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

I will re-up and I just signed up for the card which gives 5% back. So $139 is 5% of X$, multiply both by 100 and divide, = 13900/5 = $2780. If I spend $232 per month I cover the cost.

I am just tired of driving 20 miles (round trip) to go to the store and not get what I really should have got. If Amazon doesn't have it, I don't have waste time and gas to find out.

The big advantage is I can shop for something right now, before my forgetter kicks in.

We watch prime video maybe once a month? We both buy stuff regularly, mostly small stuff. I rarely use anything else on it but having the free shipping regardless of what we buy is worth it. Granted, I tend to add multiple things to my cart until I have a few things that will ship together. DH will buy just one thing, no matter how small it is.

Being able to send stuff directly to my kids is nice.

We just had this debate 2 weeks ago (my husband and I) when our membership was due to renew, and we kept it. I really do a lot of small purchases, when I think of things randomly. Earlier today, I ordered a pack of refills for my pen...$2.18 with tax, free ship, and I will have them tomorrow. If I went to Target for that, I'd end up picking up all kinds of other random stuff, plus treating myself to coffee, plus losing an hour or so of time that I could spend on something else. And we do watch Prime video.

All that plus every time I drop off an Amazon return at Kohl’s they give me a coupon for $5 in Kohl’s Cash that I can use immediately. Bonus!

We’ll keep our Prime membership because DH uses it A LOT for work. We absolutely get our money’s worth just from the free shipping. Plus because we’re Prime members we get free shipping on Woot.com orders too.

Nope. We had Amazon student and when it came up for renewal I suspended it. We don’t watch the shows or use the books or music or pictures or any other services and there is no whole paycheck here for food so not worth it.

Nothing is here in 2 days and rarely do we even get it in a week! We live 45 min from a distribution center.

When I’m ordering gifts for people, they’re generally over $25 so free shipping anyway.

For us, I can get pick ups in 2 hours at target and Walmart and pretty much any other store and we’re in town every other day so I get stuff much faster than I would with Amazon.

We do keep a running cart and just add as we find things we need and can’t get anywhere else. When we reach the shipping threshold, we go thru and see what we need or don’t need and then order.

I pay for my MIL to have it because she lives in a rural area and is at the point in her life when a day full of errands takes it out of her, so this is a small thing to make her life easier. If only ANY grocery service delivered to her area. She's not one for meal kits, but I keep thinking it would make her life that much easier.

She's 40 minutes away from a proper grocery store. The nearest small towns have gas stations that sell milk & bread, but there's no full service grocer. MIL still insists on being pretty independent, but I've been there when we've had the big shop and I'm tired. She is totally whipped. She's a go getter though. I hope to be as active as she is when I'm that age. 

I canceled last month. It was nice during the pandemic but it isn't that hard to get to $25 especially if you keep a list of routine things you can throw into an order. You just don't get things quite as quickly.

I have never been impressed with their TV and movie selection. Almost everything is really old. We watch Mrs. Maisel and will subscribe for a month when the final season ever comes out.

We will keep it. It’s a 20 mile trip one way to the closest store and even then there’s stuff that they just don’t carry or are frequently out of stock. Even with the slower shipping it’s worth it for us and certainly less hassle for me than trying to stop at the store either during my lunch break or after work.

There's no benefit to renewing now vs. canceling and starting up again later. I'd cancel and see if you miss it. If so, start up again. 

I canceled mine for a couple of years and didn't miss it, especially as I was spending 5 months at a location that didn't get prime shipping. We don't watch Prime. We don't store our photos on Amazon. They have things I use regularly for competitive prices so I can easily meet the free shipping minimum by adding those to my order and on the very rare occasion I need something fast, I'll just ask a friend with Prime to order it and have it sent to me.