Amazon prime sign 'top gear' trio

[maniac886]

Good news, not watched a huge amount on Amazon Instant Video, Bosch was the last series which I enjoyed. I use the Amazon site quite a lot so the £79 per year is worth it for me just for the next day deliveries plus you can invite 4 additional guests to share your membership benefits as long as they live at the same address. Got 3 of us using it on my account which is even better.

[The_Burg]

Well I'm pleased. Amazon prime is an absolute bargain in my opinion. Less for a year than a month of Sky. Fire TV box is a delight to use. Plenty of stuff to watch and the ability to switch between set top box and pad is marvellous.
Free delivery next day including Sunday. Well worth it. Started off accidentally forgetting to cancel free trial. Quite pleased I did.

And now they will have the most popular TV show on the planet.

Happy days.

[MonkeyBusiness]

Amazon Prime is good enough on its own for £70. Add a Firestick, load Kodi, and you've everything you ever need.

[3304hl]

Interesting...
Seems the entire discussion has centered around "Prime" completely ignoring the question of whether anyone is still interested in anything these three silly, self-indulgent, old geezers has to say.
I know I'm not(and I already have Prime).

[stemll]

I'll admit that when Amazon increased Prime to £79 and forced video onto us I was annoyed and cancelled but now I think it is a bargain.

I get next day delivery when I've forgotten something like a present and need it now.

By choosing No Rush for deliveries that I'm happy to wait for (most of them) I get credit for Kindle books (seems to vary between £1 and £3). If I split orders for multiple items into separate orders I get multiple credits.

So, for £80 I have:

Next Day delivery when I'm disorganised and need something NOW
Prime Music (a fraction of the size of Spotify or Apple Music but not an extra £10/month either and no ads)
Prime Video
Unlimited photo storage
Lots of free ebooks through the no rush credits
Amazon lending library free ebook loans

I wouldn't have paid £80 to watch this show if there was nothing else but as I already have the service I will watch it as it is effective free to me. By the same token, I would not have paid a Netflix sub to watch it either so I can fully understand those who will not join Prime to watch.

Edited by stemll on Friday 31st July 00:16

[robm3]

Well I just saw the three lads last weekend live in Sydney





I saw a Top Gear show about 6 years ago in Birmingham's NEC and it was a lot better than last weeks. The jokes are now wearing a little thin but it's undeniable there's a great chemistry between them.

Personally I hope they expand the new show's theme from just cars. They work well together but most of my favourite Top Gear shows have involved either them on an adventure or the ones that have trains, planes and boats in.

I'll be watching the new show anyhow.

edited to say the sketch they put up during the show where they took off other online reviews was rather good AND they pulled Ben Collins back in (with much tongue in cheek).

Edited by robm3 on Friday 31st July 04:56

[mp3manager]

gregf40 said:

Ruffy94 said:

£115 in the first year to find out that you don't think the new show is worth paying for seems like madness. Then add on whatever you then spend on tv shows/movies plus the odd 'well we get free delivery so il just buy this' and its starts getting a bit ridiculous

Prime is worth it for the next day delivery alone in my opinion.

I guess that's fine for certain types of people, like the unemployed and those who stay in all day.

But I won't be paying for Prime, I'll let some other mug do that and watch the new show when it's uploaded to various parts of the internet.

[TheAngryDog]

Blackbird425 said:

Millions of people watch eastenders too despite it being complete gash. I've watched every episode of Top Gear. At it's best it was sensational, especially the photography. I just don't see how they can keep It going with more contrived challenges from the producers and the news section which is about as amusing as syphallis. Let's see what Evans and Button can come up with

3304hl said:

Interesting...
Seems the entire discussion has centered around "Prime" completely ignoring the question of whether anyone is still interested in anything these three silly, self-indulgent, old geezers has to say.
I know I'm not(and I already have Prime).

So you'll not be watching it and you won't be going onto the new CMH thread and moaning about how silly it is and that you've never heard of Tom Cruise? (or whoever the guest may be).

[ukaskew]

mp3manager said:

I guess that's fine for certain types of people, like the unemployed and those who stay in all day.

But I won't be paying for Prime, I'll let some other mug do that and watch the new show when it's uploaded to various parts of the internet.

Odd comment, one day delivery is good precisely for those who work or find it difficult to schedule deliveries, you can have Saturday or Sunday deliveries, you know what day it's coming, and/or you can have it delivered to a Locker (like I do, fortunately my nearest one is just down the corridor from my office).

Based on your second sentence I guess you're not worth reasoning with, though.

[MrCheese]

R1 Indy said:

Jeez, there are some right tight arses in this thread! It £80 with other benefits, that's less than £7 a month.........

not really...

most people are already paying for TV in some form
the free delivery has restrictions on large items etc
most people aren't in during the day so have to arrange Sat delivery anyway
you can get nearly everything free 3-5 day delivery anyway
the content selection on Prime isn't great, wow I can watch the Hangover Part III

I'm being slightly harsh but £80 for Top Gear, the same for House of Cards, TV licence, it all starts to add up...

[JRM]

Talk about taking the money and running

Currently only 3.7% of the UK population have Amazon Prime, so they clearly couldn't care less about making a UK TV programme anymore and see it as their opportunity to be a global programme from the outset. Interestingly only 13% of US population subscribe compared to 49% (!!) who have NetFlix

Bit of a pity, but I for one couldn't care less - it was entertaining enough, but not enough to pay for yet another TV subscription. I can't see many UK viewers bothering now that it isn't included in the 'free' TV world.

Edited by JRM on Friday 31st July 08:25

[DonkeyApple]

mp3manager said:

I guess that's fine for certain types of people, like the unemployed and those who stay in all day.

But I won't be paying for Prime, I'll let some other mug do that and watch the new show when it's uploaded to various parts of the internet.

You are clearly one of those 'certain types of people'.

[Alfa numeric]

toohuge said:

snip Top Gear is massive around the world - one of the biggest markets in the US, previously everyone has been using torrents / vpn services to stream Top Gear over iPlayer - and with the lack of an episode library on iPlayer it has been frustrating trying to watch some older episodes.

There are several seasons of Top Gear available on Netflix- although not the first season weirdly.

[Blib]

Alfa numeric said:

There are several seasons of Top Gear available on Netflix- although not the first season weirdly.

Is the first, pre-May, season available anywhere?

[MadDog1962]

jonm01 said:

£80 odd to get Prime.

To be honest it's worth that just for the next day delivery which also includes Saturday and Sunday.

It's not a bad deal if you use it. It's a good alternative to Netflix as well. I cancelled both in the US because I wasn't watching enough TV. I mean if you have Sky (or whatever pay TV service), Netflix and Amazon Prime it's going to mount up. I'd rather be driving than watching all of that!

[Collectingbrass]

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[tolksee]

Blib said:

Alfa numeric said:

There are several seasons of Top Gear available on Netflix- although not the first season weirdly.

Is the first, pre-May, season available anywhere?

Yes, on ShowBox.

And no doubt that's where the next series will be too.

[robinessex]

Want ALL the F1 on TV ? Pay Sky. Want TG on TV ? Pay Amazon. B*******s, won't bother.

[j4ckos mate]

I won't be watching it
It got stale about four or five years ago in my opinion

Going to Amazon will narrow their UK audiences
Can see it fading away now and being flogged to Dave in a couple of years

[marcgti6]

God bless torrents.

I'm not paying any more to watch TV/films now. TV licence, NetFlix and a full Sky HD subscription is enough for me, thanks.