I'd been an Amazon user clear back to when they only sold books but a few months ago I decided Prime wasn't worth the expense and frustration. Deliveries being made days if not weeks late, trying to speak to an actual human in CS, etc. I switched to Walmart+ for $13 monthly. So far all my deliveries have been on time with the exception of a few that have come a day early. I've ordered a number of things that are available in local Walmart stores and have gotten them the same day which saves me a 25 mile round trip to get them myself. The only problem I've had is when a 2 item order was missing one of the items. Clicked the "Contact Us" button on the website, opted to be called. CS was on the line within 15-20 seconds and my money was refunded and in my bank account before I hung up. Kind of like how Prime was in the early days. It has some perks like 10 cents off on gas, food delivery, free Paramount+ Essential, etc.
The money I save on shipping more than offsets the annual fee. Though, you do need to comparison shopping. We use Amazon prime streaming quite often.
I found that some areas that is the case. We were camping up near the 1000 Islands in May. And we needed some medical supplies since Ann hurt herself. 1 or 2 day shipping wasn't available. The best they had was 4 day shipping. I don't have that problem where we live. If it was. I would reconsider as well.That was once true for me.
But as I said above, I'm finding that I can get free shipping if I'm willing to wait a day or two longer for delivery. And I rarely order anything that I must have in one day shipping.
I placed an Amazon order this morning for three items.
One item was Prime and would be delivered tomorrow.
The other two were not Prime items and had a Saturday delivery day.
They gave me an option to have all three delivered together on Saturday with free shipping.
Well hell, I'm a Prime member, I get free shipping anyway. If I can get free shipping without the $140 a year .... why be a Prime member ?
Try buying a ROKU for the 1 time cost of about $35. Those have a number of TV services on them that show all of the old movies, TV shows etc for free. For example PLUTO TV and TUBI are 2 examples, the channels are typically broken down like 24x7 game shows, classic movie channel, Westerns, The magnum PI channel etc. You can reliably find and watch what you want whenever you want for no monthly fee. There are also newer movies and even rentals for the latest stuff if you wanna go that way. These TV apps may also just be available for free on your smart TV app store. We "cut the cord" 15 years ago and never looked back. We also have an antenna that brings us nearly 100 HD channels for free. That's a lotta dough in my pocket!the movies us old timers like to watch that used to be free on Amazon, are now pay to play rentals.
I've never had Prime and never had a reason to get it because I don't order stuff that I had to have yesterday. I also don't know anything about Prime TV or music so obviously I haven't missed those. I'll bundle enough to get the free shipping option and most items arrive at my house within 3 days anyway.
Answered that question many posts ago with my wife saying NO.
After you buy the first unit, they offer the next purchase with serious discounts.Try buying a ROKU ...
I'm sitting here watching Thurs Night Football on Prime. So, there's that.
Boring game. Not Amazon's fault. Nice opening to second half, though.
Got an e mail yesterday that they refunded my money for the Pipe leg kit . Things happen , I get that , but if the sales pitch is 2 day free delivery how does that even out ?they return it to the center, all the package orders get automatically cancelled
At this point I don't even know what Prime cost . Auto renews . It's a personal convenience for me . I do all my Christmas shopping on Prime , and watch Prime video enough that I just keep it .