Amazon Ending Prime 20% Off Games Discount

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Not only that, but Twitch Prime's no-advertising benefit is disappearing. New prime subscriptions or renewals after September 14 will no longer have that feature. Instead, it will cost $108/year to purchase separately.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17805691

Not surprised considering Best Buy just recently decided to discontinue their Gamers' Club Unlocked program which offered a 20% discount on games:

http://forums.bestbuy.com/t5/Gamers-Club/Gamers-Club-Unlocke...

Will amazon be lowering their price for prime because they are offering less for the membership?

To the contrary, they also intend to charge an additional $108 per year just to keep an ad-free Twitch.tv experience (which ceases being a Prime benefit on September 14).

Yet another reason im glad I cancelled my prime membership

Yep, I let mine expire this summer. It would have been 50% more expensive than when I first signed up for it. If I want two day shipping I'll pay for it and it will be significantly cheaper than a Prime subscription.

I mainly cancelled mine due to the worsening quality of everything I tried to buy from amazon. Its gotten so bad I pretty much look away from Amazon when online shopping whenever possible. Just as an example, I purchased a supposedly new pair of $300 headphones. They arrived in the mail, obviously opened previously, and covered in q sticky residue (dont know what it was). That was a prime featured item.

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