https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:50:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40/page/2#post-1390812 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:01:57 +0000 NeekieRose 1390812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH placed an order last night and it is already out for delivery, even though we didn't pay for 1 day shipping. Prime really is worth it to us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40/page/2#post-1390745 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:41:22 +0000 BSB 1390745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now, I'm only paying $39 a year because I was using Amazon Student (which is free 6 months of prime). When it's time to renew in Dec 2014, I'll see if we want to pay more than that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390720 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:33:11 +0000 kjpugs 1390720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm honestly not sure. I'll obviously keep it (I think our renewal is in October?) until renewal time but I'm going to start watching for delivery dates. Even the whole 2 day thing is bogus. Ordered something this morning, the delivery date (WITH PRIME) is Tuesday. Saturday counts, guys. You deliver on Saturdays.</p> <p>The ONLY reason I would maybe keep it is because I work from home. With LO, it's hard to get out as it is. It's not like I can go pick it up easily from work on my lunch break or way to/from work like I used to. But if it keeps being more than 2 days to deliver, I would be too annoyed to keep it, because then where's the benefit? Gah I'm such a homebody now... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390680 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:22:58 +0000 NeekieRose 1390680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We would definitely still pay. It would suck, but we use Prime for everything possible. We also get at least 5 things every month through the subscribe and save to get the 20% discount. It does suck that VA just started charging sales tax on Amazon purchases, but the convenience just can't be beat. We also never have an issue with getting things in 2 days, often times we get it in one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390414 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:09:40 +0000 plantains 1390414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Amazon and they have great customer service, but I am not interested inpaying a dollar more for Prime. I just don't think it is worth it. I would rather just plan ahead and order with Free Super Saver shipping. That stuff always arrives within the same timeframe as Prime stuff anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390395 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:04:31 +0000 lemondrop 1390395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I already refuse to pay for Prime, so no, it wouldn't help their cause. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390383 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:59:16 +0000 Happygal 1390383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So it will be $40 on top of the $79? That is steep! We have a family membership though and use it all the time, so we'll keep it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390369 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:56:36 +0000 yellowbird 1390369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I order a lot through amazon, but 40$ more seems extreme! I would try to shop locally more often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390345 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:52:33 +0000 septca 1390345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I would pay significantly more for Amazon Prime. I order seriously *everything* through Prime and max out my Subscribe &amp; Save discount every month. Before I had kids, I probably would not have thought it was worth it, but now the thought of spending time on the weekend driving to Target, unloading DD from her carseat, shopping, and carrying everything into my house makes me cringe. I *love* having bulk items just show up on my doorstep.</p> <p>I also live in a major metro area and always get things within 1-2 days, via UPS. I think it really depends where you live how the shipping works out, but it works very well for me.</p> <p>Also, Amazon customer service is pretty great. Every time I have had an issue, the guys on email were GREAT and went above and beyond in fixing my problem. For example, my S&amp;S order this month had a damaged item - it was so cold last week that one of the liquid items exploded in the box and damaged my entire order. They sent me a completely new order at no charge, with 1-day shipping. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390243 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:24:14 +0000 spaniellove 1390243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: My Choice is the best! I don't need the features anymore but I love getting notifications because I find out even when things get sent to me from someone else. And if I want to be home when things get delivered I'll know when that window is. Or I can reschedule a delivery.</p> <p>@mrbee: Sorry I completely threadjacked this. In short, I guess for what I'm already paying I want fast, reliable, premium delivery services! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390219 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:17:06 +0000 psw27 1390219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um, the WORST customer service ever @spaniellove - you can't even get someone on the phone. My package showed up 2 weeks late... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390193 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:11:04 +0000 spaniellove 1390193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@psw27: Oh Lasership is even worse than USPS! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390177 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:06:54 +0000 psw27 1390177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>eh for $40 I probably won't renew. They use this terrible shipping company called "Lasership" now and it is really horrible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390150 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:00:42 +0000 MsLipGloss 1390150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! For the amount of ordering I do, the free shipping (and time saving!) makes it worth it for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390141 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:59:23 +0000 mrs. bird 1390141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: you can do one time releases or just a general release for all of your pkgs. I only do one time releases. 