Comments on: Amazon’s New Subscription Service

By: hdtivo

hdtivo — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:53:42 +0000

I’ve been using the same electric razor for at least 7 years now without purchasing anything for it.

As you can see, anything that reduces the number of times I have to leave the bunker is quite interesting. I don’t mind going down to the garage or lobby (depending on which bunker I’m in) to bring a package upstairs.

Thanks for letting me know about this.

By: jeadly

jeadly — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:36:48 +0000

Yeah, I subscribe to razors once every 2 months. After the discount its about the same price as at a brick and mortar. Honestly the reason I do it is because I resent having to ask an employee to get me razors, so I’m punishing the stores for not shelving merchandise like they should. I’m not sure what else I use regularly enough to warrant a subscription.

By: Ted Bill

Ted Bill — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:01:12 +0000

If they throw in a TiVo HME interface to manage the requests I’ll give it a try.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:25:23 +0000

I’ve been using this service for about a year now to get the cleaner cartidges for my braun shaver. It works great, and you get an email a couple of weeks before the next ship date that allows you choose to skip a scheduled shipment. In addition to the discount, you get free shipping even if the item costs less than $25.

By: Big John

Big John — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:42:27 +0000

Every week I need 10 cases of Vault Zero…

Also, a Brad Linder sighting! – I miss his PVR podcast, he has the most professional voice in podcasting.

By: Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:32:01 +0000

This sounds awesome. I’m surprised that Amazon isn’t promoting this more heavily. I would subscribe, but it’s hard to get packages delivered at my home. It would also be hard to guess my usage on a lot of products. I know the number of razorblades that I’ll use in a month, but I’m not sure that I could predict laundry detergent. Still, it sounds like a good solution, if you are good at planning things out.

By: Rick Klau

Rick Klau — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:39:53 +0000

I’d love to see them offer this on their electronic products, particularly Unbox. If they can build a video equivalent to Rhapsody, I’d seriously consider adjusting who I pay my TV dollars to. A number of the network shows I watch are already on Unbox, and we’ve rented a number of movies through the Unbox/TiVo integration. If they can get HD content in there and a reasonable subscription model (I know, pie-in-the-sky dreaming), they’d have a winner.

By: Brent

Brent — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:34:49 +0000

I’d use it. I’ll have to look into this and see if I could save enough to make it work for me.

My mom is an even better candidate. My parents live in a lake house more than 30 minutes from a decent store so it should have some appeal to them. Especially since my mom’s a Sam’s Club shopper (loves to buy in bulk).