In message , at 19:18:36 on Sun, 2 Oct
2016, Neil Williams remarked:
What? Less postage than Amazon, who will have negotiated the very
best discounts.

Amazon charge quite a lot for postage for non-Prime purchases. No
doubt this is very profitable for them.

Not always. The last thing we bought, would have been zero postage even
without Prime, for the slowest delivery option.

Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.

Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.

The membership fee is worth it for the streaming TV/movie service.
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Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 19:18:36 on Sun, 2 Oct
2016, Neil Williams remarked:
What? Less postage than Amazon, who will have negotiated the very best
discounts.

Amazon charge quite a lot for postage for non-Prime purchases. No doubt
this is very profitable for them.

Not always. The last thing we bought, would have been zero postage even
without Prime, for the slowest delivery option.

Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.

Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.

The membership fee is worth it for the streaming TV/movie service.

not if you already have more TV that you can watch without a streaming
service

tim

In message , at 13:08:13 on Mon, 3 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:
Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.

Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.

The membership fee is worth it for the streaming TV/movie service.

not if you already have more TV that you can watch without a streaming
service

It's not the hours of programming available, but the quality.
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 13:08:13 on Mon, 3 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:
Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.

Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.

The membership fee is worth it for the streaming TV/movie service.

not if you already have more TV that you can watch without a streaming
service

It's not the hours of programming available, but the quality.

I was using "more that you can watch" in the sense of actually wanting to
watch it.

I happen to like all of the re-run detective/thriller/comedy series on the
many Freeview/sat channels, and now that there are about 10 of them (drama
rerun channels) there is more programming than I can keep up with, so much
so that other genre that I used to like watching, I no longer have time for.

I have yet to see the details of a series exclusively on a steaming service
that is of any interest to me.

Who cares if the budget for one Game of Thrones ep is 10 times that for e.g.
an ep of Bergerac (in real terms).

Give me the latter any day (though I ticked that particular re-run ages ago)

tim

In message , at 15:53:21 on Mon, 3 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:

I have yet to see the details of a series exclusively on a steaming
service that is of any interest to me.

Have you seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad
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Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 15:53:21 on Mon, 3 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:

I have yet to see the details of a series exclusively on a steaming
service that is of any interest to me.

Have you seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad
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shown on "Spike"!

tim

In message , at 09:01:04 on Tue, 4 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:

I have yet to see the details of a series exclusively on a steaming
service that is of any interest to me.

Have you seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad

shown on "Spike"!

So you weren't interested? Doesn't have catch-up for it, either.
--
Roland Perry

On Mon, Oct 03, 2016 at 01:20:38PM +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:08:13 on Mon, 3 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:
Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.
Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.
The membership fee is worth it for the streaming TV/movie service.
not if you already have more TV that you can watch without a streaming
service
It's not the hours of programming available, but the quality.

I don't care what the quality is like if I don't have the time to watch
it, or if I have better things to do with my time.

--
David Cantrell | Enforcer, South London Linguistic Massive

One person can change the world, but most of the time they shouldn't
-- Marge Simpson

In message , at 12:36:16
on Wed, 5 Oct 2016, David Cantrell remarked:
Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.
Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.
The membership fee is worth it for the streaming TV/movie service.
not if you already have more TV that you can watch without a streaming
service
It's not the hours of programming available, but the quality.

I don't care what the quality is like if I don't have the time to watch
it, or if I have better things to do with my time.

YMMV, but I use my limited TV-watching time on good quality programming,
not bad. With the one exception that watching some "so bad they are good
again" programmes does help keep up with topical memes.
--
Roland Perry

On Wed, Oct 05, 2016 at 01:36:02PM +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:36:16
on Wed, 5 Oct 2016, David Cantrell remarked:
Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.
Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.
The membership fee is worth it for the streaming TV/movie service.
not if you already have more TV that you can watch without a streaming
service
It's not the hours of programming available, but the quality.
I don't care what the quality is like if I don't have the time to watch
it, or if I have better things to do with my time.
YMMV

And that was my point. Peoples' preferences differ. I said that Prime
didn't look like a good deal if you weren't interested in the video
service. You are asserting that the video service THAT I'M NOT
INTERESTED IN makes it worth paying for.

but I use my limited TV-watching time on good quality programming,

So do I. It does not follow that Prime is worth paying for. This may
come as a surprise to you, but there is plenty of good quality
programming available elsewhere.

Also note that the definition of "good quality programming" differs from
person to person. Just because Amazon's offering closely matches your
preferences doesn't mean that it matches everyones' preferences.
Because, as you said, YMMV.

Once Amazon start carrying substantial numbers of documentaries *on
subjects I find interesting* and they start carrying current rugby
matches then I might consider promoting them from "slightly more
interesting than watching paint dry" to "quality programming worth
paying for".

--
David Cantrell | semi-evolved ape-thing

Irregular English:
you have anecdotes; they have data; I have proof