Amazon Prime - now with adverts in every film

[anonymous-user]

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[boxst]

I think quite a lot of people (me included) just have Amazon prime for the same/next day delivery. The video and music is just a bonus.

[FrankAbagnale]

£8.99 or whatever it is for free delivery, music, TV etc feels like bloody good value. Don’t begrudge the extra £3 to remove adverts if I find them that irritating.

Can’t remember how much Netflix is but I think £11-12 a month and that’s without the worlds biggest shop with same/next day delivery.

[richhead]

FrankAbagnale said:

£8.99 or whatever it is for free delivery, music, TV etc feels like bloody good value. Don’t begrudge the extra £3 to remove adverts if I find them that irritating.

Can’t remember how much Netflix is but I think £11-12 a month and that’s without the worlds biggest shop with same/next day delivery.

Ive noticed the deliveries taking longer and longer in the last year and was thinking about canceling prime, this made up my mind, there isnt much content i watch anyway

[MBBlat]

Standard American business practice, take a well liked and profitable business then “improve” it by gradually taking away everything that made it popular with the punters and simultaneously adding hidden and not so hidden charges to squeeze every last cent out of the customers.

Then the board sit back, congratulate themselves on their bonuses, only to wonder a few years later what happened as their customers desert them for the new upstart that gives them what they want. Rinse and repeat.

[Randy Winkman]

I'll keep Prime but not bothered about ads as I dont watch anything on it anyway. By the way, for me the Prime is more for having control over the day of delivery rather than getting things quicker. But I know lots of people are like that.

I guess there's going to be an ongoing issue with how TV/video is paid for whether it's the BBC licence or anything else. People want stuff but don't want to pay. That's how life is I suppose.

[tamore]

'free delivery'?

most items that are available on prime and not on prime are always cheaper without it.

[boxst]

tamore said:

'free delivery'?

most items that are available on prime and not on prime are always cheaper without it.

Some times that is the case — usually only by a few pence though. And I’m impatient — the marginally cheaper items seem to have 3-4 days delivery.

[juggsy]

boxst said:

tamore said:

'free delivery'?

most items that are available on prime and not on prime are always cheaper without it.

Some times that is the case — usually only by na few pence though. And I’m impatient — the marginally cheaper items seem to have 3-4 days delivery.

It’s not just the free delivery, it’s the after sales and knowing pretty much any issue will be resolved quickly/easily.

[pavarotti1980]

juggsy said:

It’s not just the free delivery, it’s the after sales and knowing pretty much any issue will be resolved quickly/easily.

Amazon logistics is very very reliable as well. I can count on one hand the number of times the parcel hasnt arrived on the specified day. That has been down to me not being in at the time of delivery for a "verified recipient" item and the other was the bloke had his van nicked (same driver as next day with his hire van). Add in ability to pick a delivery day or drop off locker, and as you say after sales and its a winner. I will put up with ads for £8.99 a month and enjoy what is effectively free TV

Netflix on the other hand will be getting the boot soon. Nearly £20 a month and their worthwhile offerings are few and far between nowadays

[Smollet]

boxst said:

I think quite a lot of people (me included) just have Amazon prime for the same/next day delivery. The video and music is just a bonus.

Agreed

[CoolHands]

Think I’ll get rid. Don’t watch much and their delivery is pretty slow anyway now plus I’m never in a rush.

[king arthur]

I'll be cancelling too. The whole point of paying for a streaming service is to avoid moronic adverts. But instead of just putting the price up by a pound like Netflix does, Amazon have introduced a whole new level of subscription you have to move to to keep the same service. Not worth it for me.

[Murph7355]

Netflix don't seem immune to tiered charging... And their content is very poor IMO (with a couple of notable exceptions).

What we are seeing here is the cost of content and profit becoming more transparent. Start low, suck subscribers in, crank up the cost. Boiled frog like.

We currently pay for Prime (deliveries and other bundled services are useful and a key driver to us) and Disney+.

I suspect we can all get used to paying more. I was allergic to paying for content initially, but not much choice now. If prices rise further I may even have to reconsider my lifelong stance on Sky!

[pavarotti1980]

anonymous said:

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Have a few things on Subscribe and Save and they are cheaper than supermarkets for a few things so makes the £9 a month worthwhile with streaming.

Netflix is £4.99 for standard with adverts on 2 device. Without ads is £10.99. We only have the expensive one as we have more than 2 devices that login so its £17.99 for premium

[Randy Winkman]

anonymous said:

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To me it just says that they view the customer as being the one that pays for the service. Who else pays?

[bitchstewie]

I say it on all these threads but it's worth thinking about these services compared to Sky and Virgin IMO.

I was paying £100/month for Sky and I now have the following:

Prime annual sub (mainly for delivery wouldn't pay for the video content by itself)
Netflix £10.99/month
Disney £79.99/year
Paramount £6.99/month
Apple TV £8.99/month

Honestly I think when you compare it to Sky it's so cheap for what you get it's almost easy to lose sight of that

[dontlookdown]

Smollet said:

boxst said:

I think quite a lot of people (me included) just have Amazon prime for the same/next day delivery. The video and music is just a bonus.

Agreed

That's why I got it. But the delivery is nothing like a fast or reliable as it was, and I rarely watch anything on prime anymore - anything decent usually turns out to require an additional subscription. There are much better streaming services out there now.

So no longer looking quite such a no brainer for me.

[richhead]

dontlookdown said:

Smollet said:

boxst said:

I think quite a lot of people (me included) just have Amazon prime for the same/next day delivery. The video and music is just a bonus.

Agreed

That's why I got it. But the delivery is nothing like a fast or reliable as it was, and I rarely watch anything on prime anymore - anything decent usually turns out to require an additional subscription. There are much better streaming services out there now.

So no longer looking quite such a no brainer for me.

This is where im at, Not sure its value anymore, infact just canceled it, still will save me buying tat i dont need when ive had a glass lol

[Chuffedmonkey]

bhstewie said:

I say it on all these threads but it's worth thinking about these services compared to Sky and Virgin IMO.

I was paying £100/month for Sky and I now have the following:

Prime annual sub (mainly for delivery wouldn't pay for the video content by itself)
Netflix £10.99/month
Disney £79.99/year
Paramount £6.99/month
Apple TV £8.99/month

Honestly I think when you compare it to Sky it's so cheap for what you get it's almost easy to lose sight of that

I kind of agree with that but Sky, Virgin, BT, Freeview etc, broadcast channels that have some good content in them. Such as Discovery, Nat geographic, Yesterday plus many more. Imagine all these channels start to charge monthly costs? They wouldn't survive. They need a common platform to show their channels and content with adverts for the revenue they bring.

I was also very surprised with the new Football content deal. It all basically went to SKY and TNT (BT Sport). The steaming giants pulled out? The Premier league could have easily sold that to a streaming only provider and made much more money.