Price of Amazon Prime May Jump To $119 a Year

Posted by timothy on Friday January 31, 2014 @10:29PM from the now-how-much-would-you-pay? dept.

colinneagle writes "Amazon CFO Tom Szkutak hinted during the company's earnings conference call [Thursday] that we might see an increase to the company's popular Amazon Prime service. As it stands now, Amazon Prime costs $79 per year and offers users free shipping on millions of items, free book borrowing for select Kindle titles, and last but not least, free streaming to the company's video on-demand service. Going forward, Amazon may increase that pricepoint to either $99 or $119. That's a rather significant price increase, but it's important to keep in mind that the price of Amazon Prime has remained the same ever since Amazon first started the program nine years ago." How many products do you use that haven't increased in price for that long?

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Re:how many products? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-31 23:14 · Score: 5, Funny

I spend way too much on living. I'd save lots of money if only I could shake my food addiction. I tried going cold turkey but then I developed an overwhelming craving for cold turkey.
Re:worth it to me, with the free shipping and vide by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-01 00:09 · Score: 2, Funny

The mailroom staff are demanding bribes or they'll go postal.
Re:Milk by c0lo · 2014-02-01 00:45 · Score: 3, Funny

Was $1.10 in 2003, now it is $0.99
Last time I checked, it was over $40 a galon 128 fl oz.
Yeap, it starts at $45 now, but can get as high as $120,000.00 (+$13.49 shipping).

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