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Seems like Prime shipping is still free on orders of any size, with a $35 requirement for free same-day shipping when applicable.

I'd be curious how many Amazon customers actually don't use Prime and will thus actually be impacted by this—seems like pretty much everyone I know has a subscription.

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I for one have never bothered with "Prime." It's not that hard to combine Amazon orders until they cross the "free" shipping threshold.

Amazon Prime also comes with nearly Netflix-equivalent video on demand, nearly Spotify-equivalent streaming music, Prime Now 2-hour delivery, and currently free restaurant delivery a la GrubHub/Eat24 in a few cities, along with a bunch of other minor perks.

I hope you and Amazon respect the decision of other customers who would rather not to even think about such stuff. Yet Amazon shows a full screen Prime advertisement & agreement with an small opt-out button on every checkout!

The increased bundling also came with an increased price, and that's why I canceled. I would have kept paying the original price for the original deal.

Just like abecedarius, I cancelled the free shipping service when it became something I didn't want or need.

Free shipping was great. I don't care about the rest (and cannot play it on my devices anyway. I try to avoid Flash, I don't want non-generic-purpose hardware like a FireTV or something and you cannot access the Prime content from my Kodi/Pi2 in any reasonable fashion).

If you like that offer it might be a great deal. If you pay the full price and only use/get a tiny fraction though...

"free same-day shipping" Woah, what items do you get that on? I always wanted that so bad, but have never had anything delivered same day. Are you referring to Amazon prime now? Is same day shipping one of their Seattle only offerings?

Not the same as Prime Now (which offers one or two-hour delivery). Prime Same Day is an in-by-noon, arrives by 9pm service; if you order later than noon, you get next-day service. It covers a larger selection of items than Prime Now, and seems to be delivered by traditional courier services rather than Amazon Flex contractors. Apparently only available in 16 metro areas[1].

[1] http://www.amazon.com/b?node=8729023011

If you do any amount of shopping on Amazon, Prime is easily worth it. I buy as much as I can through Amazon because I get 5% cash back as a Prime member with an Amazon.com Store Card, the selection and ease of ordering is unparalleled, and the shipping is always free, fast, and convenient. We make extensive use of the video service since all Nickelodeon properties left Netflix.

Amazon is a huge thing for us, getting ever-larger, and Prime is a large part of why that's possible.

I don't have Prime, none of my immediate family members do, and most friends don't.

I'd say a fair amount still don't use it.

Have never had prime subscription. I try to combine if possible, and if not, just pay the shipping charges once in a while.

I've used Prime before, but I don't think it's worth it when I can (could) just spend $35 on qualified items (which would be qualified for Prime also), and I can get actually free shipping.

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