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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.
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  • 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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Wow, I remember when Prime was $79. Then, $99. Didn't realize they jacked up the price from $99, so seeing $139 is a real shocker.
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Quote from andrewVonPelt :
their amazon prime video app absolutely sucks. they should do the video stuff as an optional add-on to prime
They won't though, exactly because the app sucks and they need to boost subscriber numbers
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nucpowerfan
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Is it possible to use Prime Video without a Prime Membership? I don't care about 2 day shipping, as my orders are usually not time sensitive (auto parts, books, etc.).

I have noticed that Prime Video has gone downhill in the last couple of years. Lots of older TV movies that I have already seen on network television, and not as many good prime original series (Bosch, The Expanse, etc.). Can anyone suggest a good alternative to Prime Video that would only cost 10$/month?
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Since I have gotten free Walmart membership through my platinum Amex I have been using them more often, and barely every use Amazon anymore. Walmart's shipping is slower, they rarely hit their delivery window, but their prices are generally the same or lower. Time to dump Prime.
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It is still a deal overall for anyone that orders from Amazon all the time and also watches some of their programming available with prime. I'm also able to share the Free shipping with several family members and we divvy up the fees three ways which makes it even more affordable. I'm thinking the increase was to help pay for Bezos' Super Yacht [foxbusiness.com] and to remove a section of a 145 year old bridge so he can get the Yacht out of the harbor into the sea. How the rich like to spend money....
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Quote from nucpowerfan :
Is it possible to use Prime Video without a Prime Membership? I don't care about 2 day shipping, as my orders are usually not time sensitive (auto parts, books, etc.).

I have noticed that Prime Video has gone downhill in the last couple of years. Lots of older TV movies that I have already seen on network television, and not as many good prime original series (Bosch, The Expanse, etc.). Can anyone suggest a good alternative to Prime Video that would only cost 10$/month?


Haha 2day shipping is not really a thing anymore either. Most of my amazon shipments take 3-4days and some over a week now.

I agree the video side has been sliding. I can;t remember the last thing I watched on amazon after Bosch ended.
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froggs09
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Quote from JoseV21 :
Why the increase?
Bezos got a new girlfriend and she has expensive tastes.
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whats the max of prime gift? just 1?
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Quote from purple :
Now every Tom , Dick and Harry is going to create a post about this.
Then every Tom, Dick and Harry is going to create posts bitching about Amazon, Bezos and being unable to afford Prime.
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Ever since dropping Prime I've stopped buying shit on Amazon that I don't need.
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Quote from islaturbine :
In 4 Prime shipping, staying for The Expanse.
So unfortunate that the series is done…at least temporarily. Now I'm staying for Reacher and LOTR.
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Quote from Wpeed001 :
Want change to the medicaid price? We are a foster family and get the discounted rate.
Was wondering the same thing. According to amazon chat support, there will be no increase for those on the discounted plan. Take that for what it's worth.
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