06-03-2023, 05:03 PM
I looked into canceling prime, because there is no tangible benefit in Hawaii since most people can wait and meet the ordering threshold required to quality for "free shipping" without it, but when I crunched the numbers, it actually made more sense to keep it if using the Prime Visa. If one orders $3500 or more of Amazon stuff per year, the extra 4% in cash back pays for the Prime membership. Similar to the difference in the Costco 'basic' and 'executive' membership, there is a threshold where it makes sense to have it.
But at the rate my Amazon orders are shrinking, I don't know how long we'll maintain that threshold. I do occasionally watch a series on Prime video, but I could sign up for a single month of Prime for $13 and binge a year's worth of shows in a month if I wanted to.
But the Amazon folks are always trying to find ways to keep their prime noose on our necks:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-ta...03089.html
"Amazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime Members"
But at the rate my Amazon orders are shrinking, I don't know how long we'll maintain that threshold. I do occasionally watch a series on Prime video, but I could sign up for a single month of Prime for $13 and binge a year's worth of shows in a month if I wanted to.
But the Amazon folks are always trying to find ways to keep their prime noose on our necks:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-ta...03089.html
"Amazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime Members"