So, I did it. Opinions needed

[The Grand Nudger]

I don't know how much it is a month, actually, lol.  More than prime, or netflix, iirc.  You'd have to look it up.  

Prime is the best value, btw, despite these naysayers and their netflix fanboisism, lol. They have roughly the same amount and type of content, the issue is probably that people enjoy the content on netflix currently more than the content on prime...but that changes for both services month to month. Prime is also cheaper, and comes with those wonderful shipping, music, and purchase bennies. I just bought a nice french press for 50% off on prime, - and got two day free shipping.

[Joods]

Yeah, we were bing watching Vikings until past 3am.

[The Grand Nudger]

So much better than trying to watch it on history.com.  That site is trash.

[Joods]

I noticed they have one minute blurbs on Vikings. All downloadable from Prime. I lol'd.

[Angrboda]

I too found cancellation an easy process when my first subscription to Prime was up for renewal. They even offered me the choice of canceling the day I submitted the cancellation request or at the renewal date. It was all automated. No email or customer service rep required. I just clicked on my desired cancellation choice. I don't think they mess around like internet scams typically do.

I just checked. I clicked on the Prime logo, at the bottom of the page was a link to managing my Prime account, on that page was an option to 'end membership', and clicking that I was given three options: notify me 3 days before renewal, end membership, or keep membership. I can understand your fear of getting scammed, but I don't think Amazon is in the business of doing that with Prime.

[emjay]

I too found cancellation an easy process when my first subscription to Prime was up for renewal.  They even offered me the choice of canceling the day I submitted the cancellation request or at the renewal date.  It was all automated.  No email or customer service rep required.  I just clicked on my desired cancellation choice.  I don't think they mess around like internet scams typically do.

I just checked.  I clicked on the Prime logo, at the bottom of the page was a link to managing my Prime account, on that page was an option to 'end membership', and clicking that I was given three options: notify me 3 days before renewal, end membership, or keep membership.  I can understand your fear of getting scammed, but I don't think Amazon is in the business of doing that with Prime.

Overall I love Amazon as a company... it's my first port of call for most purchases, I get all my music from there, I've got hundreds of kindle books from there, I've had a business selling on there, and I am - or was - pretty well acquainted with their web services as a programmer. So I have had a lot of dealings with them, but nonetheless I always instinctively resist when I feel that a company is trying to force something on me. It's like the whole windows 10 upgrade business, with windows trying to sneak it in as an update and also as I'm hearing now, them deliberately messing with the update process of earlier versions of windows to presumably frustrate you into upgrading.

But anyway, back to Prime, it's just about really whether it's good value for money for me, given that I don't mind slow delivery and I no longer have the bandwidth to use services like Netflix. I had access to Netflix for a few months while I was staying with my sister, who had unlimited internet and a smart TV, but now I'm back home and on a small monthly limit and no smart tv. So netflix and suchlike is unfortunately out for me. It's a shame because I really liked it... I chipped in to the subscription while I was there and I certainly got my money's worth. But by the time I was going home I felt like the content was running dry for me, having trouble finding something to watch, given that I'd given myself a rule to no longer watch series because they weren't good for me... having watched through both Breaking Bad and Dexter in just a matter of weeks, in total zombie fashion So limited really to films unless I wanted to get into that state again (or learn some self-discipline ). But anyway, it was a major paradigm shift for me... from Sky to Netflix... and I definitely prefer the latter, both because it's on demand and because of the lack of adverts... but unfortunately I'm back stuck on the former. But regarding netflix vs amazon video, I heard pretty much what Rhythm said... that they're very similar in nature, just a different selection... so if I had the bandwidth for it, I'd definitely consider Amazon Video as a plus point in considering Prime, but if I went with it I would probably end up still getting them both.

[downbeatplumb]

I signed up for Amazon Prime. Seems to work with my smart TV but the shows I like aren't included like I thought they would be. 

I like the free two day shipping on my orders.

Anyone familiar with this? Can you tell me what you like and don't like about it?

I had it free for a year when I signed up for something. The shows and films are not updated very often and tend to not be the shows or films I would want to watch. The free post is good and I think there are free books now or something. But the TV package was unimpressive.

[Cecelia]

Free Two day shipping is great for shopping. Especially around Christmas and Birthdays. They even ship big items, and it's two day delivery. They're also really good about giving you a free month if you submit a complaint (well, a legitimate complaint, obviously). Like, we had an item that wouldn't be shipped when it was supposed to be--and I sent a complaint to them. They gave me an extra month free for my trouble.

The shows they have on Amazon Prime are mostly just a bonus for me. They have a few good shows (including Doctor Who) that are worth watching.

If I had any complaints about it... I'd say that they tend to ship things USPS a LOT. Which isn't terrible, because it's still two days. But our mail people like to forget to deliver our stuff sometimes--and then we have to go all the way to the post office to pick it up. Which isn't really Amazon's fault--except that they choose USPS. They've gotten better at it lately though. At least since I complained.

[The Grand Nudger]

Free 2 day on glass carboys....priceless.  Costs as much to ship them as it does to buy them.

[Angrboda]

Yeah, it's like $3.50 to ship an 80 lb. mattress from Amazon with Prime.