Amazon Prime

xiggi
Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:02:41 +0000

This will not be very popular, but I think that all the non-students who have and continue to try to piggy-back on a student account are actually contributing to upcoming changes. Amazon is neither dumb nor clueless; they do know that many have ABUSED Amazon’s generosity. It is absolutely shameful that Amazon members who had paid prime accounts let them expire for the sole reason that their children might have a free account that could be abused. Did anyone really believe that this was the objective of Amazon’s decision to offer FREE accounts. Did anyone really believe that the non-sharing clause applied to … someone else?

I also believe that Amazon missed an opportunity to bring extensive restrictions to the free student accounts but keep the price lower at the renewal level. One restriction should have been that the free delivery was ONLY at ONE address in the same city as the .edu address, and no more than two shipments a year at the home address. The same restrictions should have been imposed at the renewal, but the renewal could have been priced at 19 dollars per year for students. This would have been better for the students.

As far as non-students go, the decision should be to pay 79 dollars or not. In the end, all the shenanigans will only result in Amazon making changes to a very generous policy. It is not farfetched to believe that Amazon might impose restrictions of the deliveries and no longer allow free 2-days shipments to third-parties. Amazon Prime is one of the best features around; do not be greedy and make them rethink the current policies!