MSE News: Amazon to offer monthly Prime subscriptions

Former_MSE_Nick

Online retail giant Amazon is rolling out a new monthly subscription option for its flagship Prime service across the UK, with users able to pay £7.99/month rather than commit to a hefty annual subscription of £79, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.

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HappyMJ

Students can also get a free six-month trial of one-day delivery, or choose to pay £39 for a year of the full Prime service – see more on Student Prime. There are no plans to introduce a monthly plan for students.

I'm on Student Prime. It isn't actually "full Prime". The benefits of Prime cannot be shared with the Amazon Household on Student Prime. Only the main account is getting free delivery and we do not get 20% off some of the items that the £79/year Prime members get. Only the main account is getting Prime Video. The other Household accounts can only read and share the Kindle purchases that we've made but they cannot access the Kindle Owners Lending Library.

problemcashback

this isn't new, its been on our account since Christmas when we cancelled

stugib

problemcashback wrote: »

this isn't new, its been on our account since Christmas when we cancelled

It was being tested, not everyone could access it until now

[Deleted User]

I had a free trial and when I came to cancel/renew the option to pay monthly was available too...

Feral_Moon

HappyMJ wrote: »

I'm on Student Prime. It isn't actually "full Prime". The benefits of Prime cannot be shared with the Amazon Household on Student Prime. Only the main account is getting free delivery and we do not get 20% off some of the items that the £79/year Prime members get. Only the main account is getting Prime Video. The other Household accounts can only read and share the Kindle purchases that we've made but they cannot access the Kindle Owners Lending Library.

I guess that depends on how much you trust your other household members to allow access your AP account so they can benefit from the movies/music/kindle/free delivery etc

Kite2010

(Is it just me who thinks that this story should go into the Shop But Don't Drop area on the forum, as isn't really Consumer Rights related?)

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As for the monthly prime, it's a good idea, would probably see an uptake in those who don't want to hand over £79 for a year up front, might be more expensive doing it monthly but Amazon would get the punters)

Ectophile

I just wish that Amazon would have a permanent opt out of Amazon Prime option on their web site. I get sick of them desperately trying to push it on me every time I order anything from them.

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Ectophile wrote: »

I get sick of them desperately trying to push it on me every time I order anything from them.

Is it really such an imposition to click through to the actual order page?

To be honest, doesn't "one click" ordering do exactly what you want?