Amazon Prime - Is it worth it?

Do you know someone with Prime already? Amazon allows sharing of a Prime account. We use my mother-in-law's account. Not sure I'd pay the $99 annually for it, as we really don't use it all that often.

It's really not that hard to see what movies and music are available, just go to their Prime Benefits page and follow the appropriate links LINK

I think NetFlix and Prime Video are comparable services, although they are different enough to justify both IMO. But one recent feature Prime added that could be a difference maker for you is that you can download many of the movies and TV shows to a mobile device now. So if you're going on a trip you can save some movies/TV shows to your phone or tablet to watch on the plane. If you have kids you can save kids shows for the car ride.

Is Subscribe and Save worth it? Does that require Prime Membership? Can someone explain their experience?

Thanks for all the input.

One thing I'll add that I didn't see already mentioned is you also get a pretty decent music streaming app and some cloud storage for photos. You also get some advanced access to some of their daily lightning deals. So there's tons of benefits that make it more than worth it, just depends on your personal use.

Also, if you're a student it's half-price.

ETA: Nevermind, someone did mention it. Still, there's tons of content for what you pay.

Subscribe and save is good, alot of times ill sign up to get the discount then cancel.

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Is Subscribe and Save worth it?

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I think so. The prices are usually competitive, especially if you get 5 items per shipment and get 15% off, but it's really the time saved that makes me love it.

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Does that require Prime Membership?

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Nope.

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Can someone explain their experience?

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I subscribe to things like paper towels / tp, detergent, diapers/wipes, snacks, cereal, shampoo, etc. My delivery date is the 17th each month (you can change it any time), and a few days ahead of shipment they send me an email just to remind me in case I need to make changes. It's just a click to skip a particular item that month, or bump one from a future shipment up to this month. Sometimes items are out of stock or go out of production, and they automatically choose a replacement, which they email you about so you can accept or change.

I figure it saves me about one trip to the store per month, or at the very least it reduces the time I spend in a store. It's worth it for me just for that reason, even if I end up paying a bit more for some items.

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I subscribe to things like paper towels / tp, detergent, diapers/wipes, snacks, cereal, shampoo, etc. My delivery date is the 17th each month (you can change it any time), and a few days ahead of shipment they send me an email just to remind me in case I need to make changes. It's just a click to skip a particular item that month, or bump one from a future shipment up to this month. Sometimes items are out of stock or go out of production, and they automatically choose a replacement, which they email you about so you can accept or chang

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I may need to look into this. I just bought $60 in shampoo, conditioner, and body wash that will last me the next 6 months. I went with the stockpile approach when I guess I could just subscribe.

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I may need to look into this. I just bought $60 in shampoo, conditioner, and body wash that will last me the next 6 months. I went with the stockpile approach when I guess I could just subscribe.

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shite, I have a year's worth of paper towels.
Sometimes I ignore the email that tells me what I'll be getting in a few days.