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expiredDoatslo posted Feb 2, 2022 4:32 PM

(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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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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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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Feb 4, 2022 4:01 PM
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Feb 4, 2022 4:01 PM
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Quote from cbpelikan :
Please explain to me like I am a complete idiot.
I have auto renew in May.
I send myself a gift membership now.
I don't see a way to turn off auto renew. Do I have to wait and cancel just before expiration, then apply the gift membership?
When you buy this Gift Membership, you'll have to select the date you want it sent/emailed. I'd just select a date a couple days before your Renewal date. That will be your reminder to cancel Prime before it renews. Your Prime will 'officially' end sometime in the middle of the night. So the day AFTER your Prime is over, you click on the Gift email and use it pay for the next year of Prime.

Everything about your Prime account will stay the same.
Feb 4, 2022 4:07 PM
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pod7381Feb 4, 2022 4:07 PM
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On Amazon's Gift of Prime page it reads as follows: "The gift membership does not automatically renew and is not eligible for promotional offers".

NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTIONAL OFFERS! What does this mean exactly?
Feb 4, 2022 4:18 PM
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SearchManXFeb 4, 2022 4:18 PM
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Quote from dealnabber :
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.
Yes, this is my conundrum as well. I feel like either way, Amazon wins. Several hundred dollars tied up into Amazon's bank accounts for $20/yr savings seems like it could go either way. Some people mentioned that Walmart+ is a good alternative as well. I just decided to prepay for 2 additional years.
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Feb 4, 2022 4:26 PM
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louweedFeb 4, 2022 4:26 PM
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Quote from daedalusfinch :
Welp, guess that's the last straw. I was already on the fence about renewing for a 18th year, and this made the decision easy.
Prime has been around since 2004?
Feb 4, 2022 4:36 PM
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anothauserhereFeb 4, 2022 4:36 PM
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Quote from Forerunner343 :
Is this affecting the EBT/medicaid discount? Haven't found any info saying it's changing from $5.99/mo
Yes. It's going to $6.99 a month.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/cu...=202213110
Feb 4, 2022 4:42 PM
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mtarascioFeb 4, 2022 4:42 PM
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I'm just here still enjoying Prime Video with the benefit of quick and easy shipping and no minimums.
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Feb 4, 2022 4:51 PM
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practicalmeFeb 4, 2022 4:51 PM
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Quote from yangzi :
I placed an order yesterday without Prime membership and the minimum for free shipping was $25. Did Amazon raise that to $35 today? I can't see that info since Amazon gave me "free shipping for additional orders for 24 hours".
They raised it in 2013 but I've been a prime member since 2016 so I didn't notice they lowered it back down to $25 in 2017.

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Feb 4, 2022 4:58 PM
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QuentinS8384Feb 4, 2022 4:58 PM
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So we have to subsidize they worker with welfare and then pay more so they can offer there workers subsidized plans just kidding

I am sick of all these subscriptions and service contracts I have to sign for companies like Amazon I love the two day shipping etc but this is becoming
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Feb 4, 2022 5:03 PM
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PurpleNest2305Feb 4, 2022 5:03 PM
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Quote from bigmace :
Whats the point of prime anymore. Nothing is ever shipped within 2 days. If its something popular and they have in my local warehouse I usually get it in a day or two. But most stuff takes about a week. Thinking about just cancelling.
We thought about cancelling at the last price hike, but persisted. The growth in delayed shipping times was the nail in the coffin for us with this increase. A Costco opened nearby in the past year, offloading most of our bulk goods purchases we might find at Amazon, and Target has become more competitive with pricing and free shipping for RedCard members. On top of that we've found that we just don't watch Prime Video that much. I appreciate that Amazon may feel they need the revenue, but with their value to us decreasing bit by bit over the past couple years, now was the not the time to seek it from their Prime members.
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Feb 4, 2022 5:10 PM
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QzicFeb 4, 2022 5:10 PM
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Quote from appleguy82 :
I doubt being on a grandfathered plan gives you any benefit, the rate still going up.
The old grandfathered plans allowed you to share Prime shipping benefits with up to four people that didn't live with you.

The current plan only allows you to share the the prime benefits (all?) with one person that lives with you.
Feb 4, 2022 5:10 PM
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PurpleNest2305Feb 4, 2022 5:10 PM
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Quote from ArchieK8536 :
With the amount of knockoffs floating around their warehouse its time I cancel as well.
Good point, that has been another added inconvenience with Amazon. I don't bother buying anything Apple branded there anymore, and have to make a judgement call for other popular, potentially counterfeit-able goods. It's hassle enough if you're a savvy user--we had to tell a relative to stop buying toys for our toddler from Amazon. Much as we appreciate their intentions, they were always getting hooked by rando storefronts selling Chinese junk that I would hesitate to use, let alone exposing our child to it.
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Feb 4, 2022 5:28 PM
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OutragerFeb 4, 2022 5:28 PM
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Quote from Qzic :
The old grandfathered plans allowed you to share Prime shipping benefits with up to four people that didn't live with you.

The current plan only allows you to share the the prime benefits (all?) with one person that lives with you.
You don't share ALL the benefits. The free Prime Gaming stuff can only be redeemed by 1 person. Kind of a bummer too since my brother and I can't both redeem coop multiplayer games to play.
Feb 4, 2022 5:34 PM
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Glee217Feb 4, 2022 5:34 PM
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Quote from ArchieK8536 :
With the amount of knockoffs floating around their warehouse its time I cancel as well.
So Amazon still mix their inventory with other items that are same?

If so fakes are still getting mixed like sd cards for example?
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Feb 4, 2022 5:39 PM
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RjL7996Feb 4, 2022 5:39 PM
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Quote from JoseV21 :
Why the increase?
Greed
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Feb 4, 2022 5:48 PM
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MtnXfreerideFeb 4, 2022 5:48 PM
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Last time they upped the price I made sure to cancel long enough to make up the cost.

They need a literal shipping only plan. I do not want my prime money funding their crappy music service or photo storage or movies and any of the other crap I dont care about. To me amazon is only a store I use for fast shipping and walmart is catching up.
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