40lbs of cat litter up 4 flights of stairs?? I want the guy to carry it up :D I think you can request where it's left, but I can't see right now since I don't have any shipped &amp; undelivered items right this second. It's my choice UPS (I have basic, you could pay for premium &amp; more features), you can prob do all of it online, I just find the app easy. We've had pkgs go missing, but now no one touches our stuff. I think they're all afraid of mr bird, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390117 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:50:26 +0000 MediaNaranja 1390117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am cancelling anyways since my student pricing is about to expire ($39/year instead of $79 or whatever the normal price is). A $40 increase on top of that means it would absolutely be off the table, since I don't do that much amazon shopping anyways. I can just wait and buy things I need at once for the free standard shipping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390101 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:45:21 +0000 cascademom 1390101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, that's a big increase. $40's quite a bit more. I hope that there's some uproar against it. I thought that Amazon was good at understanding their business model. This sounds like the Netflix streaming/dvd thing they did with a horrible response. Is Amazon getting too big for their britches?</p> <p>I agree with others two day shipping is getting unreliable lately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390099 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:45:05 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1390099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: oh weird. I prefer USPS because they leave it with our landlord! UPS won't. I will look for the app - that'd be great if I could authorize them to leave the package. Could I ask them to leave it with our landlord? I wouldn't be okay with it outside our apartment door because there have been package thefts in our building (stole one of my packages, actually). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390091 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:42:10 +0000 Bluebonnet 1390091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I order a lot on amazon and everything arrives in 2 days EXCEPT subscribe and save. At one point I read the fine print and realized 2 day shipping does not apply to subscribe and save. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390074 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:38:25 +0000 mrs. bird 1390074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: do you have the UPS app? i have it on my iphone &amp; i get an email the night before they have a delivery with a 3 hour window of their estimated arrival time and then i can authorize a release for them to leave the pkg. it's a lifesaver for me when i know i'm not going to be there when they arrive. they leave the pkgs even though USPS refuses to even deliver pkgs to my building- they leave a note and require that i pick them up during their normal business hours, which was next to impossible when i worked full time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390068 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:36:12 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1390068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know - that's a pretty big price hike. I mean, we probably spend $79 in shipping alone during the holiday season, but the 2-day shipping has become unreliable. I"m not sure I'd pay the extra amount. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390059 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:33:50 +0000 78h2o 1390059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I won't renew if it goes up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390052 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:31:41 +0000 danda 1390052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting - I always receive in 2 business days, and occasionally one. I'm in a major metropolitan area near an Amazon facility though, so maybe that helps. I can't imagine paying a nearly 50% increase in Prime costs...would probably start directing my business elsewhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390046 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:30:07 +0000 Ash 1390046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never ever had a problem with not getting my packages within 2 days. But I don't think I'd pay 40 dollars more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390045 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:29:07 +0000 MrsBrewer 1390045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most things that I buy on amazon are offered the free shipping with that $35 purchase anyways. To save money, I think I would be willing to wait a few extra days honestly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390043 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:28:37 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1390043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't planning to renew at the current rate. Basically prime is just paying for shipping. It would work if you bought a ton of stuff, but I don't think it's worked out for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390041 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:28:14 +0000 autumnlove 1390041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Of course. It is still a great value for me since I shop so much. I also share it with 3 other family members so I can always have them chip in. $29.75 per family isn't that bad for a year </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390040 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:28:02 +0000 MrsBrewer 1390040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. If it goes up by that much, then definitely not. $20 dollars is even a big increase honestly.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390038 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:27:37 +0000 spaniellove 1390038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It wasn't a conscious decision, but I just realized that with the slower delivery and now paying sales tax (which I know is not their decision) I'm starting to go out and buy things that I used to order out of convenience. It was nice to get a good price and have it delivered quickly w/o leaving the home, but now if I know I'm going to save a few cents and not know how long I'll be waiting...I'll just find it locally. Obscure things I suppose I'll have to suck it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-may-raise-the-price-of-prime-by-up-to-40#post-1390035 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:27:05 +0000 littlebug 1390035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: I like that idea of breaking up the Prime services! </p>