Amazon prime

mjm3346

There are/were some scam offers on Amazon where it might say Free delivery (not prime) but that is free delivery for 1 and it turns out there is a minimum order quantity of say 3 or 4 when there is a large delivery charge. I have never had prime free delivery where delivery has to be paid for (sometimes not all variants of a product will have PFD)

gran3

I dont get this minimum spend. I sometimes order small value items with no charge.  I live in the sticks so this stops me having to travel, search the shops and pay to park. I use the video service a lot, having just binned sky, the photo storage, the free books etc. I regard it as great value for money, but thats my take. 

Allandsundry247

I had Amazon prime for about 14 years and we all used it. However I decided to cancel it last year as part of a financial overhaul. Often films we wanted to watch were not included in the cost so no problem there and I get free delivery on my products by having them delivered to my Post Office. I bypass the £2.99 fee by opting for later delivery. 

Arthurian

My ordering from Amazon has recently dropped off a cliff, because I used to have free Prime delivery thanks to using a family member's Prime membership.  Apparently Amazon have now changed the rules and you now have to live in the same house to share such benefits, so it's Ebay for me from now on as a default, or actually going shopping in my local town.  The best thing about Amazon was the reviews, but I think the worst thing this year has been the influx of cheap, shoddy goods from China.

JB50MSE

In answer to your initial question, I'd probably cancel Amazon Prime, if I were you. It seems only to be value for money if you buy a lot from Amazon.
I almost always find a free delivery method, including to the local lockable boxes, which is fine for smallish, lightweight orders.
I don't usually buy much from Amazon but while "Prime Day" (which seemed to last several days) was on, I signed up to Amazon Prime for a free 30 day trial. I have a diary note to cancel before 30 days. So far I've received the following benefits:
- reduced prices on most goods we wanted to buy during and after Prime Day,
- free and faster delivery,
- a £50 Amazon gift card when I took up an offer for a free Amazon Barclaycard (which I used immediately when buying more goods on Amazon). Non-Prime customers would have received a £40 Amazon gift card, although it's usually £10 or £20.
I haven't found enough benefits to make me want to pay for Amazon Prime. I'm pleased to read on other answers that Amazon might possibly offer me another 30 day free trial of Amazon Prime sometime after I cancel this one. 
One disadvantage I've found with Amazon Prime is that Amazon now send me a lot of messages and emails, trying to tempt me to buy more. I must try to find a way of switching those off!

BTW I found the Amazon Barclaycard app was time-consuming, but I managed to apply, be accepted, download the Barclaycard app, and use the new Amazon Barclaycard to pay for my Amazon purchases (for which I will receive 2% Amazon "rewards") and spend my £50 Amazon gift card  in less than an hour. 
I will probably keep my new Amazon Barclaycard ufn. It's an app on my iPhone (not a physical credit card which I could swipe), which I think limits me personally to UK online purchases or by telephone within the UK; not ideal for me because I can't use it on Apple Pay in shops etc. Nothing's perfect, but for many other (non-Amazon) online/telephone purchases apparently I get 0.5% cashback for 12 months. Following MSE's general advice, I will keep this under review and cancel the Amazon Barclaycard when it's not worth keeping, or I find other disadvantages.
Apologies that my comment addresses two related subjects.

sarah1972

JB50MSE said:

BTW I found the Amazon Barclaycard app was time-consuming, but I managed to apply, be accepted, download the Barclaycard app, and use the new Amazon Barclaycard to pay for my Amazon purchases (for which I will receive 2% Amazon "rewards") and spend my £50 Amazon gift card  in less than an hour. 
I will probably keep my new Amazon Barclaycard ufn. It's an app on my iPhone (not a physical credit card which I could swipe), which I think limits me personally to UK online purchases or by telephone within the UK; not ideal for me because I can't use it on Apple Pay in shops etc. Nothing's perfect, but for many other (non-Amazon) online/telephone purchases apparently I get 0.5% cashback for 12 months. Following MSE's general advice, I will keep this under review and cancel the Amazon Barclaycard when it's not worth keeping, or I find other disadvantages.
Apologies that my comment addresses two related subjects.

The Amazon Barclaycard is a physical card, I have one. 

I think the app is straight forward but I really only use the app to see my balance 

JB50MSE

sarah1972 said:

JB50MSE said:

BTW I found the Amazon Barclaycard app was time-consuming, but I managed to apply, be accepted, download the Barclaycard app, and use the new Amazon Barclaycard to pay for my Amazon purchases (for which I will receive 2% Amazon "rewards") and spend my £50 Amazon gift card  in less than an hour. 
I will probably keep my new Amazon Barclaycard ufn. It's an app on my iPhone (not a physical credit card which I could swipe), which I think limits me personally to UK online purchases or by telephone within the UK; not ideal for me because I can't use it on Apple Pay in shops etc. Nothing's perfect, but for many other (non-Amazon) online/telephone purchases apparently I get 0.5% cashback for 12 months. Following MSE's general advice, I will keep this under review and cancel the Amazon Barclaycard when it's not worth keeping, or I find other disadvantages.
Apologies that my comment addresses two related subjects.

The Amazon Barclaycard is a physical card, I have one. 

I think the app is straight forward but I really only use the app to see my balance 

Yes, Amazon Barclaycard does also post a physical credit card to the customer. My physical credit card arrived 3 weeks later!

Beeblebr0x

What I do as I've no use for their music, videos and storage:

1. Try to buy elsewhere, e.g. World Of Books for second hand CDs, DVDs and books, unless I particularly           want to buy new.
2. Wait until I get an offer of free Prime, usually in the run up to Christmas. 
3. Ask my daughter to order things on her account.