Changes coming to Amazon Prime

LeeUK · 22 Dec 2014 at 12:57

I signed up to the free Prime trial to get a load of dvds, books etc for Xmas presents. All meant to be delivered next day but didn't even get dispatched until the day they were meant to be delivered so took an extra day.

Only worth £79 if you buy stuff from Amazon every day and have constant deliveries.

EGuitarStar · 22 Dec 2014 at 13:01

At this time of year don't expect deliveries to go as expected from any service or courier company. But in saying that Amazon's customer service is top notch so had you been a paying member they would have compensated you in some way.

I rarely watch movies from their prime service but have used it for deliveries for more than 2 years now and it is well worth it even if you don't buy something everyday.

OhEsEcks · 22 Dec 2014 at 13:08

So if you pay the £79 for prime, you get free streaming movies and tv?

tom_e · 22 Dec 2014 at 13:12

OhEsEcks said:
So if you pay the £79 for prime, you get free streaming movies and tv?

Yes, although it's not really free as Prime was only £49 per year IIRC before they tagged on the streaming.

antijoke · 22 Dec 2014 at 13:23

I take it Amazon don't offer a Prime membership without the streaming?

E61 Grouphead · 22 Dec 2014 at 13:25

Ordered some presents late yesterday afternoon and signed up to a free prime trial. 2/3 of the items arrived this morning. I was expecting Tuesday, as this would be the next working day.

garak112 · 22 Dec 2014 at 13:28

E61 Grouphead said:
Ordered some presents late yesterday afternoon and signed up to a free prime trial. 2/3 of the items arrived this morning. I was expecting Tuesday, as this would be the next working day.

Amazon collect and deliver on Sundays in some areas.

tom_e · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:02

anticonscience said:
I take it Amazon don't offer a Prime membership without the streaming?

Nope, although I think there was a rumor it may be happening although that was a while ago and I've not heard anything else about it.

Xordium · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:14

I've had Prime for over a year now and it has more than paid for itself.

Wizzfizz · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:16

I don't use Amazon enough to jutify the Prime fee, but what I do take advantage of is the couple of month long free trials they offer throughout the year, more so in December

E61 Grouphead · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:18

garak112 said:
Amazon collect and deliver on Sundays in some areas.

I know

Regardless, ordering late in the day often means that an order will be processed on the next working day. Not with Amazon

EGuitarStar · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:24

Wizzfizz said:
I don't use Amazon enough to jutify the Prime fee, but what I do take advantage of is the couple of month long free trials they offer throughout the year, more so in December

You can get the free trial more than once? :eek:

Diddums · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:28

I've had it twice so far. About a year between them (my wife has Prime so we just use her account for most things).

tom_e · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:29

Diddums said:
I've had it twice so far. About a year between them (my wife has Prime so we just use her account for most things).

Why not just share her membership with your account then you're both sorted. I share my membership with my housemates so we all get the free delivery.

Diddums · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:31

You can do that? Never knew, thanks for that.

I only use it for gifts for her really, don't need her prying eyes seeing what i got her for xmas.

Werewolf · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:31

At the moment it's working pretty well in my area, but it will be highly variable depending on where you live.

tom_e · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:32

Diddums said:
You can do that? Never knew, thanks for that.

I only use it for gifts for her really, don't need her prying eyes seeing what i got her for xmas.

Yep there'll be an option under the "Prime" section of her account settings to put your email address in and it'll send you a link to share it.

Werewolf · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:33

Xordium said:
I've had Prime for over a year now and it has more than paid for itself.

Very much the same here, I've even claimed back about £15 in vouchers for choosing "no hurry" deliveries in the last month (which has paid for a few books on kindle).

TheOtherOption · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:55

I think I'll be renewing mine even at the new higher price next year as it has more than paid for itself in next day delivery - Saturday and Sunday delivery being very useful!

The use I've made of the Instant Video service too has been great - watched all of The Shield and The Vikings on it so far and countless films although they need more recent films as compared to sky it's pretty poor on newer releases.

Scottland · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:57

Might be worth it to anyone who wants to keep Prime but doesn't want the price hike - but I emailed them last month to whinge at the fact I didn't want the streaming video service (which I don't) - the just debited £30 in my bank account!

I'll be renewing when it's up at the end of the month.