Amazon prime, add family member

scoobie_wrc · 21 May 2020 at 17:26

Does this actually cost anything? I was led to believe that it was free, however I have received an email stating that my partner "completed a purchase for 7.99 GBP using your Visa ending in 0060. This card was made available to their account using Family Library on May 20 2020"

Now she hasn't bought anything, on my bank statement it states 7.99 amazon prime am, so, does am stand for add member?

I can't find anything about it costing money on the website

paradigm · 21 May 2020 at 17:48

Opening up your prime membership to members of your household shouldn’t cost you anything, no.

My wife makes use of mine and we don’t get any additional charges.

EGuitarStar · 21 May 2020 at 18:04

As above, doesn't cost anything. I too have added my Mrs. And she gets free prime delivery.

I do not see the purchases she makes or get any notifications.

Raelthorne · 21 May 2020 at 18:39

scoobie_wrc said:
Does this actually cost anything? I was led to believe that it was free, however I have received an email stating that my partner "completed a purchase for 7.99 GBP using your Visa ending in 0060. This card was made available to their account using Family Library on May 20 2020"

Now she hasn't bought anything, on my bank statement it states 7.99 amazon prime am, so, does am stand for add member?

I can't find anything about it costing money on the website

Did she subscribe to anything in Prime that may take a payment? My mother was using my Prime account earlier this year to watch the tennis. She went into Eurosport (she didn't realise the difference) which was a free trial initially but then had an automatic charge once the trial expired.

lookitsjonno · 21 May 2020 at 18:50

Fairly sure new family members have to share payment details

Werewolf · 21 May 2020 at 19:48

lookitsjonno said:
Fairly sure new family members have to share payment details

I think you can select whether or not to.

My brother shares my prime benefits but anything he buys is charged to whatever he's using to pay.

mattyfez · 21 May 2020 at 19:58

How does that work with prime video though, the UI awful.. loads of stuff is 'buy this old episode of south park for £2.99' or 'subscribe to that'...

What would stop a joint account holder clicking on load of content you have to pay for?

And why can't you just search for basic movie or TV categories?

And why can you skip ads and intros, but if you stop watching something when the credits roll, because you've not technically watched the full thing, it still suggests you continue watching it.

Grrrr

ALD · 21 May 2020 at 20:03

mattyfez said:
How does that work with prime video though, the UI awful.. loads of stuff is 'buy this old episode of south park for £2.99' or 'subscribe to that'...

What would stop a joint account holder clicking on load of content you have to pay for?

Set a PIN in parental controls for prime video.

mattyfez · 21 May 2020 at 20:29

ALD said:
Set a PIN in parental controls for prime video.

To be fair I don' have that issue, I just vrage at the interface, there's no way to sort videos by category and stuff, it's just a massive mess.

JRJ · 21 May 2020 at 21:07

I'm on my mum's Prime account and although it shows prime under the logo in the top left hand corner and I get all the Prime benefits I keep getting prompts to sign up to Amazon Prime or offered free trials.

Amazon music unlimited is £7.99 also just in case she's added that?