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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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Feb 4, 2022
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PhantomRex
Feb 4, 2022
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Quote from Hp004 :
Just today return an item which was bought as new but delivered open box with missing stuff. This has happened 4th time with me now
Oh boy. This had happened more than 3 times in the last 6 months. Worse, the 'replacement' got here quickly, but I got an email indicating that I needed to return the original item or else... (that I will get charged for it). This happened *every* time - even though I was told to throw away the origin stuff. (All of these were food/snack items).
Yes, they fixed it every time, but the hassle and time wasted 😞
Worse, one of the items: I had to call them twice.
Finally talked to a "team lead".
I know the pandemic has been brutal to the Supply Chain. But the *same* mistake over and over again?
And now, I'm not even sure what I have missed to check/verify.
Venting aside, it is true that Amazon logistics, packing, shipping, and customer service have been declining for the last 2+ years.
Thus, good time to evaluate the Prime cost.
Thanks, OP
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Feb 4, 2022
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Titus Pullo
Feb 4, 2022
724 Posts
Quote from statepkt :
"The price change will go into effect for new members on Feb. 18 and for current members after March 25." No need to rush
My current membership expires October 2022....so I will not be renewing and getting Walmart+
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Feb 4, 2022
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Cmurphy16
Feb 4, 2022
2,184 Posts
Quote from lerryjee :
Good point!

Where can I get 17% return on $120 these days?
Buying amazon stock before they announced the increase Smilie
Feb 4, 2022
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kizernal
Feb 4, 2022
476 Posts
Quote from online4fun :
Jeff needs more money to become richest person on earth.
Cause Elon was talking sh*t how Jeff is number 2 so he is sticking it to Prime Members to get back to 1.
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Feb 4, 2022
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practicalme
Feb 4, 2022
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Quote from dojoman :
I'm already paying $130 and change for Prime because for some reason CA charges tax for membership, what a dumb idea. So it will cost me $150 after price increase.
2/3 of states pay tax on Amazon Prime membership so at least you're in good company.
Feb 4, 2022
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pej7445
Feb 4, 2022
563 Posts
Is it really worth saving $20 by paying years in advance? Time value of money, etc.
Feb 4, 2022
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Titus Pullo
Feb 4, 2022
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Quote from Asryn :
I'm out. With how much money Bezos is taking in the price increase has zero justification.
I just saw that Amazon had record profits this past year so why the increase?
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Feb 4, 2022
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pej7445
Feb 4, 2022
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Quote from Madman91102 :
Eventually this is gonna be $199.99 per year. lol
The ROI supports an annual fee of about $300/year with shipping savings, etc. So it's still a great deal at $139.
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ArchieK8536
Feb 4, 2022
151 Posts
Quote from Glee217 :
So Amazon still mix their inventory with other items that are same?

If so fakes are still getting mixed like sd cards for example?
Yep, recently bought an all clad fish spatula to replace my old one. Same model and everything but the logo was off centered and way flimsier.
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pej7445
Feb 4, 2022
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Quote from Titus Pullo :
My current membership expires October 2022....so I will not be renewing and getting Walmart+
Wal-Mart sucks at execution. Been there/done that. They were fired.
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Optm
Feb 4, 2022
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Prime fee going up while Amazon's pricing continues to become less competitive, large numbers of items I've bought from Amazon are out of stock, quality of movies offered on Prime Video continues to decline dramatically and customer service is increasingly handled by offshore workers with substandard English skills. Also, Warehouse Deals have become pretty weak in general (with some categories, like Groceries becoming almost laughable). And the No Rush Credit has virtually disappeared except during Prime Day and Black Friday week. My account renews on March 19, apparently before the increase, and I'll likely renew but that's still an open question.
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pej7445
Feb 4, 2022
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Quote from online4fun :
Jeff needs more money to become richest person on earth.
Jeff is retired..
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scgt1
Feb 4, 2022
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Hmmm anyone notice the fine print?

"The gift membership does not automatically renew and is not eligible for promotional offers."

Key being promotional offers. Are they saying the year of prime from the gift will not have any promotions at all? That can be a serious deal breaker if that's what they are meaning.

Could also mean you can't get a discount on the $120 gift membership with any promotional offers. A bit more clarification should have been done in that wording.
Last edited by scgt1 February 4, 2022 at 11:34 AM.
Feb 4, 2022
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GByDesign
Feb 4, 2022
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The site doesn't quite have clear instructions, I selected "end membership" so it gives me 3 options, I then selected remind me just in case. I'll set a calendar reminder too but I bought it and selected to send to the "recipient" next year since mine just renewed. It's set to send the day before renewal.

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Feb 4, 2022
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jamesky52
Feb 4, 2022
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Quote from SlickaThanYoMama :
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.
That comes out to 11%, as inflation compounds each year

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