Since my Amazon membership renewal is due soon, I reviewed all my purchases so far in 2022 and they’re at the edge of $3,000 – which reveals inflation’s toll, as in 2021, I purchased 51 items or $2,268.

On that drop-down list, you can choose yearly timeframes.

It defaults to your orders for the last three months. Click on “Returns & Orders” at the top of the home page after you sign in. It’s easy to track how much you’ve spent and what you’ve bought (a gimmick that also works to Amazon’s advantage when you want to reorder an item).

But if you do not shop frequently online, or use any of the many perks, it may not be.” “For me, because I take advantage of many of the benefits, including free two-day shipping for my frequent purchases, and enjoy the video, music and book content, I have no question that it’s worth it for me. “Because the membership has so many perks, one might assume that it’s worth it,” says Trae Bodge, smart shopping expert at True Trae. So just how much are you really using Amazon Prime - and how much value are you gleaning from it? Do the math. If you pay annually, that boils down to $12 a month, about the cost of a streaming video service such as Hulu or Netflix. If you pay your Amazon Prime membership in full (the least expensive route), it’s an annual $139 hit. To make matters worse, part of those layoffs are affecting Amazon’s Alexa division, a tool many Amazon Prime members use to place orders. Amazon having judged this a second event a success, look for a repeat in 2023.īut as Amazon made deep cuts to its leadership team with a layoff of around 10,000 positions late this year, experts are predicting that could be a major disruption for Amazon, possibly leading to customer service issues. And this year, there were two big Prime “days,” with Amazon doing a bonus discount Prime Early Access Sale in October, two days that ended up kicking off the 2022 holiday shopping season. That’s your first reason to reconsider, even if Amazon Prime Day, that annual summer blockbuster sale with its 48-hour marathon of deals, deals, deals, remains a temptation. If you pay monthly, that clip went from $12.99 to $14.99 a month, or $180 a year. And then Amazon went and raised its yearly subscription fee by 17% earlier in 2022, from $119 to $139.

Is it time to re-evaluate? After all, you’re likely up to your neck in other subscription services, too: cable TV, streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+ and Spotify, maybe meal-prep services, gift boxes… gift boxes for your dog.

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