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Old 02-01-2015, 08:56 PM   #16
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I wonder How many are actually Paying for the Prime? Or like meI received a 1yr Free Prime when I purchased my Phone! & How many are just using the Prime 30 day Trail? Questions I betting no answer to LOL
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I wonder How many are actually Paying for the Prime? Or like meI received a 1yr Free Prime when I purchased my Phone! & How many are just using the Prime 30 day Trail? Questions I betting no answer to LOL
I suspect investors (and the SEC) would have something to say if Amazon (or anybody else) reported free trials as paying members.
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And how would they know unless Amazon told them? Which seems pretty unlikely.

Amazon keeps all their numbers pretty quiet.
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And how would they know unless Amazon told them? Which seems pretty unlikely.

Amazon keeps all their numbers pretty quiet.
Not quite all of them:
http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2...d-why-it-works



They do release *some* numbers.
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Old 02-02-2015, 11:42 PM   #20
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OMG, tons more info than I ever wanted to know. LOL
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Old 02-04-2015, 12:39 AM   #21
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Prime member. Bought it just for the "free" shipping. Worth it to me just for that original benefit. Amazon Prime video is great. I watch more regular Tv and Netflix...but do occasionally watch Prime...particularly now that I have the FireStick attached to the tv in the bedroom. Haven't really done much with the music service.

But yes, I'll buy aspirins and stuff like that from Amazon that I never would were it not for prime. I'm sure that my style of usage makes Prime a loss leader for Amazon.
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Old 02-04-2015, 09:48 AM   #22
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I buy a lot of stuff from Amazon, but also a lot of stuff elsewhere since Amazon is frequently not the lowest price out there. And I hate to pay for shipping so Amazon Prime doesn't really interest me since most of the stuff I buy there includes free shipping. If I have to pay for shipping I'll generally go where the item I want is cheapest.
Depends on how much you buy at a time. Most free shipping only applies for orders over $35 without Prime. With Prime that $35 minimum amount does not apply.
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Prime member. Bought it just for the "free" shipping. Worth it to me just for that original benefit. Amazon Prime video is great. I watch more regular Tv and Netflix...but do occasionally watch Prime...particularly now that I have the FireStick attached to the tv in the bedroom. Haven't really done much with the music service.

But yes, I'll buy aspirins and stuff like that from Amazon that I never would were it not for prime. I'm sure that my style of usage makes Prime a loss leader for Amazon.
Same here. Amazon saves me time, running around, energy and money. I now purchase all my vitamins, pain killers, some electronics, the list is endless. I also use the music service.

If I need something Amazon is my first stop.
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OMG, tons more info than I ever wanted to know. LOL

As always, be careful what you wish for!
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Once people pay for prime they feel they need to buy stuff to make prime pays for itself. It's pretty ingenious
Actually it's kind of the other way around for us. When we need to buy stuff, the free 2-day delivery is a huge incentive.
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I think that the estimate that 45% of Amazon's customers are Prime members is very high. It suggests to me that folks who are not Prime members are doing their shopping elsewhere.
Which would be true for us. We had a Prime Membership -- cancelled it for about a year -- then bought it again in December. When we didn't have the Prime Membership we bought a lot more from eBay and other sites. Free, two day shipping makes a big difference.
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And I hate to pay for shipping so Amazon Prime doesn't really interest me since most of the stuff I buy there includes free shipping.
What makes it attractive is not just the free shipping, but the free 2 DAY shipping.
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I wonder How many are actually Paying for the Prime? Or like meI received a 1yr Free Prime when I purchased my Phone! & How many are just using the Prime 30 day Trail? Questions I betting no answer to LOL
I'm paying full price for my membership.
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What makes it attractive is not just the free shipping, but the free 2 DAY shipping.
I caught myself before I made a costly mistake a few days ago. I priced Bitdefender at about 26USD for 3 PC/1 year, the best price I could find at Amazon, and it was free shipping. Said so right where I selected the item. Then I looked at the cost at the end and it was twice that. Over $50.

Turns out if you select the 2 days shipping (almost automatic for me) for something that doesn't have Prime but did say "free shipping" they may mean "free shipping for regular delivery and then gouge you for 2 day if you select it.

The time was only about 2 days difference.
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I wonder if I'm the only one who joined Prime primarily for the streaming video and music. I'm finding some items are priced better on Ebay. Actually just skipped Prime shipping on an item that was more than $4 less on Ebay, and that wasn't the first time. It looks like shipping costs are often built in to Amazon's prices for some Prime items. Perhaps I'm not Amazon's ideal customer :-)
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