Amazon prime

Mnoee

Doc_N said:

Mnoee said:

Doc_N said:

Here’s another one that’s much cheaper with Prime:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08L5DX25C

Around £20 cheaper with Prime.

Who's paying RRP for an advent calendar at the start of spring?!

I know, there'll be bargain hunters buying long life calendars cheap out of season. But the 'normal price' of Christmas stuff right now is not RRP. The non-prime price may as well be thousands, the market for full price tiny jams in specifically festive packaging is not large. 

Of course. It was merely one example of a low price available only to Prime customers. There are plenty more, and it's just a factor to bear in mind when deciding. For this family Prime is an absolute bargain, but for many others it won't be. 

As for the advent calendar, Amazon is likely to be the only place you can find one and get it delivered to the door at no extra cost. A bargain for some, complete waste of money for others.

It's £17 on ebay, delivered, for anyone desperate for festive jam. 

twopenny

It's always worth checking how much you'd pay buying direct from a company.

Just got frustrated with Amazon where it say free delivery but adds delivery - not for the first time.

Checked the manufacturer and delivery is cheaper than Amazon.

I wonder if you use £95 in delivery over the year.

finbaar

I watch quite a few programmes on prime - annoyingly with adverts these days - and order a shed load of stuff. My account is linked to my wife's account so we only pay one fee per year for everything. She's a teacher and she orders even more stuff than me. I would say we get five deliveries a week averaged over the year between us. We also use the unlimited photo storage with Amazon Photos - this is our third location for storage along with Google Photos and Microsoft OneDrive. So a combination of all that is value for money for us. I think you need to consider what you are getting out of it to see if it is value for money though.

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