I noticed that they just recently added commercials to prime video streaming. So it is just like how cable tv started way back when, you pay a fee to have no commercials yet in the end you end up paying AND watching advertising 🤬
WARNING: If you plan to get an Uniden SDS100 soon... Don't go to Amazon!
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I noticed that they just recently added commercials to prime video streaming. So it is just like how cable tv started way back when, you pay a fee to have no commercials yet in the end you end up paying AND watching advertising 🤬
Mine will be delivered today from Bearcar Warehouse.... $650.00....
Sweet! I'm sure you are going to enjoy every second playing with your new toy. Are you going to hook it up to a computer? If so, and if you have not already done so, consider downloading the Sentinel software and learning your way around it. Also setting up a favorites list can get you a jump on things for when it comes later today.
As a relative newbie (to that radio), I think you're gonna love it!
Yup, just like the old print magazines. Publishers made money off the advertisers AND the people who bought the magazines. Just like government and taxes, the streaming services sneak them in on you little by little so people are like frogs in water slowly being brought to a boil.
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The flip side is you get charged more to have no commercials, just like Hulu does. I like that idea personally, as it gives the option to the consumer.
As for consumer options, I tend not to buy any product that floods radio or TV with endless commercials. All that advertising cost money, so the cost gets baked into the cost of the product. Also, if they do not mention how much it costs, I will not even bother to find out. There was one exception to my rule, one products commercials irritated me so much, I went online just to look it up... and they REQUIRED your email address before even telling you the price!
Here is a guy on Ebay trying to sell a USED one for more than you paid for yours new ! << EBAY LINK >>
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Bought my SDS200 from zipscanners for 719 and had it 2 days later!
Nice turnaround! I wish they could all be that way.
Got mine from Ham Radio Outlet, 2=days later also!
I'm convinced Ebay is full of idiots. I'm gonna sell all my old scanners on there for top dollar 😄
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Amazon = quick gratification = addiction = unnecessary stuff
Luckily your teeth don't fall out immediately.
The 2022 dates and days on posts are off on posts, is that my cell phone or RR?
Luckily your teeth don't fall out immediately.
The 2022 dates and days on posts are off on posts, is that my cell phone or RR?
On Thursday Amazon announced that they're jacking up Prime membership fees starting next month as well (sooner for new members), $20 increase for annual membership and $2/month increase for monthly.
This was just before Amazon announced that they DOUBLED their profits for the quarter ending last December and absolutely slaughtered analysts predictions. So nice of them to take more money from people already struggling with inflation to pad their already gargantuan profits. One of their reasons for the hike? Added Prime video content. I wonder if the added content that they're referring to is the advertisements they now added (more money for them) that you have to sit through on the Prime videos that you're already paying to keep ad-free?
We'll be canceling our Prime membership next month before the price increase. I'm so done with Amazon.
Oh no, I have to sit through a 15 second ad for Prime Video showing me other content I might be interested in but maybe didn't know they had before getting to watch my show? THE HORROR! Totally negates the whole getting what I ordered the next day thing.
And a $20 a year bump??? Sorry kids, looks like there won't be a family vacation or Christmas for 2022... And maybe you should only give Fluffy half a can of food and save the rest for your own dinner tonight. Amazon is really putting the squeeze on us, gonna have to tighten the purse strings and get a second job.
And a $20 a year bump??? Sorry kids, looks like there won't be a family vacation or Christmas for 2022... And maybe you should only give Fluffy half a can of food and save the rest for your own dinner tonight. Amazon is really putting the squeeze on us, gonna have to tighten the purse strings and get a second job.
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Some people sell the children and eat the cat to support their addiction. The first step is to admit you have a problem, before it gets out of control. Hamcation Orlando is right around the corner, watch out kids and kitties!
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I was hesitant when they went from 99.00 to 119.00 a year. At 139.00, I read the fine print and found that a friend with a Prime account can add one other adult to their Prime account at no extra charge. My neighbor is gonna let me piggy-back on her account since I end up receiving most of her packages anyway. Seems to be the best option.
If you pay but the month it is $15 times 12 = $180
If it's not worth it to you, cancel your membership. Problem solved. To me it's worth every penny. I'm a man of great leisure and convenience, plus Reacher is turning out to be a pretty badass show.
I already cancelled Prime, it's not like I really got if for their shows, because I don't watch them (not enough time in my day anyway), but they don't even ship promptly anymore, so I'll subscribe in November order everything and cancel again. I'll do the same with CBS all access when ST Picard is in the last couple of weeks.
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