Amazon Prime is jumping from $119 to $139 (US)--Worth it?

It iis for me. We watch Amazon Prime ALL the time.

I will be keeping it . We also watch Amazon prime .

I figure I saved that much shipping gifts direct at Xmas alone. No family close so shipping everything would have been expensive!

To me, it is worth it for now. I use the free 2 day shipping and we watch Amazon Prime streaming.

It is for me. We watch prime quite a bit, and ordering from Amazon often means free, same-day delivery where I live. 

That comes out to not quite $12/month so yes I'll definitely keep it. As others have said, I love being able to order random things when I think of them that otherwise I'd have to drive all over creation looking for. For example, just recently I ordered a shower curtain, glass Pyrex pie plates, Urvashi Pitre's new Instant Pot cookbook, coffee pods that I have on automatic re-order for ds's partner...etc. But, I didn't order them all at once so nothing would have qualified for free shipping if I didn't have Prime. And just think of how many different stores I would have had to drive to for those items. 

Not to mention the Prime Video options which we use a lot.

Also, I have their credit card so I get rebates on everything I buy (not just through Amazon, but everywhere that I use a credit card -- which is pretty much everywhere these days). I bought most of my Christmas gifts using those rebates. 

To me it is worth it and I have been trimming some of my subscriptions. I will pay the increase.

Also we have a handful of warehouses newr us so things arrive quickly most of the time. Typically same to next day.

I will say it was totally worth it when ds was at Children's and his GI conditions were flairing up and I needed chux pads for his bed. Ordered at the hospital at like 10pm and by 8am they were at our home, so before we got there ourselves.

This happened last month as well with another items we needed that was OOS elsewhere and it came by 6am (5:52am).

Yep. I will keep it - the shipping alone is worth it to me bc I cannot stand going out for one or two things. Yesterday our fridge filter needed to be replaced. It was $20 more at best buy and that was my only local option. I bought a ton of stuff for Christmas and when it was not a hit, returns we super easy.

I also stream amazon prime shows and I use their photo storage.

I haven't had 2 day shipping in a couple years - before COVID, so that can't be the excuse. It takes a week or longer sometimes. Never ever in two days.

But yet, I can order from Walmart and Target (don't have a membership, but do have a Target credit card) and that stuff is always here in one or two days. Ships free if I order over $35 from WM - Target ships free because of the credit card. So ... eh... Amazon kind of frustrates me with that. I am making more of an effort to not buy from Amazon.

If it wasn't for Prime and the free Kindle book every month - I would dump it.

We ordered a comforter set for younger DD from Walmart and it took 8 days to arrive - except they had shipped us completely the wrong item. Had to pack it up and ship it back to them (and have them receive it) before they would send an exchange - and we’re still waiting on that.

Compare to Amazon which usually has stuff here same day or next day - two days at most - and I can walk into Kohls with returns/exchanges, no lines and no waiting, and have them credited back to my account immediately and new item on the way.

Love my Prime. You want me to pay $11/mo for all that plus get the movies and music and books? Take my money.

I guess it might be worth it if you use it for other stuff, like tv, but it’s not worth it for shipping.

Everything sold/distributed by Amazon is free shipping at $25 without prime. That’s a really low threshold. I still get all my Amazon stuff within a few days just selecting the free shipping.

And whether you have prime or not doesn’t affect the free returns. I don’t have prime and can still walk into kohl’s or ups store for free instant returns without having to print anything or pack anything.

Yes.

1. Free shipping, and since I don’t usually need it in 2 days, I pick the no-rush rewards when possible. I use those primarily for free Kindle books or software. Last year I earned over $75 in no-rush rewards, which paid for my antivirus software and several books.
2. Generous return policy, and returns are easy.
3. Photo storage. I have thousands of photos backed up through Prime photo.
4. Prime video/TV. I don’t watch a lot on Prime, but my kids do.
5. Prime Days/daily lightning deals/Prime Outlet. I do a lot of my holiday shopping through these kinds of sales, and I also keep a list of things I want so I can watch for deals.
6. I know you can get free shipping without Prime, but the vast majority of my orders are under $25.

We will definitely pay the increase. In a major city so most orders are here in 1-2 days, with some things arriving same day. It would cost me more than that $20 price increase in gas to drive all over town looking for items, only to find they are out of stock/don't carry. We also watch Amazon Prime streaming.