When we had our baby in 2010, we seriously started shopping online for ease of use, convenience, and better deals. At that time, I was a part-time student working on my second Master's degree. So, I signed up for the free 1 year student membership trial. I have become a huge fan of Amazon Prime since then.
When my 1 year trial ended, I decided to get the full membership. Amazon membership costs only $79 per year, but the benefits are much more worth than the costs.
The Amazon Prime membership provides:
Free unlimited 2-day shipping on thousands of items with no minimum order size. This shipping is FREE both ways.
Amazon Prime instant videos has replaced our cable subscription. Amazon Prime membership allows you to stream thousands of movies and TV shows for free. Our TV watching has become highly selective and we watch quality programming without any commercial interruptions and on our own schedule.
With Amazon Prime, Kindle owners can choose from more than 300,000 books to borrow for free with no due dates, including over 100 current and former New York Times best sellers and all 7 Harry Potter books. I do not currently have a Kindle device, but am looking for an opportune time to buy one soon.
The Amazon Student program offers free 2-day shipping benefits like Amazon Prime for six months. Instant video is not offered for free as a part of Amazon Students program. But, after your six months are over, you are given an option to convert to Amazon Prime membership $39/year. Once you switch to this paid Amazon Prime version, it comes with every benefit including unlimited instant video.
Amazon Mom members receive the Amazon Prime shipping benefits for three months and can extend that by earning an extra month of free shipping for every $25 spent in the Baby Store. Instant video is not offered for free as a part of Amazon Mom program.
Is Amazon Prime membership worth it:
Is Amazon Prime membership worth it:
To me, personally, it is worth. We have saved lots of hassle, time, and energy going to the store.
Without the membership, when we were shopping on Amazon, we were usually spending minimum $25 to get free standard 4-10 day shipping. Many times, this forced us to buy stuff we could have found cheaper elsewhere.
But, with an Amazon Prime membership, we don't have to think about what extra to buy. We simply buy the things we need. We also buy stuff simply to try it out and explore with the intention of returning it if we don't like it. Without a membership, we would have been forced to buy stuff we're not sure about from the local stores because return shipping would have costed us.
This year, we bought quite a few big-ticket (relatively speaking) items. After trying those items, we returned those for full refund. One of the items was Fiskar's Reel Mower weighing 55 pounds. Shipping this item would have costed us anywhere between $40-60. BUT, due to Amazon Prime membership, my return shipping was free. This is just one example, but we've spent around $2000 this year and returned several hundreds worth of items all for free and for full refund.
Also, the switching of cable subscription to Amazon Prime instant video has saved us at least $600 per year. We now enjoy quality programming on our schedule. The free 2-day both ways shipping combined with free Amazon Prime instant videos is worth $79 many time around. This is on top of the sales tax we're saving each time we shop on Amazon.
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