Actually everyone I've met who smokes consistently moans about the cost of smoking.
cancelling Amazon Prime
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I tried it but Prime TV just felt so inferior to everything else. I'm also lucky enough to have a Prime locker at work so more often than not get stuff delivered the next day even if not paid for.
I also got a free month after a complaint about a slow "prime item" delivery (which has been one of many times), personally I think Amazon are making a big mistake going this way, I'd rather have better/more reliable service and pay for it, than strong arm a free month. Additionally prime delivery is a key differentiation from other businesses, buying from Amazon is blurring into ebay territory at times and that's not smart IMHO.
As I say the primenow service (which is oddly sanboxed in its own disconnected website, perhaps deliberately) somewhat counteracts the above.
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Put like that it's good value but depends how much people use those features. I order a few items a year and don't care about having them next day but have used the next day service simply because it was available. I was using the streaming service mostly but mostly use it for movies and they simply don't have enough good movies on there or rotate them often enough - lots of cheap budget rubbish. I've just cancelled my sub after 1 year and not had any special offer through yet. I was tempted to keep it though because like you said it's not overly expensive but at £1.5 a week, it still mounts up if you use a number of these services. Not having it isn't going to impact my life so that £79.99 savedeh??
£79 for unlimited next day delivery, prime tv, prime music, unlimited photo storage backup, free twitch account - all for £1.51 a week?
Some people......
for now - I will probably use it again in the future.
I think that's perhaps due to the fact it operates in specific areas only and uses specific warehouses, i.e. the backend setup effectively is seperate from Amazon and it would be hard to integrate it into the main site and still reliably show where it can be used, especially if people have a few saved delivery addresses and the service is available in some but not all of those addresses.
I can understand that, but orders and invoices generated by the same organisation/business being sandboxed into 2 separate websites is less than helpful.
I couldn't care less, but I wont tell you what our accountant thinks of primenow's "email only" invoice policy, which is clearly not a valid uk Vat invoice.
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thanks for the reply's chaps.
i love the next day free delivery as i buy 99.9% of my stuff on amazon
but recently I've noticed the same stuff on prime costing slightly more than
none prime sellers but i prefer direct from amazon as their customer service returns
is unmatched by anyone.
i also watch the prime video service every day so i guess it's a no brainer.
i just wanted to check first that if people in the past had cancelled at the end of their sub only to be offered it cheaper for the next year.
as this doesn't seem to be the case i'll just renew
PS- had over 40 deliveries during my 12 month sub and EVERY item turned up next day
i love the next day free delivery as i buy 99.9% of my stuff on amazon
but recently I've noticed the same stuff on prime costing slightly more than
none prime sellers but i prefer direct from amazon as their customer service returns
is unmatched by anyone.
i also watch the prime video service every day so i guess it's a no brainer.
i just wanted to check first that if people in the past had cancelled at the end of their sub only to be offered it cheaper for the next year.
as this doesn't seem to be the case i'll just renew
PS- had over 40 deliveries during my 12 month sub and EVERY item turned up next day
I think that's more to do with it being from Amazon or someone using their warehouse and not from '5starcheapstuffHKshipfromUK' rather than anything to do with Prime particularly - it'd still be more expensive even if you didn't have prime.
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great point.
Was that the offer in December? I sent them an email asking if i could be renewed at the offer price and they replied that it was for new members only - but they would give it to me anyway
If you're a reader and regularly buy stuff but select the "no rush" option you can get the effective cost of Prime down to nearly nothing.
We get 3-4 deliveries a week from it at times and the no rush credit builds up pretty fast if even just one delivery a week can wait a day or two.
We get 3-4 deliveries a week from it at times and the no rush credit builds up pretty fast if even just one delivery a week can wait a day or two.
eh??
£79 for unlimited next day delivery, prime tv, prime music, unlimited photo storage backup, free twitch account - all for £1.51 a week?
Some people......
Is it unlimited photo storage? I might have to make use of that if that's the case. Is there any way to have it sync with my phone, or do I have to do it manually? Dropbox has been whinging for months that it's full and I'm too lazy to sort it.
I've heard this before but never tried it. Doesn't the credit go towards a digital download and have to be used within a set period of time? I didn't think it could be kept and saved towards Prime membership.
Do they complain that it costs money or that it costs their health/life?
eh??
£79 for unlimited next day delivery, prime tv, prime music, unlimited photo storage backup, free twitch account - all for £1.51 a week?
Some people......
quite, I'm not sure what people are comparing it too but it is better than a sky subscription or TV license IMO + I get the free delivery I use a lot and prime music etc..
Amazon prime + Netflix and I'm sorted tbh...
sync with your phone -amazon photo - uploads every night for me when charging and on wifi - simple and automated. NOT unlimited for videos however