lock in the $119 price by purchasing a Gift of Prime membership. These cost $119 right now and they never expire – set your Prime membership not to auto-renew by cancelling the membership using the 'Manage My Membership' tab, and then when it expires you'll apply the Gift of Prime to your account. (You won't lose your full current membership year when cancelling membership, as will be clear on the final screen; they even give the option on the final screen to 'pause' membership.)



https://www.doctorofcredit.com/am...m-119/amp/
Come on man. This increase is a 16% increase since 2018. Inflation over years: 2019 (2.3%, 2020 (1.4%), 2021 (7.0%). Be smarter about your assumptions.
Yes. Years ago I made the mistake of letting my account expire so that I can use a prime membership code I bought on sale. Found out after I was no longer on the grandfathered plan. My family members were booted.

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anonymous2929239
02-03-2022 at 03:08 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:08 PM.
can I buy 10 years of prime at once?
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bears2006
02-03-2022 at 03:09 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:09 PM.
Quote from negma :
How to turn off AUTO RENEW? I am only seeing End Membership. TIA!
Same question here. I don't see an option to turn off auto renew.
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02-03-2022 at 03:10 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:10 PM.
i stopped paying for prime back in 2018 .. now i just try to get $25 in my cart or i do subscribe and save. bezos makes enough cash not giving him anymore then i truly have to.
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02-03-2022 at 03:11 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:11 PM.
Quote from negma :
How to turn off AUTO RENEW? I am only seeing End Membership. TIA!
Quote from bears2006 :
Same question here. I don't see an option to turn off auto renew.
Ending membership allows you to keep to end of term (there are no partial refunds) and will not renew.

Quote from presclutch :
i stopped paying for prime back in 2018 .. now i just try to get $25 in my cart or i do subscribe and save. bezos makes enough cash not giving him anymore then i truly have to.
I believe it's $35 now Frown
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02-03-2022 at 03:13 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:13 PM.
Anyway to renew earlier? Frown
This is too expensive now except you need video prime etc..
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02-03-2022 at 03:14 PM.

Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank rawkusx

02-03-2022 at 03:14 PM.
Quote from strawberrycake :
I opted out of prime when it jumped to $119 years ago.

I've purchase only a handful of items from amazon, and only when my shopping cart met the free shipping threshold. Plus, I basically use Amazon to check product reviews. Never even took advantage of their prime streaming either while I was a member.

Most reviews are fake or paid for
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02-03-2022 at 03:14 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:14 PM.
Quote from b534202 :
Does it charge right away or when it sends the code?
Yes you pay now (at the current price for Prime).
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lamah
02-03-2022 at 03:14 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:14 PM.
How do you buy a gift membership for a student prime account?
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02-03-2022 at 03:16 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:16 PM.
It shows how much of a grasp they have that they can increase prices while at the same time A) reducing product selection (more Amazon brands), B) increasing fulfillment times, and C) having a proliferation of shitty Chinese products (e.g. policing review farming, etc).

Most people still won't cut the cord .
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02-03-2022 at 03:16 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:16 PM.
Lmao samday and 1-day shipping is free in China from big retailers.
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02-03-2022 at 03:16 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:16 PM.
Quote from islaturbine :
In 4 Prime shipping, staying for The Expanse.
It's too bad The Expanse ended.
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02-03-2022 at 03:21 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:21 PM.
Quote from rawkusx :
Most reviews are fake or paid for
That I do know.

Which is why I jump straight to the 1 and 3 star reviews just to get a 'possible' sense of what the product could be. I'll then run youtube searches and random internet searches for user experiences including those on Reddit, etc.
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02-03-2022 at 03:22 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:22 PM.
Quote from kwadguy :
According to Amazon, shifting Prime shipping from 2 days to "several" days has meant a lot more stuff is clogging up the warehouses for longer, so they need to pay for warehouse expansion.
Maybe they should have shipped 2 days and saved everyone money?
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02-03-2022 at 03:23 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:23 PM.
Quote from carwashdave :
It shows how much of a grasp they have that they can increase prices while at the same time A) reducing product selection (more Amazon brands), B) increasing fulfillment times, and C) having a proliferation of shitty Chinese products (e.g. policing review farming, etc).

Most people still won't cut the cord .

You're probably right. And agreed on less products, longer fulfillment time...

Maybe it's time to shift to Wally plus?
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02-03-2022 at 03:23 PM.
02-03-2022 at 03:23 PM.
New members will see the increased prices on Feb. 18, and current members will be billed at the higher rate after March 25. That's a 17% increase.

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/03/a...-year.html
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