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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.)



https://www.doctorofcredit.com/am...m-119/amp/
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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dealnabber
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Quote from SearchManX :
Yes, you can. As long as you purchase before the price increase, you can redeem each one every time your prime sub ends. I've done this during the last price increase. Just make sure you redeem it after you let your prime sub lapse.
Wow. Thanks for this info/confirmation. I might actually get 3-5 years' worth of it then at this current price of $119+tax. Likely in 4 years they're gonna up it again another $20, to $159, so this would make it that much more valuable then. Of course on the flip side, that's locking away money into Amazon that could be used/invested elsewhere. Hmm.
Last edited by dealnabber February 3, 2022 at 10:05 PM.
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dhruva
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There is a rumor that COSTCO is planning to increase the membership rates this fall. 😟
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HurricaneKid
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I'm totally unclear on what value they are suggesting is worth $139? You get free shipping on everything 35+. We used to get free 2 day shipping rather than slow shipping. But I routinely wait a week plus and any promise of speedy shipping has been long erased. Which leaves a rather pathetic Prime Video library? Prime Day that offers almost nothing of actual value?

I was on the fence about renewal in 2 mos but I'm out. it didn't make sense at 119 but at 139 (plus tax is almost $150) it gives me the motivation to get out. I bet I've spent 25k there the last 2 years and between killing employees and becoming increasingly uncompetitive on pricing, I see no reason to continue funding this Co.

Am I missing some valuable perk? I legitimately don't understand how they can have so many people paying $150 for a diminishing set of benefits.
Last edited by HurricaneKid February 3, 2022 at 08:25 PM.
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1Sonorous
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Quote from forumz :
For those that have people grandfathered in to the sharing prime benefits to 4 others, will doing it this way end up canceling the grandfathered plans?
Yep. It sure will. Trying to save $20 - like Pennies in front of a steamroller
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WuyiL
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Quote from mrm16 :
"A price increase for Amazon Prime was announced during Amazon's earnings report on Thursday. The price change will go into effect on Feb. 18, 2022, and for current Prime members, the new price will apply after March 25, 2022, on the date of their next renewal."

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/select/amazo...ower-rate/
Costco will change their membership soon too.
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dadab
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Quote from b-t-1 :
Considering their profits, YES, we can blame amazon.
Lol. Costco makes decent profits too.
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appleguy82
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Quote from Tbl5143 :
Yeah but I need my wife to have the Prime benefit on her account as well. If letting it expire will not allow me to share the Prime benefit anymore I can't really afford to do this. There's lots of other stuff tied to both of our accounts.
Sharing of Prime account with Family is not a special feature as i Understand both new and old accounts qualify for it.

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auxiliary
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Quote from JoseV21 :
Why the increase?
We need pay for that " shaft " to fly in space.
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LazyCouchPotato
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Quote from HurricaneKid :
I'm totally unclear on what value they are suggesting is worth $139? You get free shipping on everything 35+. We used to get free 2 day shipping rather than slow shipping. But I routinely wait a week plus and any promise of speedy shipping has been long erased. Which leaves a rather pathetic Prime Video library? Prime Day that offers almost nothing of actual value?

I was on the fence about renewal in 2 mos but I'm out. it didn't make sense at 119 but at 139 (plus tax is almost $150) it gives me the motivation to get out. I bet I've spent 25k there the last 2 years and between killing employees and becoming increasingly uncompetitive on pricing, I see no reason to continue funding this Co.

Am I missing some valuable perk? I legitimately don't understand how they can have so many people paying $150 for a diminishing set of benefits.
There's Prime Gaming and a free sub on Twitch, unlimited photo backups, and access to a thousand or so ebooks/magazines/comics.
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slickdmelly
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Lotta turds trade their food stamp card for cash...trade em their card number for cash and get yoself the EBT rate
This is a true SD'er.
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slickdmelly
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Quote from PaulP6715 :
it's exactly the same price at $139 once you account for inflation since the last price change in 2018. I personally find Prime to be wellllllll worth its cost.
Bezos? Is that you?
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b-t-1
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Quote from dadab :
Lol. Costco makes decent profits too.
Yet the membership cost is less than half.
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PaulP6715
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Bezos? Is that you?
Yes. posting from my helicopter as I wait for the bridge to be disassembled so my superyacht can pass through the peasant's gap as I like to call it.
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Blueshift_42
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Quote from pookguy88 :
Hard to not have Prime once you've gotten a taste…
I mean, it's worth it. Free and fast shipping. Prime video. I've paid more for less.
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CollegeRamenEat
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Quote from ScarletBuffalo942 :
NO more 2 day shipping
$20 price tag increase

what even is the point anymore?

With how prices are rising you might as well skip prime and just get the $25 minimum

will keep for now since i have prime student but thats it
Well if you can convince the lowest tiers of society to accept shit wages to deliver packages and lower the price of gas and also lower the price of imported goods

…maybe you can get your semi-instant gratification back instead of off of the back of the lower rungs of society for that lower price
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