(Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.According to Amazon, the service fees are necessary in order to "keep prices low in our online and physical grocery stores." The e-commerce giant also says the new fees will help it better cover grocery delivery costs and continue to offer a fast and high-quality delivery experience.
We also share some tips on how you can pay less. Answer the following questions and we can help you decide if it’s still worth paying for Amazon. Let’s find out if you still benefit financially from the membership, or if there’s life after Prime. The company’s Prime service is facing increased competition from other retailers with fast shipping and large selections. And Amazon is such a powerful, longtime force in online shopping that sometimes it’s easy to forget that there are alternatives to get your goods or order your groceries. The proliferation of third-party sellers in its marketplace can make it more difficult to determine the quality and if you’re getting the best price. There are other issues you should consider when deciding to do the bulk of your shopping on Amazon. It includes delivery fees from qualifying restaurants and usually costs $9.99 a month. New offers are sometimes added, like the one-year trial of GrubHub Plus.
(If you want to do smaller payments, it’s now $14.99 a month.) The price has increased since the membership option launched in 2005 for $79 a year, but the list of what it includes has also ballooned with beneficial offerings (Prime Video streaming) and many less useful ones (a personal shopping service that will still cost you $4.99 per styling). The cost of an Amazon Prime membership shot up to $139 a year in the United States this year, from $119 before. More than 200 million people are Amazon Prime members. Was it when you ordered a last-minute package of batteries, re-watched “Fleabag” in a day, tuned in to Thursday Night Football, or had Whole Foods deliver a week’s worth of snacks to your apartment? When was the last time you thought about how much you pay for Amazon Prime?
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