Is the $139 Amazon Prime Subscription Still Worth It?

When I canceled Prime a couple of years ago, I thought our family would really miss it. In practice, we have barely noticed. I don&#x27;t trust Amazon any more for electronics; the books I ordered more recently were badly packaged and often dog-eared; and we now spend less time idly browsing Amazon for purchases we don&#x27;t need, which is good all round.<p>Everyone has different needs, but I&#x27;d encourage more people to try canceling it. The world would not be harmed from a little less Amazon shopping.

Nope. After they announced they were going to charge me extra to not have ads in Prime Video I canceled. I have had Prime since it launched.<p>They don’t have good prices for items anymore and I can wait a day or two extra instead of paying the ever increasing prime price.

Even ignoring Prime, Amazon&#x27;s value proposition has only continued to drop over time, particularly as it continues to be overrun with junk brands (you know the ones- their names are always gibbrish and in all caps) that you can get just as easily on one of the Chinese upstart e-tailer sites for much cheaper albeit with longer shipping times.<p>Add in the issue of knockoff products being comingled with genuine and I&#x27;m not sure quick shipping times are enough to make it worth it.

I think it depends on your spend.<p>If you have an Amazon Prime Visa credit card, you get 5% cashback on purchases if you have Amazon Prime, and 3% cashback if you don&#x27;t.<p>If you regularly buy a few high-ticket items a year on amazon, that 2% difference will cover the price of prime.

Seems like every order I get is 4-5 days shipping regardless of prime or saver shipping. Don&#x27;t see the point in paying anymore tbh. It definitely was 2 days before COVID, ever since it&#x27;s never gotten back.

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My Prime membership ends in June--what are people using instead for their shopping go-to? Walmart? AliExpress? Other?

I hear my US friends bitching about Prime service degradation. Meanwhile it&#x27;s still ~35 USD&#x2F;YR in Canada and next day delivery has been increasingly reliable. I haven&#x27;t compared cataglue on prime videos, maybe we have access to less content. But still hard deal to beat.

I will know it is worth it and I am going to sign up as soon as it gets a little more complicated to do so and canceling becomes a one click action.

i canceled my prime last year. it took effect a few days ago. these days, i order from them so infrequently, i am okay with paying extra for it to get to me sooner.<p>(the tipping point for me was getting tackled by huge American Thursday Night Football banner ads with no way of turning them off. I hate football.)

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i got everything i need i cancelled it like a couple of months ago