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TheBigDave

11-06-12 05:09 AM

Amazon Prime - $7.99 Monthly Plan

Looks like Amazon is now offering a $7.99 monthly subscription to Prime.

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Amazon Testing a $7.99 Per Month Prime Subscription

Reader Scott noticed that Amazon is now testing a $7.99 per month Prime subscription (instead of $79 per year), a price that is very familiar to Netflix and Hulu Plus subscribers. I was able to confirm the pricing on the Amazon website and capture a screen shot:

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7902/amazonprime.jpg

It looks like Amazon just got serious about competing in the U.S. with Netflix and Hulu. Amazon Prime at $7.99 per month ($95.88 per year), when combined with the recent movie & TV show deals (Epix, NBC Universal), free 2-day shipping, and a free monthly ebook, is looking like a really good deal.

http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2012/1...scription.html

TGM	11-06-12 06:45 AM

Re: Amazon Prime - $7.99 Monthly Plan

hope this doesn't mean an increase in the yearly price.

islandclaws

11-06-12 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by TallGuyMe (Post 11456210)

hope this doesn't mean an increase in the yearly price.

rotfl

Of course it will!

Luckily, I'm on student prime pricing for another 2 years.

davidh777

11-06-12 11:12 AM

Re: Amazon Prime - $7.99 Monthly Plan

Just in time for Black Friday

Easy	11-06-12 12:05 PM

Re: Amazon Prime - $7.99 Monthly Plan

Not bad for shipping during the holiday period. However, I think their streaming sucks on the PS3. I never get more than 2 bars and I have a 10 meg DL speed. So streaming doesn't enter the equation for me.

Vipper II

11-06-12 07:32 PM

Re: Amazon Prime - $7.99 Monthly Plan

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Originally Posted by TallGuyMe (Post 11456210)

hope this doesn't mean an increase in the yearly price.

The price hasn't gone up since its inception, yet delivery prices sure have. Prime members have had it pretty damn good. I'd hate to pay more, mainly because I hate parting with sweet, sweet dollars, but it'd be easy to brush off in this case.

mzupeman2

11-06-12 09:15 PM

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Question is, when will Amazon actually get a much larger selection of streamable content you don't have to pay for under Prime? Netflix still takes the cake in this regard. Ah well. I still am going to have Prime because I save a ton of money on shipping, as well as my own time and gas.

Ranger

11-07-12 12:23 AM

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Nice deal. A monthly prime plan is perfect for me for the 2-day shipping. The stream video is just a plus.

brendap

11-07-12 01:37 PM

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When I go to amazon mine still shows $79.99 for a year.

kefrank

11-07-12 04:14 PM

Re: Amazon Prime - $7.99 Monthly Plan

According to all the reports I've read, the yearly price is not changing. The monthly plan is more expensive in total if you keep it for 12 months, but it offers people the option to, for example, only do prime during the holidays when they're ordering a bunch of stuff or only do it in the winter months when they stream a lot more movies, ultimately paying less than if the yearly price was the only option.

Ranger

11-07-12 11:39 PM

Re: Amazon Prime - $7.99 Monthly Plan

Makes me wonder if Netflix will offer a $2 weekly stream plan.

foxdvd

11-07-12 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Ranger (Post 11459429)

Makes me wonder if Netflix will offer a $2 weekly stream plan.

no but they are starting a 30 cent a day plan..

D.Pham5GLTE (>60GB)

11-10-12 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mzupeman2 (Post 11457446)

Overall,you are right,but There are some tv shows like west wing,fringe,and stargate sg1 and Atlantis.

The monthly works great for me as I can get a month or two to watch some titles . I did not want to pay the whole year.

D.Pham5GLTE (>60GB)

11-10-12 11:00 PM

Re: Amazon Prime - $7.99 Monthly Plan

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Originally Posted by brendap (Post 11458705)

When I go to amazon mine still shows $79.99 for a year.

There are some tips here in this thread.

http://slickdeals.net/f/5444548-Amaz...7-99-per-month

Easy	11-16-12 01:48 PM

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A big fat YOU SUCK to Amazon. I went to sign up for this and can't find it anywhere. I guess it's dead.

TGM	11-16-12 04:07 PM

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I would think they would roll this out AFTER Black Friday.

Easy	11-16-12 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TallGuyMe (Post 11471119)

I would think they would roll this out AFTER Black Friday.

It was available to me yesterday but not today. Unfornately, I was pulled away from the computer yesterday so I kinda got screwed. I complained to a CSR via email for all the good it did me. All they would say was ...not available at this time.

So Best Buy will get most of my business this year. No problem.

TGM	11-19-12 09:39 AM

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this idea has been shelved.

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