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expired Posted by Doatslo • Feb 2, 2022
expired Posted by Doatslo • Feb 2, 2022

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

$119 w/ Prime Gift

$139

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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.

Prime members enjoy:
  • Fast, free delivery
  • Watch thousands of movies and TV shows with Prime Video
  • Stream millions of songs and thousands of playlists
  • Also get free Kindle e-books, unlimited photo storage, exclusive access to deals, Twitch, and much more

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  • About this product:
    • Amazon will send your gift recipient an email on the day you choose along with redemption instructions. The gift recipient can start their Prime membership right away. If the recipient is already a Prime member, the gift can be exchanged for an Amazon.com Gift Card in the value of the original gift purchase price plus any applicable sales taxes paid. The gift membership does not automatically renew and is not eligible for promotional offers. The gift of Prime can only be redeemed on Amazon.com.
  • About this store:
  • Additional note:
    • Please see our forum thread for additional details and discussions. ~ persian_mafia

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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.

Prime members enjoy:
  • Fast, free delivery
  • Watch thousands of movies and TV shows with Prime Video
  • Stream millions of songs and thousands of playlists
  • Also get free Kindle e-books, unlimited photo storage, exclusive access to deals, Twitch, and much more

Editor's Notes

Written by persian_mafia | Staff
  • About this product:
    • Amazon will send your gift recipient an email on the day you choose along with redemption instructions. The gift recipient can start their Prime membership right away. If the recipient is already a Prime member, the gift can be exchanged for an Amazon.com Gift Card in the value of the original gift purchase price plus any applicable sales taxes paid. The gift membership does not automatically renew and is not eligible for promotional offers. The gift of Prime can only be redeemed on Amazon.com.
  • About this store:
  • Additional note:
    • Please see our forum thread for additional details and discussions. ~ persian_mafia

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Zodiac
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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.)



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SlickaThanYoMama
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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.
itsbananas
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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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dkstrick
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Quote from NCB247 :
Would you / anyone know if Prime is cancelled do we lose access to the Prime Video movies/shows we purchased? I guess similar question for Kindle book content? Do we have to maintain an active Prime Account in order to access purchased content?
No you do not
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spiffmonkey1
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This might be the perfect excuse for me to cancel my membership. Their customer support has gone downhill. No free returns either.
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Buddypoppie
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Quote from NCB247 :
Would you / anyone know if Prime is cancelled do we lose access to the Prime Video movies/shows we purchased? I guess similar question for Kindle book content? Do we have to maintain an active Prime Account in order to access purchased content?
I'm curious too, ironically the purchased stuff is not purchased. I believe I read somewhere it's a "long term" rental..
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cashmoney121
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Quote from CleverGoat1310 :
page link?
Go into account then manage Prime membership...
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Scatpack
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In 4 Prime shipping, staying for The Expanse.
.... whos going to tell him?
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CCng
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Quote from BrianJason :
should be able to get around this by gifting yourself Prime. Schedule it to be sent on the day before your current membership expires.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/cu...NNS49783KE
Can I gift the prime membership twice to myself? Saw an option for 2022 and 2023 delivery
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Quote from NCB247 :
Would you / anyone know if Prime is cancelled do we lose access to the Prime Video movies/shows we purchased? I guess similar question for Kindle book content? Do we have to maintain an active Prime Account in order to access purchased content?
If you purchased movies or music or kindle e-books it's on your account & is separate from the prime membership. It's illegal to charge you for purchasing a digital item on Amazon.com on your account & making it only accessible through the prime membership. So to answer your question anything you've purchased on your Amazon.com account is still accessible if you cancel your prime membership.
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junkdealer
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Quote from spiffmonkey1 :
This might be the perfect excuse for me to cancel my membership. Their customer support has gone downhill. No free returns either.
I only get free return - why no free returns?
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Hrshycro
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Had to raise it to fund the Dismantle Old Bridges fund... https://www.washingtonpost.com/wo...s-through/
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mrm16
Feb 3, 2022
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Quote from Linxin :
Note that the fine print of the gift prime membership seems to convert a gift membership to a gift card if the recipient already has a prime membership:

"Amazon will send your gift recipient an email on the day you choose along with redemption instructions. The gift recipient can start their Prime membership right away. If the recipient is already a Prime member, the gift can be exchanged for an Amazon.com Gift Card in the value of the original gift purchase price plus any applicable sales taxes paid. The gift membership does not automatically renew and is not eligible for promotional offers. The gift of Prime can only be redeemed on Amazon.com."
You can cancel auto-renewal and once your membership expires apply the gift of membership.
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balloonshark
Feb 3, 2022
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$139 to ship your item in a plastic bag so the item's package/box arrives damaged. Amazon and China are the only places I've ordered something and they ship in unpadded plastic bags.
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psychojinx
Feb 4, 2022
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That's quite the cash grab....$4.2 billion dollars per year...

Let's do the math:

"As of 2020, Amazon reported 200 million paying Prime members worldwide, up from 150 million paid Prime members around the world at the end of 2019."

$140 (new price) - $119 (old price) = $21

$21 x 200,000,000 members = $4,200,000,000

$4.2 billion dollars
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Greedy bald dork.
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tennis8363
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Quote from TimTam42 :
Looks like a good time to gift a prime membership to yourself and have it sent a few days before renewal.
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