Amazon Prime's Birthday Gift: Pay More For Less Fun
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days are back from October 7th to 9th, kicking off at the ungodly hour of 3AM ET because nothing says excitement like frantic online shopping at dawn. Prime members shell out $14.99/month or $139/year for perks like multi-tiered streaming that's now sneakily ad-supported unless you pay extraânot to mention faster delivery that could arrive just in time to cancel your plans. Young adults (18-24) score the sweet student discount: six free months then $7.49/month, because apparently 'young and poor' is an Amazon business model. Plus, if you're on government assistance programs like SNAP, $6.99/month gets you accessâwho knew poverty and retail addiction were best friends? Account sharing now excludes free shipping benefits for different addresses starting October 1st â sorry, distant friends, prime or no prime!
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Amazon's fall Prime Day kicks off at 3AM because who doesn't want to wrestle with drooling bargain hunters before breakfast? Pay extra to rid ads, share an account but lose shipping perks if you live farâretail generosity never looked so petty.
Amazon Prime now offers ads on their streaming because why not disrupt your binge with commercialsâand donât forget to pay extra for silence. Welcome to capitalismâs version of a bedtime story!
If you thought government assistance was just for essentials, think againâAmazonâs got a special $6.99/month Prime deal to remind you poverty isnât stopping consumerism.
Source: Theverge | Published: 9/22/2025 | Author: Cameron Faulkner
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