Amazon Prime

[gsams]

Okay, so I signed up for a free trial. Friends of mine who read a lot swear by it. I read a lot, too and I like to keep books that I use for research. I often loan them out to colleagues or students I am tutoring who are writing papers. I have my own loaner library of canon works. However, shipping is ridiculous. Is it worth the $80.00 a year for the shipping? Do you find yourself buying a lot of books online?

[mppgal55]

Okay, so I signed up for a free trial. Friends of mine who read a lot swear by it. I read a lot, too and I like to keep books that I use for research. I often loan them out to colleagues or students I am tutoring who are writing papers. I have my own loaner library of canon works. However, shipping is ridiculous. Is it worth the $80.00 a year for the shipping? Do you find yourself buying a lot of books online?

I love amazon prime! You can sign up 4 other people onto your account to access the benefits, so I get them through my dad. If you are thinking about buying into it, it may be beneficial to go in on it with a few other people and split the costs. It is definitely worth it for the free 2 day shipping!

[michigan girl]

If you are the type of person who constantly buys books, the Amazon Prime membership is worth it. You will realize that the shipping fees add up to the annual membership.

[joro]

If you really must have that book within 2 days, then I'd say it is worth it. If you want to save money and don't mind waiting a few days more for your book to arrive via free shipping, then I probably wouldn't get it.

[Postbib Yeshuist]

I love Amazon Prime, but I can't say it's strictly "necessary." The ability to have a book, or whatever else from the kabillions of things they have for sale, in two days (often one for me, since I live near a warehouse), is awesome. That being said, have I ordered anything in the past 3 years that I could not have waited 2-3 weeks for? Not too much. There have been maybe 3-4 cases where the two days saved my butt. The real beauty of Prime, imo, is hat you don't have to hit $25 for free shipping. Being able to buy an $11 book and just an $11 book has most certainly saved far more than the cost of the program.

(PS It's great for emergency boxes of diapers when you run out unexpectedly )

[ColorlessGreen]

I had the free trial of Amazon Prime for a couple of months, but I decided not to get the paid membership at the end. Certainly, it was helpful in getting the one textbook I forgot to buy until three days before I needed it for class, but other than that, there was nothing I bought that I couldn't have waited longer for. I think in order to make it worthwhile, you would have to not only buy A LOT, but also need everything IMMEDIATELY, which simply is not the case for me. I'd say spend the $80 that Prime costs on the books you want instead, and just wait a little bit longer for them. Even Amazon's regular shipping speed is pretty fast, after all. And just think of how many books you could get with $80!

(Of course, this is assuming you buy in bulk, instead of just getting one book at a time. I buy from Amazon less often, but I always make sure I hit the $25 mark when I do.)