01-31-14, 03:20 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: MI
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I only use it for shipping. Streaming seems to take forever to download so we don't use that part. I would like to try it though but I am not sure how much it would eat into our allotment of internet. We are rural so we tether through my iphone for the internet.
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01-31-14, 04:30 PM | |
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Madison, WI, USA
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I am on a student membership so I pay half price. I do enjoy the free shipping and the streaming. I get my packages in 2 days or less. I guess I will have to see what they raise it to before I decide whether to keep it or not.
They have improved their streaming so that I can even use it at my boyfriend's house. He only has 1 mbps DSL (but no limit on downloads). It didn't work when we first got it; it would always time out. As long as we don't doing any other bandwidth intensive tasks, we are fine. I only have 2 GB/mo on my cellular so that is not enough to stream movies with. My cellular connection is much faster than his DSL connection, but it would cost a fortune to use it with streaming. |
01-31-14, 04:42 PM | ||
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Boston, MA
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We buy a TON from Amazon, so even with the increase, we'll suck it up and continue to pay for Prime without much complaint.
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01-31-14, 05:45 PM | |
Join Date: Jun 2003
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We just signed up for Prime last May. Almost everything we order comes by UPS, and the service is excellent. We've had a few items come by Fed Ex as well. I'll have to see about the price increase, but we order a lot, so it is probably worth it for us to keep it.
Sherry
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01-31-14, 06:33 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
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I use it, too....ALL the time! In fact, I just received a bunch of stuff today that I just ordered Tues or Wed. 99% of the time it comes via UPS (which I love!) within the 2 business day delivery frame...sometimes sooner. How much will it increase?
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01-31-14, 06:47 PM | |
Join Date: Aug 2010
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That's a bummer for sure, but I just went to run an order report from last year, and I placed 136 orders in 2013. Definitely worth it for me. I don't use the streaming often, but once in a while I'll watch a movie or documentary on there, and luckily I am in an area that receives mail, ups, fedex, deliveries frequently and I can't think of a time I ever received a late package.
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01-31-14, 10:19 PM | ||
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Atlantic Canada
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02-01-14, 05:23 AM | |
Join Date: Jun 2004
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I will likely continue Prime for another year. I am able to take advantage of the free Kindle lending library, free streaming and I live in an area where shipping is not problematic, so for me the membership fee does pay for itself. I just cancelled my cable TV subscription and switched to streaming only so I will definitely be taking even more advantage of free prime videos.
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