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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 27 2018, 05:00 PM (204 Views) | |
| Axtremus | Apr 27 2018, 05:00 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Article: http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/26/technology/business/amazon-prime-cost-increase/index.html Before 2014, it was $79 a year. Since 2014, it is $99 a year. Starting May 11, it's going to be $119 a year. Wonder who else will hike subscription prices next. |
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| George K | Apr 27 2018, 05:02 PM Post #2 |
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Finally
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Netflix and HULU have raised their prices in the recent past as well. When Amazon Prime was $79 a year, they didn't have the wealth of original programing they're offering now (Man in the High Castle, etc). That stuff costs money, and someone's gotta pay. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Copper | Apr 27 2018, 05:04 PM Post #3 |
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Shortstop
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Estimated Amazon Prime subscribers = 90,000,000 $20 increase in the subscription = $1,800,000,000 |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| George K | Apr 27 2018, 05:06 PM Post #4 |
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Finally
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$1.8 billion? That'll pay for a lot of movies. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | Apr 27 2018, 05:15 PM Post #5 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Ten bucks a month. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| jon-nyc | Apr 27 2018, 05:42 PM Post #6 |
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Cheers
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Not worth it for delivery only folks like me. |
| In my defense, I was left unsupervised. | |
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| Jolly | Apr 27 2018, 05:44 PM Post #7 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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No tv? |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| Copper | Apr 27 2018, 06:02 PM Post #8 |
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Shortstop
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It's enough to make you think. Maybe it would help if they beefed up the offerings in Prime Reading. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Davis | Apr 27 2018, 07:29 PM Post #9 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Costco makes their profit on memberships. Amazon is figuring out how to make a profit. Everyone is hooked, buyers and sellers and little to no competition. They have won for a while. Facebook steals privacy and people are so hooked it doesn’t matter. Threats of leaving in mass are shallow. |
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| Riley | Apr 27 2018, 09:24 PM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Hmm I should add up how much it saves me in shipping. I think my renewal comes up soon. I never really use the streaming, I mostly watch Netflix. I honestly thought it was still $79. Edit: Just looked it up. In Canada it is still $79, and apparently they already charged me this year on April 4. |
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| Klaus | Apr 27 2018, 10:56 PM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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They should split “Prime” into separate products for delivery and streaming. People hate to pay for things they don’t use. |
| Trifonov Fleisher Klaus Sokolov Zimmerman | |
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| Klaus | Apr 27 2018, 10:57 PM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Prime costs 69 Euros per year here, btw. |
| Trifonov Fleisher Klaus Sokolov Zimmerman | |
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| Jolly | Apr 28 2018, 05:10 AM Post #13 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Prime will have some things Netflix doesn't. Check 'em out... |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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