02-01-2014, 03:55 PM | #76 | |
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02-01-2014, 05:31 PM | #77 |
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02-01-2014, 06:06 PM | #78 |
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On a personal level I would like to see discrimination against bland or average looking women revoked. We need dates too.
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02-01-2014, 06:14 PM | #79 |
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Some may think it's silly if they can afford the higher price or if they don't want AP but it does seem as if the poor guys get priced out of being able to afford things sometimes. That was the point I was trying to make. And I couldn't think of a better term than discrimination (based on economics) to fit the situation. After all there may be some who can afford it (barely) at $79.00 who will find it impossible to do so at $100.00 +. I've never been able to afford it (though it looks interesting) even at the current price so I know I won't be able to do so if they raise it up either.
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02-01-2014, 06:23 PM | #80 |
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I finally signed up for prime and I've enjoyed the convenience-- but not enough to pay more for it. Because I have it and therefore have paid for shipping in advance, I buy a lot more from amazon than I used to. Without it, I'm more likely to shop around and reduce the amount of money I spend with them.
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02-01-2014, 08:29 PM | #82 |
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I've never particularly thought the service was worth it but I actually would consider it if it came with a monthly charge rather than one bulk payment. I pay for Netflix, Hulu, and I paid for Xbox Live for several years so $7-$8 a month wouldn't break me.
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02-01-2014, 08:43 PM | #83 | |
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02-01-2014, 09:37 PM | #84 | |
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02-01-2014, 09:42 PM | #85 | |
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Someone mentioned on another thread that people most interested in prime are those who want to stream video. In other words, the free shipping is less and less of the reason people are signing up (of course Amazon isn't saying this, this is forums/individuals). Since I don't even watch TV or movies, I have no idea if this is the case, but I've seen that thrown around a bit other places and at least one person who wrote in on my blog when I did a poll mentioned she carries prime for the video. |
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02-01-2014, 10:51 PM | #86 | |
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02-01-2014, 11:20 PM | #87 |
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Even if it isn't discrimination according to the law the result is the same. Some people who could afford it won't be able to and those who might want it but already found it outside their ability to afford are still left out in the cold.
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02-01-2014, 11:32 PM | #88 |
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Where's your source for the claim that it is illegal to charge more than people can afford for your product?
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02-01-2014, 11:48 PM | #90 |
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If a sizable portion of the public can't get something because of the price being too high isn't it on a parallel of not being able to go somewhere because of other things they can't change like ethnic origin or skin color? I don't know if it fits the legal definition of the term as most people think of it or not, but it seems that way to me as a layman. I mean it's illegal to not rent to someone based on their job for example if I understand right or based on their race, or if they have a physical handicap so is it that far a stretch to say that raising the price of a service which makes it impossible for someone to afford it (if they want it) or so they no longer can (if they had already had it) amounts to the same thing? I'm not a lawyer but it does sound that way to me. If anyone here at MR is a lawyer and can clarify what the difference is feel free.
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